If the lilies are kept wet, like moving them to a tub of water, they should survive the disturbance, blossoms intact. I have received water lilies from sellers that had blossom buds on them,a nd when I planted them and put them in water, the blossoms did open, so I wouldn't worry too much about that if you keep them from drying out and avoid shocking them too much. You can thin out pretty much any plants at pretty much any time. Most are quite adaptable, and recover quickly. You might be able to get a lot of the debris off the bottom with a fine mesh pond or pool net. I personally don't like anacharis. I just don't like the look of it. However, if you put koi in there, the koi will likely eat it as they get bigger, so they will keep it thinned for you. Koi love "salads", LOL. If the bullfrogs are eating your young koi, either relocate the frogs or get bigger koi. I don't allow bullfrogs in my pond. They're native, so they can be relocated to lakes and wild ponds with no repercussion.

I'll only speak to files and documents, not Internet activity. And the question is: Do you want to erase things so they are: 1) hard to recover, or 2) impossible to recover? Like any computer, if you have simply deleted files, they are still lurking on the hard drive and could be recovered if someone with basic skills wanted to do so. If you don't think that is likely, then you may be ok. However, you may wish to look at this video which will give you a little more security. However, I don't know if secure deletion protects files that have previously been deleted. Also, note the comments below the video about terminal commands. Unfortunately, the only way to really have complete assurance that no one but a computer forensics expert can recover files is to do a high level wipe of the hard drive...and then maybe destroy it with a sledgehammer! Here is a link that might be useful: Mac file erase

I have frozen smoked blue fish and it works well. I believe smoked salmon would work as well. It should be well packaged, of course. Most of the cheeses can be stored in one way or another. Some can be frozen. Others, such as cheddar, do not suffer from additional aging if they are prevented from drying out. Google to find out what to do with different types. Broccoli and carrots could be blanched and frozen. Tomatoes can be frozen for later use in cooked dishes. Cold cuts (proscuito) can be frozen. I'm giving you generalities because I would like for you to get the specifics from other sources. I don't want you to rely on my information alone. It looks like you can save most of your foods though. That's good. Have a nice trip. Jim

So just to follow up, (so many posters never post the final answer) I figured out how to get the windows out! And now I feel like an idiot... Turns out that all you need to do is push all three panels up to the top. At that point, the bottom half of the track comes right out. A good scrubbing with Bar Keeper's Friend took off most of the oxidation on the frame and the hard water scale on the window panes. Tonight I'm going to rub the whole thing down with Mother's mag polish and add a few drops of penetrating oil to the tracks to allow for a smoother slide. I figure if I can knock out 1 or more window a night for the grand price of free, that'll keep my busy for the next week or so.