3 Weeks ...

So where are we now? Less than 3 weeks! DH booked our flights- so now the countdown is on. I saw an Ear Nose & Throat specialist for my ear infection. He of course confirmed the problem and sent me home with a purse full of samples and a script. The magic of medicine is working and my head is finally clearing!!! However…I did improve, but am still having problems…. So new week new script (this makes 3)!!!

Last week I took a walk and saw my first

Monarch of the season. Saw some nice wildflowers too, but nothing photographed as well as I would have liked!

I am slowly taking the house apart… adding more to the ‘Sea Shipment’ and a few things to the ‘Air Shipment’… and the rest of the stuff will be put in storage. We have our ‘Pack Out’ date… June 23 will start the boxing and it should be done on the afternoon of the June 24. On the June 25, it will all be loaded on a truck. Once that happens we will just have repair and cleaning to go!!! Sometimes I look at our stuff and say no problem and other times I look and say how are going to get this mess sorted and packed!!!

The Axel and Spaz will be going to the kennel on the June 22, so they are out of the way of the movers/packers. Don’t want any escapees… DH will be in DC again, while I handle the packing and moving to a hotel, well that is the plan anyway. Stay tuned it will change. The Import Permits for the pets have arrived. Axel had some blood drawn for testing. He must be free of, or test negative for 5 diseases, (really 4 because we don’t have one in the states) and have enough heartworm meds for at least 6 months. The cat is done for all intents and purposes. He just had to be current on his rabies and will get vaccinated when he has his ‘health’ checkup. Both will have to be certified by a USDA Veterinarian before travel, and that has to be done 10 days before leaving.

We sold our little Pickup truck and I have placed an ad to sell my Jeep. I will miss my Jeep! I ordered it from the dealership in July of 2001 and I have driven it 121000 miles. It rides nicely, doesn’t hold enough stuff when Axel is in it, but otherwise has been a very dependable ride.

My sewing room is all but dismantled. My huge cutting table is gone. I still have the sewing machine set up and a table with a cutting mat on it…. I am busy sorting so that I have enough to keep me busy… while we wait for the “Sea Shipment” to arrive. I will be taking, by “Air” the Janome, a cutting mat (18x24) and a box of batiks and of course thread. I will also have a small machine quilting project, (binding is made) and a hand quilting project. I think that is enough, and my total personal allotment for weight. I get more than the DH, because he has work to make the long days short and I don’t!

The house is not rented. The first ones… well let’s just say good riddance. It has shown a few times. My major annoyance is that the Realtors keep leaving the French doors unlocked, and when I complain… I get the well things happen. If it happens again, I will insist that our agents accompany a showing! Am I wrong?

So now you are up to speed…. Some days it seems to fly along completely out of control and then there are days where it slows to nearly a stop….



And There will be MORE!!!

"Moving" forward....

Back from Washington DC, and I wish I could tell you more about the trip, but my last entry was pretty much all there was.  (just click on the picture for a larger view)

Before we left, I thought I was suffering from outdoor/pollen allergies, not something I typically suffer from, but the symptoms came on at about the same time a lilac bush, (very prevalent around here), bloomed!!! So by the time we took off for DC I was feeling poorly, and it really didn’t get any better while away. I even bought an OTC decongestant… to clear up my sinuses and hopefully plugged up ear. No Dice, so our tour of the Senate and Capitol Building was pretty much a blur for me. Our tour was presented by a gentleman that my DH used to work with, and who is now on a temporary assignment, working with legislators…. And that is about all I heard clearly….

We roamed the front and back halls, took in some rooms and podiums… Wow, some of the architectural detail rivals the Chicago area for ornate!!! Lots of iron, plaster and gold leaf!

We have been home for several days and my ear felt and sounded to me like it had water in it, so I visited the Doctor. I have an ear infection…. Bulging eardrum… so now I am on a high power antibiotic and Prednisone... Hopefully it will blast it loose and I can hear again soon. I sure don’t want to make a 22 hour flight with my ear preparing to blow… It’s been 9 days and I still have a plugged up ear. So next I will be seeing a specialist.

We have started sorting our stuff for the upcoming move…. Some goes with us right away (luggage) and that is one of the spare rooms-actually both because we are allowed 3 bags each… that is all the spare beds covered with suitcases. We will be purchasing a new light weight set of luggage to round out the luggage.

We have converted the dining room to a staging area, and the furniture that was in the dining room and the stuff back from the storage locker is now in the living room.  The "Staging area" has been divided, one side is for the “Air shipment”, (450 pounds of items we can’t live without for more than a few weeks), which has to include additional pet foods, cleaning supplies and for me a sewing project and sewing machine. How far do you think 450 pounds is going to go? Needless to say there will be a scale…. nearby to calculate to the ounce of items in this shipment.

The other side of the dining room is the ‘Sea shipment”, which can be anything else we think we need to have while away. So far based on advice, we are taking our mattresses and linens… The kitchen, minus the small appliances (toaster, coffee maker, can opener) and some less often used serving ware. And of course much of the sewing room!!!

We were concerned that the house wouldn’t show to potential renters well, with the mess our stuff is in. The good news is… We think the house has rented. I didn’t even have to stage it, and we only had to show it once!!! They have requested a 3 year lease too. So hopefully one less thing to worry about!

Sorry about the disjointed way this entry reads.... (trying to be concise). Stay tuned… there will be more LATER!