thank the lord the pack out is done! It has been a tiresome 7 days from start to finish. Long days and a lot of stress! Talk about driving someone to drink!!! I know what this truly means now LOL Today we clean the house and tie up loose ends. Tomorrow is the inspection of the house so that we can get signed off on and then its all about the animals. I think I'm going to need a massage after this is all said and done. I hear that the weather is pretty warm in the states right now and that my sister has opened her pool for the season. I cant wait to just sit and relax and not have to worry about anything for a day or two. The weather here is rainy and cold today so it fits the mood. We are invited to go wine stube hopping on Friday with a few German friends of ours so we are looking forward to the change of scenery and this weekend we will go to Hanau to see the home of the brothers Grimm and then there is a medieval fest and market at the castle Ronneburg so we will go and enjoy the festivities for the last time before we leave this beautiful country! Pictures to come. Did you ever notice that you live somewhere for awhile and you nod hello to some of your neighbor's and maybe all join the same function 1 time a year but when you decide to move this is when they all want to spend time with you? Or they will say if id have only known LOL oy vey! well I must finish the house and head back to the hotel to my furry children who await my arrival. ciao for now

going away luncheon

Today was Chucks going away luncheon and a few others that are leaving as well. He will get an engraved mug as a parting gift. It was nice to see many familiar faces as we get closer to bidding goodbye to continue our journeys overseas. I was very pleased to finish Angelas quilt last night and got it off in the mail today so that I may start the baby quilt that Rita has requested. The pack out officer will be here tomorrow to see how much we have to pack out so that we can make this a smooth transaction. A friend actually gave me a very good idea (thanks Carla :)) she told me to take all the clothes that arent so desireable to the hotel for the ten day stay and then just toss them before we head home for our visit. This way we can skip the laundering and be on our way! I think we are going to do this! We are also going to ship ahead things we will want before our stuff gets to OZ. Im hoping to get one more craft day in with the girls so that we can say proper goodbyes and I can give them their pillows. Tomorrow I will head to Mettlach for the last time....there will be alot of last times in the next few weeks...well untill next time
ciao

Well we are upon our pack out dates starting on April 20th. We have been packing boxes like fiends and trying to scale down in the process. The paperwork for Jordans custody is filed and we are just waiting on the Judge to sign it so that we may have custody and bring him to Australia with us. We have a home!!!! we recieved pictures from the Embassy of our new home they found for us and we are very excited to get in and decorate away. We have decided to mail a few boxes of winter clothes ahead of us as we are told it is mighty cold in the winter time there and we will be going home for a visit to the states where it will be warm first. I am also in the middle of a few quilting projects and almost finished Angelas quilt for my sister Linn...I cant wait till she sees how awesome it came out! Binding and label and off it goes! As soon as I figure out how to post pictures here I will post a few of the finished product. We will ship the truck next tuesday and rent a car till we leave and our last ten days in Germany will be in a hotel. Im going to miss it here and all the great friends Ive made but Im looking forward to new experiences and new friends on our journey forward. Thanks for checking in and hope that life is treating you good in your neck of the woods
ciao