August 28, 2007

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Quickie Update

We got our FM3’s and menaje approval on the same day we submitted for them! Crazy! I really, really, hope that there will never be a reason for anyone except customs people to take a close look at the pictures. They are pretty horrifying. At least I hope we don’t really look like that! We are heading out this morning to our son’s family in Bellingham. The air is crisp and there is fall in the air. I plan on...

FM3 and odds and ends

We are getting down to the last couple of weeks in the Pacific Northwest. It has been a very strange summer here – and not just because of the strangeness of wrapping up our life here. The weather has been cold and rainy, which is very unusual for August. It has made Paul and me long for Mazatlan even more, as if that was possible! On the urging of a friend in Puerto Vallarta, we decided to go ahead and...

Organized? Hmmm.

I have received a few compliments lately on the way I have organized our move. I think it’s kind of funny, because I don’t think I have been more organized than anyone would be planning a move of this magnitude. I mean you don’t just throw a few things in a box and head out….it is pretty complicated. I do think that what my organization has done for us, though, is give us a bit more cash. I have been...

We’re Setting Up Housekeeping

While we are still here with all the proper addresses attached to our credit cards, etc. we have been getting some things set up for our life South of the border. We went ahead and signed up with Earth Class Mail. Formerly called Remote Control Mail, it is a mail forwarding business that is set up for people who are comfortable with doing work online. When a piece of mail arrives, you are sent an email. They attach a picture...

And Yet Another Step Closer

WOW. Our second garage sale was today. And what a crazy day it was. Everything sold except a few ragtag things that can go in an easy trip to Goodwill. So now we have only a mattress and box springs on the floor, a plastic table in the kitchen with two outdoor chairs, and nothing else! We even sold the tv and all of our books! I guess we’ll be heading to the library and using our computers for entertainment...

One countdown done, one to go

This is a post from the usually silent member of the blog team. Those of you who read us regularly know that there has been a countdown clock on the upper right area of the screen for almost a year, tracking the days until my retirement. Well, there are no days left. I have just come home after my last day of full-time gainful employment ever. I am in a bit of a daze, but I feel great. I have...