in the 14 plus years that we have been together, Maylene and i have moved 17 times. we agreed that we have finally paid off some really bad moving karma because this one went relatively well. aside from the occasional “omg…the lightbulbs haven’t gone out in a year and they choose to do so en masse the day after we sold all the extra ones in a garage sale….” or “we just packed the batteries and they went out on the cleaning supplies” moments – we had no real calamities as experienced in moves of recent past (city-wide power outages and downed trees making roads impassable / elevators out so three-stories later we hate our stuff, etc). after finally acquiring all of the perfect household belongings, we decided to sell it all in an effort to downsize to a 10×10 storage unit. we are now living out of four suitcases and two laptop bags. yipes!
after a frenetic sprint to the finish, we are finally able to take a break and breathe on the eve of our flight home to Hawai`i. staying at the beautiful home of our good friends Bill & Tammy in Puyallup, WA – we enjoyed a restful day of reflection (are you sure we didn’t forget anything – you sure we don’t need to go back to storage?) thanks guys for everything – we’ll miss camping with you during the beautiful WA summers – the best kept secret about Seattle…
we are excited about going home thoguht – we haven’t been in almost 3 years! Maylene’s requested a greasy, green cheeseburger from Byron‘s for her bday lunch. yummmm…. it’s the special sauce that makes it.
our remaining kitty, Pua found a great home with Jenna – he’s settling right in and enjoys watching the ducks in the pond out back. we miss him but know that he has a great foster mom and a room with a view! 😉
after my job as a Humn Resources Manager with Open Text ends at the end of June, we will be heading out to europe for six months of travel – it’s a bucket list item and we have the perfect opportunity to make it happen. thank you Rick Steves for the little bit of travel know-how we have…..this should be fun.
we are going to firm up the itenerary soon so let us know if you have any must-see recommendations so we can sketch them in. right now the goal is to get all the travel must-haves we need before leaving – we have high hopes that we’ll be able to fill in the remaining gaps in Hawai`i – we shall see! gotta love purposeful shopping! 😉
as you can tell – this entry is written by Charity – we will both be posting to it so enjoy the different points of view and writing styles. Maylene is still tricking out the details of the website so stay tuned for more information!