If I wasn’t so tired, I’d be celebrating right now. The moving truck got loaded yesterday and I don’t have any more boxes to pack. These last two weeks have been grueling. Packing is hideous work but one predominant thought kept me going. Hopefully I’ll never have to do this again. I can hardly dare […]

Within two hours of posting my last blog, I was able to fulfill another item on my To Do list – check out the medical care in our new town. I just never expected to get to do it so quickly. While I was in line at the post office, I saw a massive amount of […]

Phase 2: Painting has turned out to be about much more than painting, so I’ve had to rename it Phase 2: Preparing Our House.  In five days in North Carolina, I’ve set up accounts with utilities, sewage, water, mail, and the library (where I’m sitting now to use the computer). I asked our neighbors to keep an eye […]

Phase 1: Purging is now complete. We have successfully simplified our load of possessions by sorting all our things into Throw Away, Donate, Keep, or Sell. This was the hardest phase (I hope!) because it involved more thought than physical labor and some of the decisions were difficult emotionally. I had to help Steve decide what to […]

There are certain things that we all have a hard time throwing out. For me, it’s letters. Last week, I read through two boxes of letters that I had saved from my time in Eastern Europe. These are treasures to me. Hand-written missives are a thing of the past, and I’m so glad I lived […]