Job-less

November 29, 2013

Yeah, we are now both officially jobless.

It has been a long time planning this Grand Adventure, but the last month has flown by. We have been crazy busy getting everything organized and now we are within days of starting the Grand Adventure.

Are we nervous? scared? OMG What have we done?   No, I can honestly say I am really excited about starting this Grand Adventure.  I can’t wait to leave.  Of course the freezing temperatures and snowy weather conditions make it all the more worthwhile to start the Grand Adventure in sunny New Zealand.

Ralf is not looking forward to the flight – because I am afraid of flying and we have a 5 hour flight to LA and a 13 hour flight to New Zealand ahead of us.  So long as the bicycles get to New Zealand undamaged I will be happy.

Car-less

November 24, 2013

We are now car-less.  Ralf sold his car. A guy I work with bought it. Of course I have been car-less since May, but I think this is the first time Ralf has been car-less since he had his first car and that was a very long time ago! Ralf is driving Wanda’s car this week to get to work.

Homeless

November 16, 2013

We are officially homeless – Yeah.  We moved out of our house yesterday (Friday November 15, 2013).  It was quite a stressful week.  It seemed every time we turned around there was more stuff to pack.  We finally got it all packed into the storage unit and stayed one more night at the house.  We gave everything a good clean and moved out completely by noon.  On Friday morning, I had one more quiet walk around the house and said goodbye.  It was a lovely house, but what we are about to do is going to be worth selling some stuff and putting the rest  in storage.

On Saturday we returned one more time to say goodbye to our great neighbours. Thanks Cathy and Eric for being great neighbours.

We are now staying with friends – Wanda and Steve.  I worked with Wanda at Meridian for over 15 years.  They are a great couple, with very big hearts.  Thanks Wanda and Steve for offering up your home to us.