Thursday, April 30, 2009

7 weeks....











Yes, our house is officially for rent! What a dose of reality to come home from the gym and see that we now have a "For Rent" sign. I guess we really are moving to China.
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It still seems weird that someone else is going to live here! We've spent all but a few months of our married life here - almost 13 years!

I've spent the past few weeks freshening up the paint in the house... I used to like painting.... only a few more baseboards to go! Sticking with my love of food, the latest colors I painted were called "Butter Yellow" and "Butter Cookie" - yum!

We are on track to finish our list of things to do by June 15! Yea us!
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Thursday, April 23, 2009

8 weeks and counting!

Did you know that the number 8 is considered lucky in China? Eight (pronounced "ba") sounds like the word for "prosper" or "wealth." Did you notice that the Opening Ceremony of the Summer Olympics in Beijing started at 8:08:08 pm (local time) on August 8, 2008. Does that mean that we'll have good luck this week with only 8 weeks to go until we fly out?

All of the pieces are in place and it looks like it will really happen this time - we just received our visas, the movers are scheduled for June 15-17, and our plane leaves Portland the evening of June 18. We will fly to LAX, then to Seoul, South Korea, then to Dalian.

We still have a list of things to do, but we are feeling pretty relaxed and ready considering a large chunk of the work was already done in the fall.

In Dalian, we will move into the same condo that we had reserved before (yea!), and will enjoy (?) a hot, humid summer before the kids start school there on August 13.

Our goal is at least weekly blog updates until we leave...
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