And Away We.....Go!

Happy trails to you, until we meet again.
Happy trails to you, keep smilin' until then.
Who cares about the clouds when we're together?
Just sing a song and bring the sunny weather.
Happy trails to you, 'till we meet again.
Some trails are happy ones,
Others are blue.
It's the way you ride the trail that counts,
Here's a happy one for you.

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Farewell TV You will be Missed!

As sit here watching the last of our stuff get moved into the truck to be put on the "slower" shipment.  I bid my 50" tv goodbye in hopes that it too will make it to Japan in one piece. ...waits for a large CRASH...

I think the hardest thing about moving to seeing other people pack your stuff.

If you want to see me stressed out...have someone pack my electronics for me where I cannot do it myself!

As a side note, its pretty quiet out there...

-- Brandon

Keep 'em doggies movin'!

Brandon's parents, brother Dustin, and Dick helped us move our furniture out of the apartment and into Dustin's spare room for storage Monday night.  It was about 9 degrees outside as we loaded and unloaded the Budget truck.  We were so incredibly greatful for all the help! Thank you!

The apartment is starting to look bare.  The mover/appraiser that came yesterday asked if we were practicing living in Japan, as we still had a large screen TV, but no couch or chairs in the living room.  hehehe 

Brandon's work had a wonderful farewell luncheon for him yesterday!  I was sooooo proud!!!  They presented him with a wall hanging with a photo of his building, their well wishes and signatures of co-workers, two patches related to his work, and an engraved plaque with his name and years of service.  It was such a wonderful gift and we can't wait to hang it on our wall in Japan!  Again, I was soooo proud of him!!!

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Expedite

1. To speed up the progress of; accelerate.
2. To execute quickly and efficiently
3. To make less difficult: ease, facilitate. Idioms: clearpreparethe way for, grease the wheels, open the doorforto. See easy/hard.
4. To increase the speed of: accelerate, hasten, hurry, hustle, quicken, speed (up), step up. See fast/slow/velocity.

We found out the other day that our "expedited" luggage will take up to 45 days to arrive...  This is in comparison to the rest of our household goods that will arrive in 60 days.  Something seems wrong with the math of "expedited" meaning it gets there only 15 days earlier.  Don't get me wrong we are very grateful to have the opportunity to move overseas, but when we both like to know all of the details and to be very organized this process has been very frustrating.  As a side note, no airplane tickets yet...  Those should show up tomorrow.  Well off to grab something to eat and then to pack my suitcase.

- Brandon

Nelson Wedding

We had such a wonderful week with my Mama!  I was so glad she could come out and visit before we head out!  Tough to see her catch the plane back to PA, but we're looking forward to seeing her on Skype soon.

This weekend we attended a beautiful wedding for our friends Jordan and Heather!  You can check out the photocs of Brandon, me, and Dick in our photo gallery.  Those boys sure do clean up well, don't they?!

Brandon's youngest brother, Steven, came out for Stromboli this afternoon.  It was so nice to get the chance to hang out again!

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