Category: Living Abroad
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The final countdown
Just 20 minutes before we start the big day of travel. I feel like I need to write out my feelings so I don’t forget when this is just a blip in our story. It’s a jumble, but that’s exactly how I feel right now. Jumbled. I woke up this morning with my heart pounding…
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Goodbye to 1085
Currently we’re sleeping with mattresses on the floor and eating at our dining room table while sitting on camping chairs. The couch, dining room table and one of our cars still needs to sell. Our house is pretty empty. Nothing on the walls, no shelves to hold anything, 5 boxes are waiting for us in Italy,…
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Downsizing for an International Move
We’re just shy of a month away from the big move! YIKES! Our lives consist of selling everything on craigslist and Facebook. It’s kind of consuming my life right now. The emails, the photo taking, the disassembling and hauling out to strangers’s cars, the reorganizing the things from inside the shelves and drawers. Soon we’ll…
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The Waves of Goodbye
Three months from today we’ll be boarding our plane to Italy. Holy craziness! Our office is currently a mess of boxes, bins and piles. Items to ship and keepsakes to store are being sorted and prepped. I add to Craigslist daily and filter through spam and real inquires about our stuff. As the things are starting…
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The Big Move
Well, it’s about time I made the news official…by official I mean putting it out here on the interwebs for all to see of course. WE’RE MOVING TO ITALY! Plane tickets are purchased, apartment search is underway and we’ve mailed out our first box of personal items. It’s really happening! Date of arrival in our new…