What We've Been Up To

For those of you who don't know, we've been quite busy lately. In August, we were offered a job in jolly old England, and since then we've been on the move. Our house wasn't really in rentable condition, so we had to get it there - replace windows, redo a bathroom, reroof the house, fix the concrete in the garage, fix some electrical and plumbing stuff, put in some new light fixtures, paint, install the water softener, do some landscaping, install closet doors, replace 3 bedroom doors, install new doorknobs - exterior and interior, and some other odds and ends. We're still not finished, and our property manager has her hands full. We believe we have renters. They're supposed to move in this week.

The Thursday and Friday before Thanksgiving, the movers came and packed up our stuff and sent it off to England (we hope!). A week before that, they packed up all of our storage stuff - junk that will sit in MT while we're here. If we can't remember what's there when we get back, maybe we'll just have a garage sale from the storage unit. :) Anyway, we stayed in our mostly empty house for a while, then decided it was time to go to the hotel and get the house wrapped up. So we stayed in a hotel for 15 nights. We had 2 adjoining rooms that both opened up to the indoor pool area. 'Twas quite nice. While the kids and I were enjoying our hotel stay, Sean and some friends and hired help worked on the house. They're still working on it, without Sean, of course. (Thank you, thank you, thank you!!)

Our paperwork - passports and visas - took up to the last minute, but arrived in time for us to leave Friday, December 18th.

Now we're here, enjoying the Christmas break, and working on getting settled here in England.