Well we are currently still packing, my mother has loads of salt and pepper shaker sets that we had to make sure all were well wrapped as a lot of them are very old! We have everything sorted to get my Oriental short hair cat (Banshee) and my Chocolate Labrador (Jas) here and as of posting this they got their flight tickets! This coming Friday the pet transport we lined up will be picking them up and giving them final checks to make sure they are good to fly at the start of the next week and I am over joyed I will be having my old boy Jas and my albeit some times annoying Banshee who almost constantly follows and meows her head off (yes I have arguments with a cat and she sounds like she is saying no!) and thinks sleeping right in the middle of my back while I am asleep on my side is the best place to sleep!
We will be doing a prep shop before we leave California as there are stores we prefer some foods from for example my father prefers Aldi's own brand canned stewed tomatoes. We will be stocking up on the dogs, cats and birds food (4 dogs, 3-4 cats and 1 green cheek conure in total going with us). We went ahead and got a sam's club membership and we will be doing a large shop at least once every three months. I will also be learning how to drive (legally of course) once we get to Wyoming and hopefully I will be able to find a job even if it's just part time or weekends! We have our truck rental all lined up and booked, we have a game plan in place of what goes first specially if we need to make 2 trips! I am also happy to see my husband as well for anyone wondering if I miss him and yes I do, I have not seen him or my pets for 3 months and 10 days! I only have to wait about 9-10 days to see my husband and our pets (with any luck!).
We have some tlc that must be done to the house once we get there but I am sure it's going to look really cute when we are done! I mean did I mention the place has 2 kitchens therefore I will get my own kitchen! I am really excited to get up there and get things lined up for in the next 6 months to a year we can get our (husbands and mine) house sold in the UK and get his visa for here in the USA. I really want to be in the USA as I feel kids will benefit from living here (better camping,hiking, etc and other experiences) we also will not have to buy school uniforms every year plus buying more uniforms if there is a growth spurt. Yes down side we have to buy health insurance and yes it literally costs an arm, leg and a kidney at this point however with health insurance your doctor will listen or they won't keep making as much money off you!
My goals for the next year is to get all of us into better shape and health and spend as much time in the good old outdoors with my kids, as well as find a job or at least volunteer locally, get us a garden patch set up for next spring/summer planting as there is no time to plant anything this year and I have no clue what I can plant for fall/winter crops outdoors or in a poly tunnel. I do plan on getting us local library cards and weaning my kids of what tv/tablet time they get and get them more into reading and board games/ card games, even just playing with their toys and having overall more structure to tv/tablet time. My biggest goal and challenge is to get my son to eat more than a handful of foods (he does need testing done to see if he is autistic and where he falls on the spectrum if he is).
My next blog post will most likely be sometime around the 3rd weekend/ 4th week of May as we do still have a lot of prep and packing and of course picking my husband and hopefully my pets up from the airport, getting the moving truck and packing it, driving up to Wyoming (we are driving 1,100 miles roughly so almost 16hrs) not including potty breaks for everyone and re-fueling. So fingers crossed everything from here on out goes to plan! Until some time in May be safe and have a wonderful day(s) and week(s)!
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