Well, we made it home safely and smoothly. The flights all went well and we’ve gotten to spend a lot of time with Ange’s family. The house we’re staying at in Kokomo is amazing. Jetlag hasn’t been too bad, but we do feel a bit sluggish. While we’re in good spirits most of the time, we [...]

At long last, our shipment has arrived.  We shipped 18 boxes (roughly 100 cubic feet) from our house in Indy here.  It’s taken well over two months, but it arrived.  I must admit there were numerous times I suspected someone had simply absconded with our valuables.  What are we most excited about?  Warm clothes for [...]

Tonight is the last night we’ll sleep in Indianapolis for a long time.  Tomorrow we move out of our cozy room at the Woodruff House and drive to Kokomo to spend a few days with Ange’s parents.  This is so exciting… Well…exciting and sad… Exciting, sad, and fun… Ok, exciting, sad, fun, and bittersweet… Exciting, [...]

We received an e-mail today letting us know that our visa has been granted. There are no more major obstacles to our move, so we plan to leave in early September. Our visa starts September 1 and lasts for a year, after which we’ll have to reapply. I can’t tell you how happy (and sad) [...]

If you’re anything like me (and I know a lot of you are…), there are many people that you intend to keep in touch with. For a while you do pretty well, but then it begins to falter and after a while, there’s so much to communicate, that it becomes overwhelming and so that relationship [...]

This is really wild. We’re finally starting to go through our stuff and decide what we’re going to throw out, store, and ship. It’s easy to talk about not being attached to things until you have to put “things” in one of those three categories. Our once-inviting, warm, friendly home is quickly becoming unfriendly: