selling stuff is fun because you get money for things that aren't that important to you. You get this great feeling of freedom and levity in shedding the dead and useless things in your life and house. the only problem in our situation is that despite it being fun now i think its going to hurt more when we have to start from scratch in SLC.
It is baffling my mind to think of all the shopping (arrggghhh - with 2 little boys!) that we are going to have to do to get a new house livable. I just cant seem to get my head around how its going to work.
Clothes, kitchen stuff, linen, furniture, toys, cars, houses, bikes, computers...
Me and Danny usually like to choose big purchases together so to think that one of us is going to have to stay home and look after kidlets while the other goes out to buy things we are going to need to live with and use for at least 2 years is not that attractive to me. Theres something about having two brains that are similar in what they like but work totally differently that seems to work for us.
i guess this is where i shrug and put it all down to new experiences. i'm sure that we'll figure it out.
anyone got any suggestions??
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
denial, denial, denial...
I am officially in denial. i know in my head that we are moving overseas in 6 weeks but for some reason this has not yet moved into the realm of reality.
currently the extent of my packing has been a closet cull (i was very impressed with myself), sorting through Kael's clothes and a few for sale notices sent out via email through mum's work. I just cant seem to find the time or the motivation. I tell myself that i should be spending my hour or so a day break while the kids are sleeping to do uni work, but somehow i end up mostly laying on the couch reading a book or doing mundane housework tasks that seem to mount up without me looking.
Danny, on the other hand, gets the award for "Super Seller" this week. He sold our Landrover Discovery 2 in a matter of hours yesterday, while still managing to make us $1000 profit out of it. How good is that? Fingers crossed RME can find us a car to drive for the rest of the time we are here.
I think that once we get flights booked and a leaving date I will get the bejesus scared out of me and will start to pack the house up post haste. I might also be able to start ticking things off the multiple lists that are stashed around the house, not seeming to serve any purpose at this point in time.
Friday, February 12, 2010
nervous flutters
reality is starting to very slowly to seep in.. and i am feeling nervous
today i went out to fresh hope, our second family in a lot of ways, and i am feeling really sad about leaving all of them and the amazing work they are doing behind. It is amazing being apart of a really well functioning team and to move on from that voluntarily is really sad.
danny has been in SLC this week and from what he is describing the place sounds amazing. He may even have found us a great house just 20minutes from the ski fields. I cant even begin to imagine what our life will be like this time next year. We are aussie summer lovers through and through so i hope that i can embrace the cold as my new friend!
Had hopes to start packing some of the lesser used stuff in the house this week but between the boys, solo parenting and uni i havent hardly had time to shower let alone pack. It may just be a mad rush over easter packing up when we have family to look after the kids. ah well... it will be done sometime, i know that much...
today i went out to fresh hope, our second family in a lot of ways, and i am feeling really sad about leaving all of them and the amazing work they are doing behind. It is amazing being apart of a really well functioning team and to move on from that voluntarily is really sad.
danny has been in SLC this week and from what he is describing the place sounds amazing. He may even have found us a great house just 20minutes from the ski fields. I cant even begin to imagine what our life will be like this time next year. We are aussie summer lovers through and through so i hope that i can embrace the cold as my new friend!
Had hopes to start packing some of the lesser used stuff in the house this week but between the boys, solo parenting and uni i havent hardly had time to shower let alone pack. It may just be a mad rush over easter packing up when we have family to look after the kids. ah well... it will be done sometime, i know that much...
Thursday, February 4, 2010
the deal
So I thought that i might get a million (well really not that many) questions about our plans so here are the details.
Danny has been offered a the very amusing title and position of President to Russell Mineral Equipment Inc. which doesnt really exist yet except for the title. His mission is to startup the new branch of RME North America in Salt Lake City, Utah.
We have been offered a pretty good package which will make the transition to a new country a bit easier. The idea is that we will go for around 2 years then see where we are at.
We are thinking that we will leave around mid April which gives us a countdown of about 8 weeks.
8 weeks to pack up a house, decide whats going over, being stored or chucked out, get visas and flights, organise rental stuff, adopt out our cat, sell cars, bikes and other miscellaneous things that might have value and celebrate my sisters 30th with a big party here. Oh and on top of all that i have my last unit for my Masters to finish this semester which means going to brisbane a couple of times.
Did i mention we have two kids?? not sure how its going to go but we'll get there i guess.
Danny is off to SLC on Monday to scope out the scene - houses, offices, lawyers, accountants. I have given him orders to photograph everything in sight because I think that will make it a little easier for me to transition if i can picture where we are going.
I am going to make the most of this last trip of danny being away where I have Linda and mum around. I pay them in food, they help me with feral hour (dinner, baths, book and bed for the nonparents). I am going to miss them SO much!
Danny has been offered a the very amusing title and position of President to Russell Mineral Equipment Inc. which doesnt really exist yet except for the title. His mission is to startup the new branch of RME North America in Salt Lake City, Utah.
We have been offered a pretty good package which will make the transition to a new country a bit easier. The idea is that we will go for around 2 years then see where we are at.
We are thinking that we will leave around mid April which gives us a countdown of about 8 weeks.
8 weeks to pack up a house, decide whats going over, being stored or chucked out, get visas and flights, organise rental stuff, adopt out our cat, sell cars, bikes and other miscellaneous things that might have value and celebrate my sisters 30th with a big party here. Oh and on top of all that i have my last unit for my Masters to finish this semester which means going to brisbane a couple of times.
Did i mention we have two kids?? not sure how its going to go but we'll get there i guess.
Danny is off to SLC on Monday to scope out the scene - houses, offices, lawyers, accountants. I have given him orders to photograph everything in sight because I think that will make it a little easier for me to transition if i can picture where we are going.
I am going to make the most of this last trip of danny being away where I have Linda and mum around. I pay them in food, they help me with feral hour (dinner, baths, book and bed for the nonparents). I am going to miss them SO much!
after a few hiccups... we are off!
So you may or may not have heard the news that our little smith clan is off to the states. Salt Lake City, Utah in particular. This is exciting and scary for a number of reasons:
Kael, our newest family member, may choose to hand in his title of "perfect baby" after we break him by changing timezones. Jamin "big bro" choose to relinquish his title of "challenging sleeper" when we broke him by going to South America last year so anything is on the cards!!
We are also voluntarily giving up our babysitting on tap status by moving away from our families. Not sure if that isnt just the stupidest thing we could ever have done.
But! the exciting parts are getting to live in the snow! I have never even seen snow before so it may just backfire on me and i might hate it but hey? arent new experiences for learning?? We want to learn to snowboard - not sure if that is a pipedream considering the ages of our kids but we'll give it a go!
So the coutdown has begun and the to do lists are growing by the minute.
Keep you updated.
Kael, our newest family member, may choose to hand in his title of "perfect baby" after we break him by changing timezones. Jamin "big bro" choose to relinquish his title of "challenging sleeper" when we broke him by going to South America last year so anything is on the cards!!
We are also voluntarily giving up our babysitting on tap status by moving away from our families. Not sure if that isnt just the stupidest thing we could ever have done.
But! the exciting parts are getting to live in the snow! I have never even seen snow before so it may just backfire on me and i might hate it but hey? arent new experiences for learning?? We want to learn to snowboard - not sure if that is a pipedream considering the ages of our kids but we'll give it a go!
So the coutdown has begun and the to do lists are growing by the minute.
Keep you updated.
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