The journey begins...

These next few posts are ones that I wrote before I received the internet. I left Seattle to go to my sisters house on July 4th.


This is a shot of the Grand Canyon as I flew over it.


SO finally the day has arrived and I travel to my sister's house in Illinois for a 10 day visit before going to France. OMG has it been a crazy day. We prepared all the boxes for shiping and my daughter and her boyfriend carted them to the P.O. one by one to send them off. They returned shortly with bad news. For some reason, the USPS has decided to do away with parcel post to France...how nice >.> so instead of approximately $150 to ship my boxes it turned out to be closer to $400. This was a big disappointment, but since the items in the boxes were ones I seriously needed I went ahead and paid the cost. I had planned ahead of time to take a hotel next to the airport for the last night so Carly and I would be well rested. They had a free shuttle to the airport so it made life even easier. My good friend Shelly stopped by at 7 and took us to the hotel..what a sweetie! I booked a jacuzzi suite so we could both relax away our sore muscles with some much needed soak and bubbles. When first arriving I ordered pizza for the hungry masses and we devoured it in no time at all...after that a nice long soak and sleep, sleep and more sleep! The next morning the shuttle whisked us off to the airport. We had a short layover in Arizona and MAN! was it hot when we stepped off the plane. I was glad I wasn't going there. We arrived quite late to St. Louis and my niece picked us up and took us for the long drive out to my Sis's house in the middle of nowhere. It was so good to finally be there...I haven't been home in 5 years.

I have arrived!

Just thought I would let everyone know I'm here! D has had me running around like a chicken with it's head off and I've barely had time to get used to our apartment. We are leaving again today for the mountains but I promise after I return I'll take time to sit down ad post all the things I've jotted down during my travels. Ciao!

30 days

YES you heard me, 30 days and counting. I have finally bought my tickets! I will be saying farewell to the fair city of Seattle on July 4th. Leaving this city on a holiday saved me a nice sum on my ticket :) To tell you the truth I don't mind leaving then, I have much bigger things to celebrate. Soon I will be in France and reunited with my honey. I will be flying home for 10 days to visit my family and then on the 14th boarding my plane to go onward to Bordeaux. D is fortunately finishing his stint at work on the 13th so will be loose, wild and free after that for at least a week depending on if he decides to go back. I am hoping possibly that he doesn't so we can spend the summer just enjoying each others company. There is much to do with translating papers,etc before the marriage. D thinks by the end of August we will have everything done. We are also planning a short trip down to Andorra shortly after I arrive, which is something I'm really looking forward to also. I have seen pictures of this charming country on the web and think it would be wonderful to pitch my tent in those meadows. Also the tax free merchandise will be nice ^^ I am putting off purchasing anything I need till I get there! It's been an interesting lesson on what is important to me packing for this move. Two large suitcases limited to 50 lbs each and two large boxes to be mailed...that is my own personal limit. Having slowly reduced from an 8 room house down to a 4 room apartment down to this...well it's been a hard trial to my pack rat soul! It has also been a breath of fresh air. Leaving behind all of this STUFF is something I think is very good for me. A nice clean slate to start fresh with. One I really think Im going to enjoy ;)

Deep Breath

OK, the scare is over. I didn't say anything to anyone, cause I didn't want them to worry, but they had me come back for more tests after my mammogram. I been trying to get everything done before leaving and they found a suspicious spot. SO..three more mammograms and a sonogram and finally they decide it's a false alarm. I was shaking in my shoes let me tell you! Another nice plus...I have all the films in MY possession now, so I can take them with me to France :)

It might just mean I've been blindsided...