Getting there...

Well....after many many hours of unpacking, we have started to see a little bit of progress around our new homestead! Our living room actually looks like you might want to live in it, instead of looking like some crazy people having a junk sale in their house! It has been fun to find special places around the house for all the thoughtful gifts that have been given to us over the years - thinking of friends and family and their kindness makes unpacking not quite as laborious!
We also rented a steam cleaner and treated our cars, our indoor carpets, and our couch to a very thorough wash...it was a little suprising how much dirt came out of all those things (especially since I'm known for being germ-o-phobic!) We did enjoy much better weather this weekend than we had expected. They were very concerned about a typhoon hitting our area, but we ended up with two sunny and beautiful days! Josh is back to work tomorrow - he's busy preparing himself to run some training drills with the corpsman on the ships. I will continue the unpacking and work on getting through the mounds of paperwork involved with this moving endeavor...(starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel!) Oh yeah, and before I forget...a little plug to remind you how easy it is to get ahold of us...my dad found out from Cingular that if you use your cell phone to call us (our Stateside #) you'll get charged just your usual minutes (or however you are normally charged) No extra fees! I assume it's the same for other cell phone companies too...but I'm sure it's easy to find out if you're concerned! Just remember the time difference....we'd love to hear from you!