Tackling the mess!

I'm sitting here wondering why on earth we sent so many things half way around the world. Granted....the time leading up to our move from Norfolk was ridiculously busy, so sorting through our stuff wasn't a top priority....and I guess I do remember thinking that I wanted EVERYTHING to go with us so that we could make Japan feel like home - but really - did I need to bring 30 flower vases....boxes of memorabilia from the last 28 years (of course I did leave a few of those at my parents house...thanks mom and dad!)....and enough small appliances to run a bakery....my goodness. We've already started a pile for the second hand shop on base and now that we're here for longer than one year (my frequent excuse for never unpacking one whole room of junk in Norfolk!) I guess I better get down to business! (I know that Josh might not strike you as the sentimental type - but he can hang on to some memorabilia and stacks of things too...it's not just me!)
Anyway, as you can tell, our household goods did arrive yesterday - mostly in one piece! A few broken glasses and bent lamps and little more dirt than we started with, but we'll survive! Josh is already planning to rent a steam cleaner this weekend for the car carpets and upholstered items that got soiled in the move. (since we paid a total of $800 for two cars, we have to give them a little t.l.c. to bring them up to standard!) Everything made of wood acquired a few extra scratches on the way as well. Fortunately, I spent a good amount of time in my dad's shop watching him fix up "dings" in pianos (along with a whole host of other cool technical things!), so I think I've figured out the magic of the "wood pen" and that should fix mostly everything. Josh will also have to use some carpentry skills to fix both our desk and couch which they broke the legs off of...(though the couch isn't unusable, it will be a good idea to fix it before it really breaks)...Oh, right - I'm supposed to be working! - more later!