Since I have some down time

For the past 4 months I've been carrying around our life in the front seat of my car. Its been changed, drawn on {thank you Joey!}, ripped apart, changed again, and left in the sun. What is it you may ask? Its my binder! I needed a way to stay organized or I would have went insane. Doing this move by myself called for me to muster up every ounce of strength, time, energy and hutzpah I had. Everything was on my shoulders and had a deadline. I had housing, apartment, vehicle, pet, child, passport and shipment documents that needed to be ready at any given notice! Sounds so exciting I know!

The only upside to carrying around a big binder full of "life" is that people tend to notice how organized I am...{insert pat on the back!}It makes me wonder how other people show up. Are there papers strewn and folded about? Food on them? Ok, the thought kind of grosses me out so Ill stop my assumptions there.

  *My inserts are courtesy of IHeartOrganizing! They are amazing!

Ticking down

Woo hoo! I had my passport in hand exactly one week from when I submitted it! (almost down to the minute).

The vehicle was shipped out yesterday and our household goods are on their way to Guam.

Only thing left is to get my husband and ship our dog out. We are getting thru this week and we will be picking Joe up from the airport on Saturday morning! This is the day we've been waiting for for what feels like forever!!! Then we will be making our way up North to visit with family in New York. Joey is so excited to see everyone and show him everything he's been learning. Joey has been spending his days in the pool and he is now swimming like a fish! He can swim without his vest, dive in for his rings, front and back flip (something I cant even do), and now shows off his hand stands! He is learning so fast and is absolutely fearless. We are so excited for Joe to come home and see all these amazing things! 4 more days!

Shipping out

We are now in the stages of shipping our vehicle out. We need multiple copies of our orders and all the documents for our car. It needs to be cleaned in and out and then driven to New Orleans, LA for it to be shipped out. Hopefully the the truck will get there on time and we wont have to rent one!

Family Time

                                     

                                    My Cutie!

64 GMC

In between stage

With Joe being deployed we moved out of our home in Jacksonville and are staying with my parents in Pensacola. Joey is enjoying the down time and being out of school. Hes been swimming everyday and working on his tan! We will remain here until Joe returns. 4th of July Joey had fun with his fireworks and slip and slide-he finally perfected the run and slide part!

Family photos

Passport time!

Well I was under the impression I was getting a no fee passport but thats not going to happen so now I need to go get one. I also needed it expedited. I went twice, first time didnt have all the documents needed so I had to return again. There are florms to fill out, pictures to take (walgreens) and ID that you need to bring in order to even send anything out. I went and without an apptointment I could possibly sit there all day just to be turned away. (Appointments were over 2 weeks out!) Thankfully I went early, waited and was seen. 200$ later my passport renewal was being expedited and will hopefully be in my hands before we board the plane for Guam. Joe and Joey already have passport so I am the odd man out.

Housing

So we had submitted our housing application and all the documents necessary. THEN we received notice that we would be moving a month early.  A MONTH EARLY. Now I need to re submit everything so we have a house available. The joys of the Navy!

Moving day!

We had our move-in walk thru and now our pack out. We had movers show up on time on day one. 5 hours later they had packed most of our things. Day 2 I had planned on going into work but they showed up 2 hrs late and stayed for another 6. So glad thats over.

Our "too big for our apartment" table and kayaks!

The long haul

So we have completed our Overseas screening...a great time with many shots had by all!
Moving right along. After trying 6 different computers we finally found a computer to complete our military move paperwork. This was then faxed twice to a person that I wasn't able to reach for 2 weeks. I then scheduled my move date and walk thru. Then changed it 2 more times. Working full time allows me little room for packing and all that nonsense so its easier to push it back! lol Now to get my 6 chair dining table, 2 kayaks and bikes from my mothers 6 hours away all before the big move.