And so it begins...

Luke and I started packing stuff up and getting things organized in the house. It's totally amazing how much stuff you can accumulate over such a short period of time!! I basically was just going through paperwork and filing everything we needed to keep and chucking away as MUCH as possible! :) I brought in a whole pile of paperwork to the office yesterday to shred - which was really good cause I hate throwing out stuff with any kind of personal information on it!

We're going to try and see as much stuff as possible and store as very little as possible. We don't have that much furniture that we're planning on keeping - not much has sentimental value or anything. Mom and Dad have offered us storage at their place, which is a huge blessing because storage units look like they may be fairly pricey per month, even for one that's only 5' x 5'! So that'll work out so well. We're going to go through our clothes and give as much away as possible. Stuff that we haven't worn in ages or that just doesn't quite fit right, etc. May as well not store stuff that we don't really care too much about! May as well let it go for someone else to use. I'm going to wash up all my scrubs and see if the girls at work want any of them. If not, I'm going to just see if I can sell them on UsedVictoria or something.

It's all coming together....slowly but surely. We have a tad over a month until we leave....we'll make it happen :)

Oh the joys of moving...

Moving to COLORADO!!

It's been a little while since I posted on here - life gets way too stressful and busy!

As you can see by the title, Luke and I are in fact moving to Colorado on July 2nd....but don't worry, it's only for a year! It's a very long story that has to do with Luke's immigration to Canada. The basics are:

• If we file for Permanent Residency (PR) status from within Canada, Luke wouldn't be able to work until it was all completed and that could take up to TWO YEARS!
• If we file for PR Status outside of Canada (i.e. Colorado), Luke would be able to work and the paperwork could take as little as 6 months and possibly up to a year.
• Luke could make a lot more money working in the States than I could as the only income here in Canada.
• Moving is the best of two sort of crappy options - we don't want to move away from my family but we will get to spend a great deal of time with Luke's family in Colorado which will be great!

So that's the long and short of it really. We'll most likely be gone about a year once everything gets finalized and of course we're hoping for fast processing times through the immigration officer that gets assigned to our application! :) It'll be an adventure - we're trying to make it as fun as possible! We're going to drive down there - so that'll be very interesting. I don't think I've ever been on that long of a road trip - but I do like road trips, so it should be good. I'm excited about living in the States for a year - experiencing a Colorado Summer and Winter! It'll also be really nice to get to spend so much time with Luke's family and extended family and friends, etc. Plus I think Luke's excited about getting back behind the wheel of a schoolbus again! :) All in all, it should be good....it'll be sad for sure, but we do have all the modern conveniences such as internet, webcam, free long distance, etc so that I can keep in touch with my family!
I'm getting excited about it....but get back to me on that a few days before we leave! I'll be a mess :)