Down to the final days....HOORAY!

Well, our pack out went well.  We actually didn't accumulate much extra and everything fit into six crates.  The car has been dropped off to be shipped and all we have left is the final house inspection and some little things for Shane's checklist that have to be done.  It's all still a bit unbelievable!

As for Doodle, I can hardly believe that she will be three on Saturday!!!  Holy cow!  While she still has her moments, more often that I would like sometimes, she is an amazingly sweet little girl with a huge personality and everyday amazes me with how smart she is.  My little monster is growing up!

This will probably be the last post until we get Stateside on Sunday as our internet will be shut off this evening.  Until next time...wish us luck and hope for a very happy birthday for our sweet little monster!  

Moving day!!!

I don't usually like to do early morning blogs...not much has happened yet.  However, as today is MOVING DAY, I will make an exception!!!  WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!  A week full of super late nights and back and forth bickering, here we are.  We are five days from being in the States again and could not be more excited!  Here's hoping after today it's smooth sailing!

Relax? What's that mean?!

Oh my goodness this week has been CRAZY!!!!!  So many appointments, cleaning, painting, more appointments, more signatures, sorting....the list goes on and on!  So sorry for not updating sooner.  Our pre inspection went well and we really don't have a lot left to get in order for the final inspection after our pack out.  Thank goodness!!!  Only a few appointments this week so this week should be a bit more relaxed than last.  Whoot!  lol

I think this week I will slowly start packing our bags for the big move so that everything is separated from the stuff that needs to be packed.  As far as we know, unless something changes drastically, next Monday the movers will be here!  We will ship off the car that Thursday and should be headed back Stateside on the 3rd.  I can hardly believe we'll be back in just two short weeks!

Thank goodness for this weekend.  We've caught up on some much needed sleep and just bum time.  Doodle's much more relaxed and actually slept through the night!  We had a movie day yesterday and I have to say, we usually feel a little guilty wasting an entire day on the couch but it was so nice just to sit back, snuggle up and hang out.  Doodle is in a much better mood and has far fewer tantrums.  I think the stress was just getting to be a bit too much.

Today we finished up the end of 'Hereafter' that we started last night then moved on to wash the car quick.  One last good cleaning before we ship it off!  I will miss my little car while it's floating back to the States.  lol  Doodle had a ball like always and was a ton of help....at least in her opinion.  :D
She loves to help wash the car.  We decided to let Charlie out and see how he would do off his leash.  All I can say is, he is my favorite dog ever!  lol  He's such a sweetheart and listens great!  He did try to take off after a cat today, but came right back when he was called.  The next one he saw, he jumped a little but waited, I called his name and he stayed right by our side.  At least I dont' have to worry about him running off!  Now if only we could get Bella to be the same way!  She was super bummed that she had to stay inside while Charlie was allowed out.  Poor thing.  lol  All in all, a great weekend and looking forward to being home again!

It's been a few days...

Well, things in the Duncan household have been nothing but crazy this past week!!!  Trying to go through things as quickly as possible to get ready for the movers, cleaning what we can for now, painting, packing boxes to ship off ahead of us, all while trying to contain our little monster.  lol  After a rather tense weekend of waiting for final signatures....we got them this morning!!!!  WHOOT!!!  Now we can actually schedule the movers, a date to send our car, housing inspection and all the other fun stuff.

Oh!  AND!  We should be able to bring both fur babies along with us as well.  :D  I know that with all the upcoming changes, keeping both dogs for now will be best for Doodle.  She's definitely a trooper and has been awesome through all of this so far.

19 days until we leave for the US!

Bittersweet

Well, we've just been informed that moving day may come a little sooner than previously expected...again.  Unfortunately, that means that we cannot take our lovely little fur baby Bella with us.  I will truly miss her.  Doodle will be devastated.  She and Bella have pretty much grown up together...she's been more of a sibling for Doodle than a pet.  We knew this move would bring some hard decisions, but this one just sucks.  :(

Holy heck!!!

After months and months of waiting around and so much uncertainty, Shane got his retirement date!  WHoooo!!!  Well, kind of.  lol  The date has been set for 28 May.  With his leave and permissive leave, that puts us leaving somewhere around...oh, 5 April!!!  Holy heck!  Basically we have a little over three weeks to paint, pack out, ship the car and get everything in order and leave!  WOW!!!  I knew it would come quick when things were finalized but never imagined it would be this quick.  Oh well, there is a reason for everything.  Here's hoping the next couple of weeks go by smoothly!  PLEASE cross fingers, toes and anything else for us and lots of prayers. We will need them!  Will keep everyone posted as best we can from here on out.  Hooray for moving day!

Doodle wants a garden.

Today was yet again, pretty run of the mill.  Our big project for the day was getting all the computers reset and backed up...fun fun.  lol  Doodle spent the day playing in the dirt with her new gardening set.  Unfortunately for the pups, they very quickly became more like something of a weapon.  lol  The high pitched yells and giggles as she chased the dogs around the yard trying to "sweep" them was pretty funny.  I suggested of course that we put the tools up for the time being and that after lunch, we could go get some flowers.  Whoo!!  A Doodle garden.  Sounds snazzy.

Off to the local nursery we went with a very excited little monster.  "I want flowers Mom!"  Oh do you know?  lol  Barely out of the car, she was off and running, seemingly knowing exactly what she was looking for.  Though the big glass doors a very excited and amazed Doodle exclaimed, "oh my gosh!" She was off!!  Smelling every flower she could find and telling us exactly which ones she wanted.  We very easily could have left with fifty different types of flowers.  The large figures of cows and donkeys seemed to almost be more fun that the flowers.  As we neared the back of the nursery she stopped, looked around and got very excited.  The ducks!!! Oh my gosh the ducks!  A very large display pond, full of ducks and turtles was waiting.  How on earth she remembers this from last summer I have no idea.  "MOM!!!  I want to see the ducks!!!!"  Yes, of course.  Off we ran to see the ducks.

Ducks, turtles and fish, my little monster was in animal heaven.  Oh if only we could feed them, I'm sure she would just collapse with delight.  After a few minutes of looking at the ducks, we decided that it was a bit chilly to be standing around in the breeze and opted to go look for anything else that could be fun to go with our plants.  Barely making it through the door, she spotted a cat.  Of course!  Yet another little critter for her to chase.  Unfortunately for me, there were clay pots EVERYWHERE!!!  As any parent with a toddler can imagine...your heart seemingly hits the floor.  Trying my best to waddle after her to keep her from climbing up the tower of pots, I finally caught up with my nutty little monster.  Just in time too!  We packed up our plants, paid as quickly as possible and headed for the car.

We finished up a couple of other quick errands and headed home.  Naturally, we had to take a few pictures.  She does so love flowers.  :D

Doctor Doodle

Today was definitely a busy one!  Appointments all day and a few errands.  All in all, not too exciting but definitely busy.  Doodle decided that while we waited for her appointment she was a doctor and a pirate.  A pretty exciting sword fight between her and Shane broke up during our hour long wait.  lol  At least she's a good sport.  :D  She makes one heck of a doctor too.  It will be interesting to see what she turns out to be later in life. She seems to be pretty enthusiastic about being a doctor for the time being....though pirate seems to be equally as cool.  haha

Tonight we've been trying to find the rest of what we need to order for Doodle's birthday coming up!  I can hardly believe my little monster is almost three!!!!  Now to get into party planning mode.  Whooo!!  I have to say however, that I cannot wait to be back in the States!  Shipping is getting outrageous and the waiting  so close to her birthday becomes pretty intense.  Hopefully all will get here in time.

I have to say, thank goodness it's the weekend.  Doodle is busier than ever these days and I feel like I'm running a bit behind.  Hurry up April!!  lol  Luckily for me, Shane pretty much had the day off and Doodle kept him quite busy.  As of late, she's all about time with Dad.  lol  Admittedly, I'm completely okay with that for now!

Now off to get the monster to bed.  Another day in the life of Doodle coming to a close.  Goodnight and sleep tight!!

First post!

Happy Thursday!  I am hoping this will be a good way to keep everyone, friends and family, up to date with all the day to day craziness that we have going on these days!  A lot is changing and will be getting pretty hectic in the coming months so please bare with me!  I will keep this as up to date as possible.  :D  Welcome to our crazy!