Well, I must admit I really hate the way the economy effects my family from time to time, as I'm sure many of other American families in these tough and miserable economic times do as well. My husband has been laid off for the 4th (yes you read correctly, FOURTH) time in 3 years. My husband is by no means a slacker or someone who simply likes to laze around day in and day out, so being laid off again isn't exactly a vacation. Like many of hard working people out there, my husband has been working since the age of 15. He's the type of man who likes to stay busy and productive.
Now as everyone knows we've kind of been "a little" busy with an upcoming move to Australia. We were originally going to ship belongings and save up a ton of money...now we are faced with the further evidence of a lack of work and realization that we can either stay here and "struggle" and eat away our savings OR sell it all and go now. We know there is work for my husband. The economy is strong in OZ and his field of Construction seems to be booming, especially in the area we are heading to.
This wasn't what we had intended as we were planning on going by the end of the year, not the end of next month, but really what choice do we have?
Now fortunately we have settled on a great shipper and are still planning on taking about 1,500 pounds worth of belongings...ever wonder how much Cast Iron and Stoneware weighs... eek!
Things have surely been busy here but we're absolutely fine with that. It just means we're getting closer!! Organizing and preparing belongings for shipping, finishing up the "Motorhome Makeover" to get it ready to sell, setting up the final test and exams for the dogs and of course trying to keep up with homeschooling our kids.
I'm ever grateful to our oldest who graduated High School herself this past May. She has really helped out with keeping the kids on some kind of schedule in all of this craziness.
All in all we are all incredibly excited for what the next month holds in store for our family!
