1/1/11 - cool.

Welcome to the New Year!!  

I have high hopes that this will be the best year yet!!  :D

We spent the day working - unfortunately it was a school day for us and we were bellied up to our computers well into the evening.  We broke around noon to hit the grocery store for provisions since we knew everything would be closing early and would remained closed on the 1st and 2nd (Sunday).  As usual we forgot our shopping bags and ended up having to carefully balance our items in our arms until be made it back home.

As you can see we got all the really important things!  You should have seen the stores, everyone else had the same idea - busy, busy, busy!  

I explained a couple days ago that we are lacking central heat of any kind and with the outside temps hovering around 60 I've been curious as to what our inside temperature was.  My snazzy electronic indoor/outdoor Weatherbug died a year ago so while we were at the store I found a thermometer that was marketed for reading the temp inside of a refrigerator.  I bought thinking it should work just fine inside the apartment since I was beginning to believe that the temp difference couldn't be far off...  

The red hasn't passed 61 since I hung it up.  bbbrrrrrrrrrrr

Once I saw the number on the thermometer our space heater (Harvey) was turned on and remained on until we went to bed.

Harvey

We stayed up until midnight hoping to see all the 'obnoxious' fireworks that Malta is so famous for over using to celebrate everything from a typical Wednesday to New Years.  Since we have such a panoramic view we were really hoping to get quite a show from our patio but in the end we had to settle with a couple of small shows a few blocks over and, to the south, a fairly steady stream of red flares that were launched into the air for about 20mins.  It was still nice, we didn't have to leave home and we still saw a few explosions of pretty lights and for the first time since we moved in the highway that sits on the hill a couple hundred yards off our back patio was completely silent and void of cars and speeding crotch-rockets.  The night was beautifully clear and we realized that whatever we were missing in manmade fireworks the starry sky made up for it!!  Its amazing how many more stars you can see here!

We slept in a little today and it has been cloudy and drizzly and looks to be more of the same for the rest of the week but with our new friend Harvey we should be okay.

Monday we go into the office then go looking for a propane exchange and Wednesday we board a plane to Dusseldorf, Germany where we will rent a car and drive to Cologne for the following 10 days.  A chilly start to the year but it already busy and exciting and at least we are together (that's the best part)!








Here's wishing you a very Happy New Year full of love, excitement and happiness!!



Love to you all
xoxoxoxox

Mark and Jen

Wrapping up the year in Malta

We had a great Christmas even though it seemed to short and quick.  We've been on the road  (away from Malta) since Nov 23 and after the 30+ hr journey back we are thrilled to be back in our new home.

We packed up our 4 checked baggage during a 6hr process and ended up leaving far more behind than we would have liked but with a 23kg limit per bag we had no choice.  We arrived around 2pm with our 4 huge (heavy) bags, 2 carry-ons and 2 backpacks.  We went to the rental car counter to collect our car for the week and Mark had rented us a Toyota Aygo.  It was super cute but silly small; we managed to get all of our luggage in without too much trouble but we couldn't have fit another item of any kind.  The car is actually a great size for our life here and has moved to the top of our list when we finally settle on something.  Getting back behind the wheel on the right hand side of the car was a little weird again but I took to it pretty well (toot-toot)!  We found our apartment again with ease thanks to our handy dandy Garmin and enjoyed the views the whole way home.

As we landed the pilot said the temp on the island was 15C (59F) and we weren't sure if that would be cold or not.  We've lost touch a little with what the numbers in temperatures feel like and were pleasantly surprised - it felt great!!  ...until we got home.

When we finally got our heavy ass bags up the stairs leading to our building, barely packed into the elevator and then into the apt. we were hungry!  Instead of running off to the store right away and then cooking something we decided to order a pizza and settle in a bit.  Boy were we disappointed to discover that the two pizza places we have numbers for will not deliver until after 7pm.  :(  Welcome to Europe.  :)  Luckily I had a frozen pizza in the freezer so we weren't too put off.

A note about our house: every wall in our home is made from cinderblocks or windows and our floors are made of tiles.  we have no AC or central heat of any kind - we never thought it would be a problem because we're tough...  We learned at about 7:30p that we were not that tough!  I'm here to tell you that insulation is an important part of a house!  Thankfully the apartment came with a small propane fueled space heater, on rollers.  We finally fired that baby up and set it next to us until bedtime and them moved it to the bedroom while we brushed our teeth before turning it off for the night.

We spent our evening unpacking and got almost all of it done and put away (yay us!!).  Before we went out to the grocery store we both needed some serious showers.  We couldn't take one straight away when we got home because we had turned off our water heaters (as you do when you travel here and in Dubai) and of course we needed to give them time to warm back up.  After a couple of hours, right before we were going to take a shower, I noticed that the water in the sinks were running really slow.  When we checked the shower it was barely spitting out!!  We did the duty and walked around the house a couple of times checking all the piping and valves we could find.  Being at a loss we finally called the landlord so he could at least get out in the morning and fix our problem.  We had decided we could fill up the bath tub (rather slowly) and at least get a rough cleaning to get us thru until the problem could be fixed.  Mark called and spoke to the lovely man and explained we had been out of town and now that we were home the water wasn't working, maybe some work was being done on the building to cause water disruption?  Tony (the landlord) asked if we had turned on the pump?  "What pump?"  This is the first we had heard of a pump of any kind!!!  In the end it was one of the lighted switches on the wall that we took to be for the non-existant AC wall unit...  We flipped the switch and our water pressure was back and we scampered off to the shower!  Welcome to Europe.  :)

 We turned it off and jumped under the blanket-S.  In order from flesh touching to top sheet: we had our beloved blue fuzzy blanke from Mom, a standard flat sheet, a light red quilt-styled blanket and then our down alternative blanket (thankfully) brought back from the States.  :)  We were actually quite toasty and slept well, quite well, we were asleep for just over 12 hrs, much needed sleep.

We woke up at noon, not because we were done sleeping but because it was noon - that is an oddity for us to sleep like that.  We stubbled out in our long pjs, thermal shirts and heavy socks (I actually had on 3 shirts but whatever- Mark wore a robe for awhile too)  After a couple cups of Mark's sweet cappuccinos, some Oj and eggs and toast we were ready to get moving.  Mark has been fighting me on the validity of my opinion that he needs some sweaters and long sleeve shirts but after our first night back he was ready to go shopping!  We went to the only shopping area we are aware of and started looking for a parking spot, not an easy task in this part of the world.  We were happy to find a hidden parking garage attached to a multi level grocery store and although it was pay it was worth it to us to be able to move on with our task at hand.  We spiraled up to level 4 before we found a spot (the garage only had 5 levels), we jumped in the elevator and headed down to start our shopping adventure.  Little did we know that we would first encounter a 20 minute adventure trying to figure out what floor and how we should exit the elevator and then the store.  The grocery store is 3 or 4 levels and the signs in the 'vator don't give you a clear idea of where you need to be to exit the store.  They say that level -2 is the main exit but when you get to level -2 you find that is not the case, back to the 'vator.  Then be careful because there is a 2 and a -2; 2 is not the exit either.  Review the sign again and it still says -2 is the main exit, check again, no dice, back to the 'vator.  Soon we were landing on every floor and walking out to look around - all we wanted was to go shopping!  After 20 minutes we found the exit on floor 0 which is also the ground floor - boy that would have been easier if there was a sign that said 'Exit Street Level -- 0 or GF'  Welcome to Europe.  :)

I'm happy to say that we did find him a handful of sweaters and the much needed Duvet cover we had been searching for.  Finding our car was not as difficult, and our drive back home was easy and direct.  Back at home we donned our jams (I moaned about needing fuzzy ones) dished up some chili, turned on our space heater and chilled out with some Apple TV - we love it even though it appears we will not be able to take advantage of Netflix.  All in all a fantastic first day back - we LOVE Malta!  :)

Now, because we slept so late we are up late - it's 1am.  Tomorrow is a school day and we are going to be grumpy in the morning.  Oh well the fireworks should make up for it!

HAPPY NEW YEARS EVE!!!

XOXOXXO

and we are off again...

We spent all day yesterday packing for a 35 day travel adventure.  Yes, it took all day, from 9am to around 4pm.

We leave today (in about 3 hours) and fly to Dubai.  We will be there until the 27th when we fly on to Doha for a 3 week visit and then on Dec 16 we begin our journey back to Houston for the Holidays for 10 days!

This should be our last crazy trip.  Everything after the first of the year should be easy week long visits here or there; hopefully we are done with the 30 day suitcase challenges!!

Well gotta motor - we leave for the airport in about 30min and I have a few more things to organize.  See most of you in a few weeks.

Love to all
xoxoxxo

Man, the weather here is awesome and weird!

One day it is cloudy and cold and the next its sunny and warm.  Some days its partly cloudy and when the cloud covers the sun it is down right cold but as soon as the sun breaks thru you're actually sweating in the sunny ray -- weird.  Weirder than Houston.

We made it thru another week.

I do finally see what they are talking about when they say the locals drive like crazy people.  At first I couldn't see how they could drive wildly with all the small, narrow and winding roads but after taking off the blinders I get it.  Down some neighborhood streets that are a little longer (like outside our door) they get going SO fast!  I've driven these roads and I just dont see how they can do it - people are walking around, cars are pulling out of their parallel parking spots, some people are trying to parallel park, there are people trying to drive around corners of intersecting streets, etc.  And don't get me started about the kind of driving I hear going on on the highway that passes behind our apartment up on the hill - WOW!  They weave in and out of single lane traffic, the pass on uphill corners, refuse to stay in the lane... crazy!   Now that I've said that, let me assure you that this isn't everyone on the road and we do not drive around in fear but you know what they say about a few bad apples.  This is the first 'rumor' I've read about that I can see as accurate.

{{BTW:  we've both gotten pretty good at this wrong side driving thing they've got going here}}

We walked to the movie theatre the other night and it was awesome!  Malta (proper) being only 20miles x 10miles large has a reported 5 different theatres listed and one of them is about a 15 minute walk from our apt.  We were excited to read that it had received good marks and crazy happy to find it to be fantastically cute!  The lobby is really large and has a nice looking, small restaurant attached to it and the decor is very soda-fountain-oak-trim looking (I'll try to take photos next time).  There is actually just one person behind a entry desk issuing tickets and the secondary snack area is like a super little convenient store.  They offer chips, candy bars, soda, etc all at normal (not inflated) prices.  We bought a bottle of water for €.95.  No ice cream though - that is a strike against them.
There are 7 screens spread across 3 or 4 floors and all of them were modern, new released movies.  The rooms were small and old school and there was no pre-movie entertainment (ie: commercials).  The room was dimly lit with 4 other souls just waiting in silence for the movie to begin.  The lights went down, two previews were shown and the the movie began after a big digital image was run across the screen asking people not to smoke.  We saw RED - it was  cute and the best part was there was no censoring!!  It wouldn't have needed it anyways I don't think, it was a pretty clean show.  But---- 1/2 way thru the movie another digital image in early 80's fashion came across the screen that dictated it was time for "intermission".  The movie stopped, the screen went black, the lights came up and all 6 of us waited, in silence (giggling a bit) for about 5 minutes until the lights dimmed again and the movie started where it left off.  :D  I was a little disappointed that there was no jingle or music or anything but it was still kind of cool... and weird.  In the end we were pleasantly surprised that the theatre was so nice and look forward to walking to many movies in the future!


That's all for now - we need to get on with our Saturday.  I made french toast this morning and Mark supplied the caffeine solution we both needed.  I tell you, I've never had fresher eggs than here in Malta.  Every 6 pack I open are decorated with poo or the like and the occasional chicken feather.  So, of course, before any of the eggs can be used they all have to be washed and permanently removed from the container they are bought in.

Happy 2nd Birthday to our niece- we love you!

xoxox

We have finally found some shopping...

...but they aren't open on the weekends.  :)

The landlord was over the other day; he's actually been over every couple of days lately since we are trying to get some appliances straightened out.  We are very fortunate that he is truly a nice and honest man who has been very willing to work with us on everything we've brought up thus far.  ((and he scaled our patio to let us back into our locked apartment on day one))  When we signed the contract T agreed to put in a proper microwave at his expense and split the cost of a dishwasher with us since we would leave it behind when we moved.  This was great because then we could go pick out what we wanted and T gave us a few leads.

When we moved in Mark and I walked around the house and decided that this time there are things we will budget into our life that are not worth living without.  One of those things was a tumble drier.  The past 3 years have taught us that we do not like the scratchy feel of hung dry clothing - go figure.  We had a pretty decent washing machine that was left by the last tenants and had begun making good use of it.  In early conversation we also talked to T about splitting the cost of the drier with us and we would leave it too.  We quickly discovered that the washer had a decent dry cycle on it that soften up the clothes off the line just enough so there would be no need for us to buy a drier but we had not yet relayed that to T.  1 week into our stay the Washer started blowing a fuse in the house.  The first time was late in the evening while Mark and I were on different sides of the house.  We quickly w/o panic of being in a strange place or confusion about what to do we grabbed a flashlight and met each other at the breaker box.  The Washer spent the next 2 or 3 days intermittently blowing fuses and freezing up mid-cycle.  When our second load of clothes got stuck in the machine we broke down and called T.  He was out the next day with a repair man who ended up not being able to fix it.  :(  During the attempted repair T realized as well that the machine had a dry function and a drier would not be necessary if we could get it working again so he scheduled a different man to come out the next day.  In the meantime T was also trying to scheduled the installation of our Microwave and Dishwasher.  Luckily all the visits about the Washer had allowed us to agree on a Dishwasher that he had found and it was much cheaper than the ones we had seen thus far.  {{I'm painfully temped to go off on a tangent about the price of things here but I will try to refrain and touch on that later}} 

The next Repair Guy was also unable to repair our Washer - T left and said he would bring one from another property he had and be back within the hour (he felt terrible that we had been a couple days without proper equipment).  He indeed returned within the hour with a different machine and removed our English model.  This "new" machine was scary.  It was much older, smelled, was stained with what looked like mold on the inside rim of the machine, had no user manual (more important over here than you can imagine), had fewer program settings and no dry function.  T had obviously took note of this because when arrived the following day to have the Dishwasher installed, to our surprise, he brought with him a new Dryer (at no charge to us).  We had already decided that we were going to wait a few days and let T know that we were not happy with the Washer and we would by our own, on our own but this new act of kindness had tripped us up and we were now speechless as we watched the installation guy lift the Drier -practically on his own- and set it on top of our icky Washing Machine.  We will now have to rethink our Laundry situation and visit it again later...

On this latest visit we were chatting with our Landlord T and expressed our frustration with our inability for find basic household items like a water kettle, a coffee pot, small furniture like an entry table or bathroom storage, etc and he starts spouting off stores not just in our neighborhood (which we have explored with little to know luck) but fabulous stores we had not yet discovered during our internet searches.  With a little bit of new hope fueling our wings we took off late Friday afternoon to discover this shopping mecca.  We did not hold our breathe because I had found many stores online thru message boards that promised great things and did not deliver!  In fact, I had been moping around the past couple days because we have not been able to find anything besides painfully overpriced toasters {{uugghh - one day...}}  But when we passed this new store we got excited because we stumbled on a small electronic/appliance store which had multiple choices of almost every appliance we needed - In fact it had better and cheaper versions of the few items we had already bought!!  We were SO happy!  We picked up a much needed Blender and an often heard about but never seen (in Malta) Rice Cooker!!!  Oh joy!  We even, almost found a Cappuccino Machine but they didn't have the color we wanted in stock so we passed for the moment.  After an hour of roaming thru this little piece of heaven we wandered back up the road to the store we had actually drove out there for....

When I walked in my chin hit the floor, my pupils dilated and I wouldn't wipe the smile off my face!  This store was 4 levels of.... beauty.  A smaller but very well appointed Ikea wanna be.  :D  It is not a 100% replication but close enough to give us hope that we will be able to finish furnishing our house.  We only had a couple hours to peruse but found a couple of small pieces that we planned on coming back for but that night bought a lamp for the living room and more importantly a fully automatic cappuccino machine {{mmmmmm}}.  We closed down the store but vowed to come back in the coming days to re-look at some stuff!  On our way back home we passed even more good looking stores - I think we have finally found a pocket!

----Fast forward a couple of days-----

We have tried to visit a couple of these other stores but this place has crazy working hours so it is taking us a couple of attempts to get in there and look round.  A very large majority of stores close between 1-4 during the day and then close for the night around 7pm, are only open until 12:30 - 1pm on Saturdays and are rarely open on Sundays.  

We are adjusting to the Washing machine since the smell is now gone and the mold stain doesn't seem to be going anywhere  but it still freaks me out every time I open the door.  The drier isn't used much because it doesn't seem to dry any faster than hanging the clothes on the line outside.  The microwave has now been installed and although we are disappointed with the lack of digital-ness it is pretty and works really well.  We haven't used the Dishwasher yet because we still need to get some soap but it is on the list for today.  The new Coffee Machine is fabulous and looks great!  We have even finally found a storage shelf for the guest bath and a regular sized trashcan for the kitchen.  :)  

At the end of the day we are settling in nicely, everyday we find something new - great adventure.

{{It has taken me 3 days to do this post & I'm not sure I want to proof read this one either.  :)  Don't worry, I'm sure over time I'll be able to get to the point much faster and w/o all the crazy details.}}

It is now time for us to get thru the shower and get on with our day but first one more "caffeine solution" from my husband's new kitchen gadget.

Cheers!

xoxox

Our 1st week in Malta

Well we've made it thru our first week and we still like it!! :)

We have now 'officially' relocated to Malta!! I use quotes because we won't have residency for some months due to red tape but we have a home again- yay! We live on the North side of the island in a town called St. Paul's Bay. It is a little more residential and quite than the surrounding areas (so far). We live on the top floor of a 4 story building and have a really great view overlooking St. Paul's Bay. We have a spare bedroom so you should schedule a visit soon!

The journey here was a tough 2 day trip leaving Houston landing in Dubai for 12 hours or so and then on to Malta. We hit the ground running and after landing around 2pm we taxied to our new home, got a quick walk around by the owner, pointed in the rough direction of a place for dinner and a small grocer to get some basics, oh and a couple towels -- we had none with us. Thankfully we at least had a couple of blankets to cuddle up on the couch with until we got our bed. We grabbed a quick bite at a local cafe that was open, the pizza wasn't so good but the beer was needed and fantastic!! We had to wait until after 4pm to go to the store of find some towels because 95% of the town shuts down between 1-4pm for a nap...

Good for them - a pain in the ass for us.

We found a local grocer for a few things to tide us over until the next day when we could go do a proper shop and we stumbled across a store front that sold us two crappy towels for €10. We were desperate so I guess I shouldn't complain but in the end we ended up toweling off with a t-shirt because it actually absorbed the water as opposed to the towels which seemed to actively repel moisture from entering their fibers...

The "local grocers" are typically found on every couple of blocks and can be on the corner of a street but usually they are just another front door space in a street full of homes. They are usually quite small and crowded with items on shelving, typically covered in layer of daily dust that is not cleaned from one day to the next. Some have small cheese and or meat counters but most are dry goods with a very small refrigerated and/or freezer section. The places are usually no more than the size of a standard living room and the isles only big enough for one person at a time. Not my ideal shopping destination but it works in a pinch.

Without a proper bed for the evening we curled up on the couch together and slept with the patio doors open to enjoy the cool night air. The next day started early with us walking to the rental car place the next town over (approx. 2km ~30 minute walk). We had to rent a car to go meet with the boss first thing at the new office that is in the final stages of completion.

This is where the fun begins!

Well, straight away we locked ourselves out of the apt. The deadbolt is a key from the inside as well as outside (no turn latch like we are used to). We thought we were being efficient and smart by leaving a key on the inside to lock as needed but as soon as we exited and shut the door that morning we realized we had forgotten something. We tried to reenter the apartment only to realize that by leaving that key on the inside it renders the key on the outside of the door useless. :( Mark was beside himself with irritation so I took the lead here - "Nothing we can do about it now Honey, I'll call the landlord later and get it sorted" {{kiss-kiss}} We're late, lets go....

One of the endearing qualities about this island for us was that it wasn't flat - we finally had moved somewhere with some texture to the land with some intrest to the landscape, it was beautiful! Little did we realize that the beautiful landscape and texture of the land carries over to the towns and neighborhoods and small, very, very small winding streets that you find everywhere. This all needs to be negotiated by us, in a rental, driving on the left side of the road while on the right side of the vehicle while operating a standard with our left hand ---- OH, and almost everything is a paralel park if you can even find a spot!

Mark and I have been together a long time now and we know each other pretty well and understand our strengths and weaknesses in different areas of life. This particular area called for me to start off doing the driving as he tried to navigate our direction across the island which I can assure you was no easy feat even with a Garmin!!

We picked up our Toyota Yaris and made our way to the office without incident and it took us a respectable 30minutes or so. Looked at the office building, picked up the boss and went to lunch. I warned the boss as I began to reverse into my veryyyy small parking space that he may hear some unladylike words out of my mouth and to pay no attention, it was just part of my process. As we ate and the boys talked business I excused myself numerous times to talk with the landlord to arrange entry into our apartment - luckily by the time we dropped the boss and made it back with a load of luggage he had it unlocked and the key waiting for us. YAY! Come to find out later that the lock was fubarred and he had extended a ladder from the balcony below us, crawled up and entered thru the patio door which (thankfully) we had not locked!

~~whew~~~ I haven't even gotten thru day one! I need to start blogging daily! :) we'll see.

Alright, lets see, we made it back to the hotel for the night (not without a good story or two but I don't have the energy to recant it all here) and we were both exhausted - you can only imagine the kind of stress and energy that is expelled trying to relearn your brain in this fashion. Try writing with your opposite hand in a different language while a full brass band is playing in the next chair and someone is throwing Skittles at your forehead... I guess it's not that bad but it was a long day.

Day two had us hunting grocery stores and proper department stores to get towels, sheets, small furniture etc. I'm sad to admit that the shopping is harder than I expected. Small disjointed stores so far. Very few dedicated furniture stores although as we drive I see more of them spotted about and NO proper department stores (ie: Target, BBB, Walmart, etc). I guess that is what we get for settling on an island that is only 20miles x 30miles big. hahaha We will adjust I'm sure I just didn't expect Dubai and Doha to be more shopping friendly than Malta!! Oh yeah, and we bought our Tempurpedic Matress!!! After 3 years on shitty beds it is SO nice to be on something soft! It delivered on Friday so we spent 3 nights on the couch which wasn't so bad since it is quite big but 3 nights of sleeping with the door open had us breathing too much chilly air and we both got a cold. Mine was pretty minor, only a day or two but Mark's is still holding on. :( We have been keeping the doors closed until last night when the weather warmed up a bit.

~~~man, this is a lot! I really need to start posting daily....~~~

Let's see... Our washing machine has gone out already - the landlord is on it though and it should be repaired or replaced by the end of the week. Seems to be just a freak coincidence. I've got to say, so far I really like the landlord, great guy and very helpful! We are getting a microwave installed this week and a dishwasher too I think!

The Maltese are "famous" for their friendliness but I have read numerous blogs that have exposed a more realistic perspective and I've been a little scared about what we might encounter in day to day life and especially in the service industry. I'll have to say I've been really impressed with the people here!!

We had our cable installed within 2 days of putting in the order. The man was on time, friendly and knowledgeable and professionally handled the few hiccups he encountered while running the cable, up to and including climbing on to a small utility balcony outside the kitchen window and climbing onto the roof for something on a very scary ladder. AND this man was no spring chicken!!

We went to the bank to try to set up an account which I have read is no small feat and although we still don't have an account the women we spoke with was very helpful and spent lots of time with us trying to sort out our situation and is working on resolving our issues. Again, quite a pleasant experience!

We haven't really explored too much of the island yet, really just trying to get our bearings. I don't know how we are ever going to intuitively know our way around here but Mark says it will come. As for now we are still on the look out for many small household items that we lack and are beginning to realize that our cooking is going to have to change a bit since we aren't finding the items we are used to....

Wow, we have already experienced so much in this 1st week that I don't think I can capture it all here now. I will REALLY try to get on every couple of days and give a recap of life if you'd like; I have a feeling this will be a little more interesting than the MidEast, at least more fun and less bitching... :)

I've going for now - got some soup stewing for dinner I need to check on. Please grant me a little slack on grammer, spelling and thought structure, I have not proof read this post but I am adding a few distracting pictures!! :D

xoxoxxo

driving from the airport

My first day driving!!

JB Department Stores

JB Department Stores

Oh yeah, I got a parking ticket over here this day but we found proper towels!! 

Our first sunrise.  I stumbled out and took this one picture and went back to bed.  :)

Our last look at Dubai

the south side of the island

Malta International Airport

The day we landed - our first sunset!  xoxox

(PS - I'm really disenchanted with this blogger - but I'm too lazy to go find another blog site!)

PPSS-- If you are ever interested in visiting the actual blog instead of just reading the mail you can view it at:  www.jakulin5liveandlearn.blogspot.com

He's back home!!

Have not received all the details yet but he was allowed to go home Tuesday night or Wednesday day sometime!

:)


We board a plane in about 17 hours for our trip home!!!

xoxoxo