Getting ready to leave our lovely home!

Our beautiful home and garden has never looked so good! Wood shelters built, wood cut and stacked (all four tonnes of it!), exterior repaired, interior repaired, doors sanded and revarnished,bath and showers re-grouted, carpets have been cleaned, kitchen scrubbed, bathrooms sparkling, cobwebs cleared, walls repainted.. and thats just the house! 

Lots of lost items have been found and reunited (in some cases!) and new discoveries have been made - who knew spiders could be so industrious?!

Clothes have been given away, toys packed up, all personal items moved out and we have streamlined our possessions to one drawer each - with more reducing to come..

Not so sure I want to go! Nerves are beginning to kick in as I have a few minutes to myself. 

Final goodbyes have been going on all week and I am being reminded time and time again that a lot can change in a year. I have had to stay away from negative people as the most important thing to me is to get me and my family back home in one piece. All present and correct. 

The list of jobs is endless..

Only 33 jobs to do today! In all honesty I can't wait to be done with all this drudgery! I am living the dream now.. Just got to do the final tying up - in two weeks we will be in Thailand! 

What to pack?

I think we will be going with very little - 3 outfits each.. and lots of suntan lotion!! As we will be following the sun for the whole year and we can buy most of what we need whilst we are away.. And as far as first aid goes have a small first aid kid and a traveller's homeopathic kit.

The biggest question is should we take scooters. They may not be much use in sandy countries but they will come into there own when the children are tired or at the other extreme and bouncing around with energy

Counting down the days..

Only 21 days until our first flight!