Aww Renee,
I hope it all works out for the very best. I'll keep my fingers crossed that he can get and keep his head screwed on straight for you and the kiddos. I'm not worried about being bored - too much fun stuff to do - I never get bored! I had to put Luke to sleep a couple of weeks ago so it's just Yoda and Chipper. I'm picking out crates this weekend and have their appts to get their Certificato Vetrinario done

Kitty-
I can't remember who's taking care of it - 2 different companies are doing moving and storage. We have about 19k lbs of allowed weight that we'll split between storage and what we'll bring. I don't really care about transit time - it'll be there long before we're ready for it - that's why we blew off the air shipment. We don't leave until early Sept and then it will take 45-60 days before we can find and be in a house. Jim's friend is just moving into his place which took 2-3 months to find and get into.

AMN-
No euros unfortunately, but they're trying to figure out how to adjust my pay to account for the hefty taxes I'll have to pay. With my US taxes, it'll approach about 60% of my pay. I like the idea of donating stuff to lighten the load. We'll be traveling to visit family for 3.5 weeks prior to leaving the country, so that's probably the easiest way to handle it. Thanks for the butt-kick. I know I'm the luckiest person right now and I've been wanting this for years, but now that it's here, it's pretty scary.