Buy Our Junk, Please

We're beginning this blog at the end - the end of our time in the teeny little house in rural Arkansas we've called home for the last three years. We've lived here longer than any other place during our 8 year marriage, and it's by far been my favorite. How many people have neighbors of the bovine variety at a distance of a mere 20 feet - practically looking in their window?

Today is the first day of our two day moving sale. It's been surreal watching the bulk of our belongings walk away in the hands of strangers, and knowing that our house is empty for keeps. All those things aren't just in boxes waiting to be opened in a new home close by. The rest of our stuff will be divided out to either crate for shipment to Japan, or stay with us as we live out of suitcases for the next six months.

A week from Saturday we will begin our time with Jason's family. We will spend about two weeks with them, then two weeks with my family, then it's off to start our big adventure!