I need to clone myself and stop time...

We got word yesterday that we are flying to S.Korea two days earlier than originally scheduled! AGHHHHH! On the outside I am the picture of tranquilty but on the inside I am having a nuclear meltdown.
oooookay!
We are taking Chicane with us and as of today she is certified to fly internationally by the USDA.
Our dear doggie is having a hard time with this move:

We still need to rent our house and sell our truck. Andy prayed last night that it would happen today! This morning, I've gotten two calls on the house and he's gotten one on the truck so far. We are keeping our fingers crossed.
There is really so much more to be done so I can't justify sitting at the computer any longer.

I was blessed to see my tulips bloom before departure so I thought I'd share them with you.


Stay tuned....

Caugh caugh splutter

Admittedly, it is a little dusty in this blog. But have no fear, it will soon be alive and energetic. We are exactly 45 days away from lift off. "Cinco de Mayo" is our departure date to S.Korea. Andy has been gone for nearly the last 6 weeks doing special training for his new mission, leaving the wife to do most of the detail work.
We still have yet to sell our vehicle, rent our house, do major construction on our property, pack stuff to take to Korea (our weight limit is 1,600 pounds....trust me, that is not much), pack our stuff to go into storage, catch up on all our doctor's and veterinary appointments, oh and we haven't even done the taxes yet..... ah....the list goes on. I am already tired just thinking about it.
We are very much looking forward to our new assignment and at the same time we are very sad to leave our home and friends/family. Everything we have heard from friends who have done this tour, is nothing but "good stuff".
So...um...yeah...come back and visit soon! I don't know what kind of adventures will fill this electronic diary but I assure you, it won't be boring!

Andy and Sherry's 2007 Christmas E-Newsletter

Another crazy year gone by…Wow!
We sure don't have to tell you how fast time flies as we grow older.
It's been a year of joy and blessings, tragedy and sorrow, renewal of old friendships and the creation of new ones.
This year held all the ingredients for an epic movie and yet you'll have to be content with this newsletter.
It seems like we just moved to this wonderful part of the world and bought our first home.

Tamarack Idaho

For the first time in our married lives we have felt a glimpse of what “stability” must be like...And wouldn't you know it; it is already time to start preparing for the next adventure.
But more about that later...

It seems that it is tradition in these Christmas letters to detail a few of the highlights each member of the family has had over the past year. We have so enjoyed reading the highlights of your lives in your Christmas letters, so in that light we will not disappoint.



Andy is now officially a Major-select, meaning he will pin on the rank of Major some indeterminable time in the future. We are very much looking forward to that.
As you may have heard, the F15's have been grounded. Since it has been on the news, you probably know as much about it as we do. Our pilots are going stir crazy not flying but many of them have been using this time to get in some awesome skiing and snowboarding. Andy has been able to exercise his leadership skills as a Flight Commander this year and he was recognized with the "Company Grade Officer" of the quarter award. This year his duties took him away from home more than not, and although we cannot share the details of those duties, if we could, you would be proud.

F15C Tyndall Fl.

Sherry has been busy steadily building her little art business MadMadPotter.Com and this year she has taken on a new facet of her business through tatting, (no...not the ink we see on so many bodies these days...)
Tatting is the art of lace making and it has been a hobby of hers since she was a young girl. She started with making the world's only ceramic tatting shuttles, then she started designing her own original tatting patterns and now she blogs and sells her shuttles, hand dyed threads, and patterns, all in addition to her pottery business.
In November she published her first tatting book and it has been well received by the tatting community.

LadyShuttleMaker
She is nearly 2/3rds of the way in completing a three part course to becoming a Master Tatter. She also won a few ribbons at the Idaho State Fair including a "Best in Show".





As a couple we are enjoying every precious moment we can spend together. After 11 1/2 years of marriage we are still BEST friends. We enjoy our furry kids and we are learning a lot about ourselves and each other through our many home improvement projects.

Before and After Landscaping Project.

We are going to be very sad to leave this little sancturary that we just got settled into. Which leads us to the next thing.

We are moving to South Korea in the next few months for one year and then after that it's ?????
We are excited for the many new opportunities and adventures that lie ahead and we are sad to leave friends and family behind...so it is bittersweet.

This blog space will be dedicated to our adventures, so bookmark this page if you would like to share our Korean adventure and keep up with our happenings.

Our parting wish for you is this:

May God bless you abundantly this holiday season and may next year be full of joy and wonderment!

~Andy and Sherry, Chicane & Raku

Chicane

Raku

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