Moving...again

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Our air shipment arrived in record time last week and every bit of it was unpacked that day so it could be enjoyed for the next month.  The day after we unpacked we were told our house will be ready December 30th!  Sabrina was almost upset.  She finally finished hanging up her clothes.  (We were waiting for hangers).  Today we will pack our stuff up again and head to our new home tomorrow.  I'm defenitly ready to settle in.  Our new house is very close to the metro which will make it easier to get around.  Where we are at now we walk to a bus stop and ride the bus to the metro.  It will cut the time it takes to get to most places significantly.  And speaking of getting places, our van that was picked up a month ago missed the shipment it was supposed to be on and just left the U.S. yesterday.  Another month or so and it should arrive.  Since we will be in our "permanent" house we will be able to get faster internet.  I hear that takes about a month to get set up.  Right now the internet we have is incredibly slow and does not have the capability to upload pictures, videos, skype, etc.  Once we have that running I will add some pictures.

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