moving continents

My friends are getting tired of hearing me talk about moving. But believe me, moving a family of 5 across continents is a huge endeavor ! We are trying.. I say T R Y I N G to move as little as possible. So many things have sentimental value.. so we go through things, and go through them again.

When I was 16 I moved continents, my parents did the packing while I was still in boarding school.  I miss things I had growing up.. a parent never knows what is precious to the children. I let my kids pick what they want to take or leave. Sometimes, the scrap paper I want to trash has more worth then say, toy cars.

One advantage of not leaving in a rush is that we have time to do this. One disadvantage of not leaving in a rush is that we have time. We have been leaving for over a year……ARRRRRRRGHHHHH

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Trees in Bloom in Chiang Mai

At the moment Chiang Mai looks beautiful with so many trees, bushes and shrubs blooming. They must love the heat :-)

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Letting go.

As I started to picture the trees in the storm,
the answer began to dawn on me. The trees in the
storm don’t try to stand up straight and tall and
erect. They allow themselves to bend and be blown
with the wind. They understand the power of
letting go. Those trees and those branches that
try too hard to stand up strong and straight are
the ones that break. Now is not the time for you
to be strong, or you, too, will break.
Julia Butterfly Hill

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Adopt a dog !!

Shela was born in 2004, my daughter found her at a riding stable and I was not able to say no to her. She is intelligent and recognises new people. Shela is not good with small children, seeing she only likes to be patted on her conditions which small children often do not respect.  Seeing we are leaving the country, we need a new home for her. Please please help us find a nice place for her !

 

 

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Hot season

… has arrived ! The temperature today was up to 38C.  This is our last hot season and I am not going to complain. My skin feels lovely, the air is abit cleaner than the fast few months. Nice ! All the trees are blooming or green again, and we can even see the blue sky occasionally! Most of all.. its warm, actually hot. Very hot. The car seat heats up something terrible and holding the steering wheel almost causes blisters on my hands. But.. I am not complaining haha.

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