PACKING....UGH!!

For those of you who are following our trip to Zanzibar with CUSO international, the next few postings are going to be somewhat selfish in that it will be us complaining about what has to be done before you can take off and separate from Canadian society for a while....

Remember all those little jobs you promised yourself you would do....well they all come to roost when you have rented the house out and they still need to be done.....Today for the first and definitely I hope for the last time....I blew in insulation in the attic of the house...to increase the R factor....what a dirty, messy, dusty job...but it was also relatively easy...with a friend feeding the hopper and me in the attic.....we had it done in about 3 hours......

Also decided not to sell the car...as I could not get the value out of it...and the only inquiry I had..the guy wanted me to go down about $3000...NOT going to happen....so we will store it and pay about $660 for the two years....and be ahead of the game....its a diesel...so it will not hurt it too much to store....plus the kids will go down and start it every two or three months to keep the rats out of the engine......

So most of the packing is done....we have contracted with a mover to come and take the big stuff to the storage place..they will pack the mattresses, sofas, big chairs in bags to protect against dirt and damp to a certain extent. We also have carpet cleaners and stretchers coming...and we still have a few weeks left to go....so we are now in a bit more of a relaxed mode.....

Our passports arrived back today with our entry visas for the Republic of Tanzania duly affixed.....that will get us into the country...now all we have to do is to get the next ones..that will allow us to stay for more than three months and will also allow us to work.....

So thats where we are today, August 29th....and we can have the long labour day weekend to play with the grandkids.....yahoo......

more later