We have Maroon Passports!

Check off another item on the to-do list! This week, our official passports came. They are maroon instead of green and show that we are travelling on official government business. Now, these passports have to be used to apply for a Schengen Visa. . If we don't have this Visa, they can deport us! YIKES.

The maroon passports are now on their way to a consulate in Chicago with our Visa applications. It should take about 2 weeks for them to be approved and returned to us. We will be ready to get on the plane and go once they are in hand!

Well, sort of ready...

An Update...Finally!

Things have been progressing slowly on the moving front. Not much news to report. I toy with posting my to-do-lists, just to keep me honest. I am not quite ready to be that accountable! I have been plowing through closets and getting rid of things. I have made numerous trips to the local charity places, but obviously not nearly enough. My house still looks like this...

and this...

and this...

So, May 22 is the big yard sale day at my house. We will have more stuff than I can imagine. If you are in the market for some good junk quality used merchandise just let us know! We have everything from a George Foreman grill to a changing table to about 4000 toys of miscellaneous varieties!

The best news we have had is that the boys got their tourist passports this week. So that means all of us have our tourist passports! Now we have to wait for the 4 official passports and 4 schengen visas (which allow us to stay in Italy for more than 90 days.)

Gary leaves in about 6 weeks, it still just isn't real that I am going to be living in Italy this summer!