Preparing for travel

This week has been a week of preparing for travel. While we are away our landlords are having a new kitchen put in to our flat. In case you don't remember our kitchen cabinets fell off the wall just before Christmas so we really need a new kitchen. I am really looking forward to coming back to a real kitchen. We have gotten by for 3 months with out cabinets but it has grown tiresome. In order to be ready for the new kitchen we have had to remove everything from the current kitchen. I am almost done with this task now and I will finish it this morning. I have finished the laundry, which seemed to take forever to complete. I will pack all the clothes for the girls and myself today. It doesn't seem real that we are going back to the U.S. for a visit yet this trip has required the most effort in terms of prep. I'm looking forward to this trip. In addition to looking forward to seeing my family, I'm also looking forward to the big box stores (Walmart, Target) as well as all the outlets. Jason keeps joking that I am going to need a shipment container with all the things I plan on buying. Oh well! I'm going to enjoy myself and buy the things we "need". Besides, with the declining dollar it is getting cheaper everyday to buy things in the States!