Research 'Til We Drop

Well, this is what we've been doing every day and night for the past few months... research, research and MORE research. Little did we know that planning our lives for the next year abroad would be so time consuming. We started a list (In case you didn't know, I LOVE lists.) of things to do before we leave and here is just a little glimpse of what we still have to do to prepare: find renters for our home, sell our cars, change our medical insurance plans, map out our route in Europe, find places to stay in Europe, find transportation for Europe, get international driver's licenses, plan and gather homeschooling resources, pack up and store our things in Hawaii, find an employee for our chair business, cancel utility services, car insurance and Hawaii accounts we no longer will be using,  etc. etc. etc. As you can see, it's not just something you can plan overnight. Most travel blogs we've read have suggested at least one year when planning something so detail oriented. Well, since we don't have a full year, 6 months will just have to do. Anyhow, this is basically what you would see if you came over on any given afternoon... maps of Europe, our master calendar, our computers, our phones (thank goodness for the internet) and two very excited yet overwhelmed opportunists. Here's me looking at a huge map of France we got for Christmas (Thank you, Geela). At least my Geography is coming along...  ;)