Departure date!

So....we are for sure going to Japan for the wedding! We leave the 1st of Sept!! Now to just wok out the details to stay...hmmm. If nothing else comes of all this we have at least started praying together every day! God is good!!! And it will definitely take His provision to live in Japan! I also talked with my Mom about it finally and she took it really well. Better than expected! She understands the timing and opportunity that is there for us and the children even though she will miss us terribly. I hope as our departure date draws nearer and we really figure out if we are going to live there that she remains supportive about it. We will miss her and my dad a lot!!!
In other news - Keagan has started going potty by himself in the toilet! Woohoo!!! The joys of motherhood lol!
AND I am at the end of my math class and really need to crunch some numbers! More new to come!!

...cont'd

Okay, so it turns out that we need like a TON of moolah to make Japan happen. but we are pretty hopeful. Its in God's hands, not much else we can do....ya know! But we are thinking now that we should video blog our life in Japan (assuming we even make it there) because it would be pretty interesting and it may be another way to make an income. We shall see. I think it could be interesting. Its so funny because we've been watching the "Shaytards" and they are hilarious! We totally aren't trying to copy them or anything, but it is ruh-di-cuh-lus how much we have in common with them!!! Both our families have moved a million times since marriage, lived in Cali, had lots of the same jobs and a buncha other stuff. Its crazy. Obviously there are lots of things we don't have in common...like we're totally different people, but hey. Its still interesting. Oh, and I still think they shoulda named the new baby - Tater-tard! LOL still cracks me up =D but Rocktard is totally cute too.

Anywho...so this is a lot of me saying nothing because we are really no closer to our goal of Japan than we were the other day that I blogged, we just for sure want to go now. Not so wishy-washy. Which probably means it *won't happen then....hmmmm. We shall see. My math is done and I have a quiz tomorrow so, nite nite

Love and Blessings

The great debate

Okay, so here is the deal. I didn't make it to my goal weight by my birthday which is in 12 days. Shocker....I still want to, but lots of excuses. Anyways, that is not why I am posting now. I am posting, to all of you who read this...pbly no one, just to clear my head and put the insanity out there.
Current question of this Justus household...How to move to Japan in TWO months??!!! NO, I am not joking. Shoot, we moved across the country in 2.5 weeks, why not try an entirely different country this time and give ourselves a little more cushion, say 5.5 more weeks. LOL
So how will we even do this....well a number of very important things would have to happen. I don't even know where to start the list. Lets see...
1. Sell the car we upside down on (not so hard, yeah right)
2. Get out of our apartment lease we just signed like 4 months ago (easy peasy, pfft)
3. Figure out what crap we want and can take with us (big fat *ugh* on this one)
4. Figure out where to put the crap we don't want to get rid of but can't take (sigh)
5. Oh, right! Come up with like $4000 ish to get there!!!! (ROTFL)
6. And most importantly DO NOT GO INSANE!!
Some of you may ask...Why in the crap would you move to Japan?? Well, Nathan grew up there and a lot of his family are still there so, its like moving home for him. Another question you may be struggling with is...Why try to move in 2 months?? This is a good one. His youngest sister, Kelly, is getting married and we would obviously like to go. For those of you who have never looked into tickets to Japan, they are really expensive. So...the *least* expensive thing for us to do if we DO move to Japan is to go for the wedding and just stay.
More to come and we figure all this out and really decide if we are going or not. But, with the way Nathan is acting I feel like the decision has already been made, just not said out loud. hmmmm