The fun part of relocating

After having to spent about an hour getting the car inspected, hubby spending half a day at the court house to change the title of the car to Texas title or something like that, spending a couple of hours at the DMV(Department of Motor Vehicle) and spending a few hundred dollars our car is finally registered in Texas and we sort of have our Texas drivers license. They don't issue you the drivers license straightaway here; they give you are temporary one and they will send you the card in about 6 weeks! SIX WEEKS!In Wisconsin we get our drivers license there and then and we don't even need a car inspection! I'm not going to star comparing the good and bad of the two states but from what I know it doesn't take all that long to actually process the card itself! I'm not sure why are they telling us SIX WEEKS! They even took our Wisconsin drivers license because we are not allow to have two drivers license in the state of Texas.
Hubby weren't too happy about it because we are starting to look at houses and if we find one that we like we might need to go through with the loan process etc and without the drivers license it can be a little difficult. However I'm hoping that they don't actually take exactly SIX weeks but it is the government though god knows how long it'll take!*roll eyes* we all know how efficient can government workers be.

Our journey....

Finally I am able to find time, sit down, relax and update my rusty old blog. I would like to thank everyone for being with us through our journey of moving and giving me the support that I need. It's been a quick but long journey and I'm glad that we have arrived at our destination in one piece!
Our journey to our new place have been a mixture of stress, excitement and fun. We have had to deal with a lot of thing at our old house before we can officially leave. When we got here we had to deal with getting hooked up with stuff. We were actually without electricity for THREE whole days due to the fact that there was a day of public holiday and they actually screwed up something in their system. Hubby was pretty pissed about it but there was nothing much we could really do. Can you imagine 3 days without AIR! Apart from that we had to wait 5 days to get our Internet hooked up which was not a big deal but we were just not used to not having Internet at home. We have been visiting and going places ever since we got here. Thing here are a little more expensive than what we were paying before but there is nothing we can do about it. I'm loving this place and all I need to do now is start looking for jobs!(That's the hard part!)
We've managed to almost furnished the essentials that we need for the house. We got our bed, TV and the refrigerator the first couple of days we were here and a week after that we managed to buy a washer and dryer. We still need to look for a couch and a study table for hubby but that can be done later.
Stanley has been a really good boy through the entire journey. He's just been really attached to us especially me. We are wondering whether is it because of the change of environment. He's been sleeping a lot too but we think that's because of the heat in Houston. I was unpacking the stuff for the kitchen the first few days we were here and the funny thing about him was he just wanted to be there with me and since his crate is near the kitchen area he went in and took his naps which he would never go in to his crate without being told but ever since we moved here he's been going in his crate more. I just thought that it's funny but I was told that maybe because we are in a new environment and his crate is the place where he's "used" to that's why he's going in there willingly more.
Moving can be fun but it cost a lot of money actually. We had to spend a bunch of money before we left, for the journey and now here. We have to refurnished our new place because we didn't have any room to take any of our furniture with us. With me not being working and trying to save money for the wedding in Malaysia and getting another house here we'll just have to make do with what we can for the mean time. I'm luckily at this point we only have Stanley and not a baby to think about too..Hubby and I talked about it maybe in the next couple of years but we'll see because I'm happy at where we are currently actually..
p/s: maybe in the next couple of years I'll have a little girl friend for baby shern..*wink wink* that's also if he's not taken or have a ton of girl friends at that time..lol

UPDATE!UPDATE!

I'm trying to sneak in some time to blog. There is so much that I want to blog about but the time that I'm thinking of using to blog might not allow me to blog everything that I have in my mind.
I'm getting even more nervous about moving now. Yesterday marks the last day for me at Menards. I've had my share of bad and good times there. Yesterday they had a little pot luck for me even though it's the busiest time of the week and they even gave me a farewell card. I was really touched! I took the card out again today and read it and it actually made me tear. I really miss so of them there.
Fast forward..today the home inspector(private) came and inspected our home. Most of the stuff seems fine and not a ton to worry about but I was sick to my stomach just waiting and waiting for the results. Another thing is worrying me is the buyers loan inspection meaning because they are applying for a federal loan call the FHA loan (not sure what it means) they are going to need to have a FHA inspector come and inspect the house too and from what I heard from the home inspector today they can be pretty strict on the inspection. Our biggest problem is that we are trying to leave by tomorrow, latest Saturday therefore we won't be here when the FHA inspector comes and if there is anything that needs to be done we are not able to do it and will have to depend on FIL *faint*..that's why hubby and I are (more me) kind of freaking out.
Rewind...The last couple of weeks hubby's sister, aunt and uncle have been trying to find a place for us there. At first we were suppose to rent hubby's aunt's neighbour's house but all of a sudden the lady said that she don't have time to clean up her house and her new husband just wants her to sell it (WTF) first she said it was a good idea and then she suddenly changed her mind. Hubby was starting to freak out and get stress because we want to find a place and move in as soon as we get there. He's out of town training for his job, and the house inspector was coming but he can't get home in time. I'm freaking out over EVERYTHING! but anyway as of right now we found a house and they are suppose to be processing our applications (apparently when you rent down there there is a process of credit and back ground checks etc)
So here I am sneaking in some time (I'm suppose to be packing/cleaning), waiting for hubby to return hopefully in the next 5 hrs maybe. I miss blogging/taking with everyone..I can't wait to have my normal life back.
Rewind..another thing that's making me nervous is I NEED to find a job down there which I've heard from everyone that's not a problem but I do have problems finding jobs so let's just cross my fingers and see when I get there.
I'll hopefully try and update more as we start our journey....