And so it begins...

It was just two short months ago that my husband made himself a stiff drink and then sat me down on our bed to tell me he was being considered for an assignment in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.  There were a lot of questions up in the air since then but now it's official, we're moving to Abu Dhabi.

Moving to such a beautiful place as Abu Dhabi is... well... it's just nothing that my husband and I ever saw that we might do.  We had a very simple start and both of us come from small town America.  Thus, the name Hillbillies.  For security reasons, we've decided to keep this blog private.  I know it's going to jump start with people who know us, so just know that "Dad" is Jud.  Mom is Joan.  Our kids are Jethro, Ellie and Mae.

For those who do not know us, welcome to our Grand Adventure!

Here's what is going on...

We have to sell our house, sell most of our stuff and then proceed onto Abu Dhabi.  The kids and I are going to go on to my parents for the summer while Jud heads on to Abu Dhabi.

This week, we have a complimentary home appraisal from a friend from church.  He's going to give us a number we can start with so we can go into our realtor appraisals with an educated number on the value of our home.  I also need to pick out some carpet to replace the 15 year old carpet upstairs.  Another friend is going to help me with staging our home to sell.  We will also finish up weeding through each room and all of our stuff to our final garage sale.  This week also means that we need to get the passports for the kids finished up this week.

More dates for when and what is going on are still unknown yet.  I'll keep ya posted.

Enjoy the ride...

Joan