Making the Final Arrangements

Well, the lease is signed and the deposit for our new home on the Big Island of Hawaii is paid. All that’s left is actually getting there! There are just a few loose ends to tie up that include:

- Paying our pet quarantine fees for direct release to Hawaii (will be done in 2 weeks.. plenty of time)

- Purchasing the pet crates that will be used to fly them to Hawaii (will also be done in 2 weeks)

- Ship our stuff! We haven’t quite decided yet how to do this… (we are thinking either Fed Ex or Aloha Cargo Services)

- Buy our one way tickets to our new home on the Big Island of Hawaii!

There are ups and downs to this list; the good part is that there are only 4 major things left to do on our list! The bad part is everything on the lists requires money…

We’ve already decided that we’ll be applying for a geographical exception for our son’s school. This will allow him to attend Hilo High School as opposed to Keaau High School. We did this on the recommendation of our new landlords, who are both teachers on the Hilo side of the Big Island in Hawaii.

We’ve taken the steps to get our new services put in our name including power, internet and phone. Since we have water catchment, one less bill to worry about!

We will not be shipping a vehicle to Hawaii, instead we plan to purchase a more appropriate 4x4 the first week or two that we get there, we will use a rental car until we’ve found the right vehicle for us.