Late Night Thoughts...

Driving back from a day filled with fun at our Aunt Janet & Uncle Jim's house, we talked about our fears within this endeavor that we're taking.

We are experiencing some fear about the unknown and some fear about being forgotten.

Fear about the unknown includes a multitude of things such as: finances, housing, jobs, people, ect.

Fears about being forgotten includes thoughts such as: not being remembered while we're away, not feeling important in others lives, being excluded in events and thoughts, ect.

These may seem "silly" or "irrational" but they are very real for us right now.

Not the happiest blog posting yet, but something we're trying to work through together.

If anything, we'll have each other. 

(and hopefully you who are reading this).

Until Next Time

Empty

After working from 12pm-10pm (with a short 2 hour break for coffee with Sheldon & a Target run), we have officially cleared out the bedroom and office area completely!

It echoes in there - quite hilarious when you've been working non stop all day - maybe not so funny to those who haven't.

Regardless - we have accomplished so much today - and now have everything where Hitachi used to be!

The final days are dwindling down and before we know it, we'll be spending some fantastic quality time with family in the desert for 26 days!

Until Next Time

Goodbye, Old Friend

Forewarning- Be prepared, this next blog posting will be sweet and sappy in a really gushy, sentimental way.  If you are not into that kind of emotional thing, you may just want to scroll to the bottom of this posting.  I'll try to summarize this posting for you.

Big, bittersweet, news!  Our Hitachi TV has finally found a new home.  

Our friends, Danny & Jenn, from our church, have graciously accepted our Hitachi into their family unit.  They promise to take care of him and love him as if he were always part of their family (hey, I warned you this would be gushy).

Before we parted with Hitachi for good, we each gave him a farewell hug.  Though Hitachi couldn't hug us back, we knew he would miss us too.

A private, bittersweet moment between Brian & Hitachi.

Nina, sharing her last precious, private moments with Hitachi.

So now, there is an empty space in our apartment (and possibly our hearts?) where Hitachi used to live.  Hitachi, if you see this posting, have fun with your new family!

If you scrolled down from the top, and don't know what's going on, here's the abridged version:

We sold our TV.

Elevation & Snow - Oh My!

Researching North Platte, Nebraska proved interested today!

The elevation of the town is about 2,779 feet!

The amount of snow North Platte receives in a year is 27 inches!

Both the North Platte and the South Platte rivers are currently the most full they have ever been in the last 100 years which is causing some flooding issues.

It can get as cold as -20 degrees with the wind chill during the winter.

The Starbucks in North Platte, Nebraska is a DRIVE THRU! :]

Until Next Time...

Questions? Concerns? COMMENTS?

Have a question or comment for us? Would you like to let us know that you've been following what we're writing ( we've only heard from two people! :[ )? We WANT to hear from YOU!

Please, write us questions or comments, and our next blog post will be spent answering any questions you may have about our journey or any topics you may be wondering about that we may have not covered yet. :]

Looking forward to your questions/comments!

Love, The Flemings

An Interview with Mr. Rack

The last few days have flown by in a colorful blur of craigslist postings, box packing, and car rack installing.  That's right, the car rack we spoke so highly of in the last posting came and we installed it onto our baby Kia.  And not to brag, but everyone who has seen it has told us it looks amazing (of course, only Nina and Brian have seen it, but no matter).

See those two awesome black racks strapped to our car?  

Welcome to Mr. Rack, our new car rack.  We told him his name should be Mr. Racks

because there are two racks, but that didn't change his mind. Mr. Rack it is.

What will you put on your car rack?  You may ask (do you like how I always assume you have questions? Wait, I just assumed again).  Well, let our car rack, Mr. Rack (original name, huh?) answer that for you.  So, for the remainder of this posting, suspend reality, and enter a world where car racks not only engage in interviews, but are humorous, witty, and slightly British.

Me (could be Brian or Nina, you choose which interviewer you want): Mr. Rack, it was a pleasure to install you on our car.  Tell me, what do you expect to be able to accomplish in the future?

Mr. Rack:  Before I answer your question, I want to just mentioned how honored I am to be on your world-famous blog.

Me: You are too kind.  And our blog is just family and friend famous (possibly infamous?) right now.

Mr. Rack: To answer your question, I plan to help you and your spouse hold your luggage and maybe a few boxes on top of your car.

Me: Sounds pretty simple to me.

Mr. Rack: Well, though my job is simple, I'm still a complex rack.

Me: Really, tell me about yourself.

Mr. Rack: Certainly.  I was born in American Plastics and transferred to Automotive Products when I was only two days old...

Looks like this posting is getting a bit long, so if you want to get the rest of the interview with Mr. Rack, you can ask him yourself next time we see you.  Seriously, if you start talking to our car rack, I'll buy you a Starbucks (yes a Starbucks, no other coffee will do).

I hope you noticed that it is much darker in this picture than the first.  It only took

us a few short hours to install the rack.  Yup, it's not going anywhere for a long time.

My random posting is done for now, thanks for reading!

60,000 Mile Work = COMPLETE! :]

Today was a great day! Brian finished his student teaching today (HOORAY!!), we were permanently recognized at Starbucks (see below post), and we got the 60,000 mile maintenance work completed for our car (for less than we budgeted for!)!

We got a new air filter, a new cabin filter, a tire rotation, an oil change, our radiator fluid flushed, our transmission fluid flushed, and a whole bunch of other things (that, of course, we were assured that we needed).

Although this maintenance was a bit costly, we were happy to do it because #1, we had the money, and #2, our Kia will be our mode of transportation to Nebraska (1300 miles), and it needs to be completely reliable!

So, once again, our Kia is smiling from tail light to tail light - we hope it doesn't get spoiled from all of this attention.

Until Next Time...