Posted on 16 June 2011.
For those of you coming to join us on our tropical island paradise, we hope Trish's experience leaving Seattle will be helpful. For another point of view, check out Crystal's post HERE. CONTRIBUTED BY TRISH KAPRIELIAN Well, we finally made it to Okinawa and I’m here to share what I learned that may help others. [...]
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Posted on 14 December 2010.
CONTRIBUTED BY CRYSTAL SCHOLLARD Moving to Okinawa with 2 boys (ages 2 & 4), a bunch of bags and a great husband! *I write this from a completely personal stand-point (I do not work, endorse, or profit any of the companies listed below). The following is some of the last minute travel things I wish [...]
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Posted on 16 October 2010.
It's been a number of weeks since we've updated you on the process of the Howe Family PCS. There is a good reason why — though not a fun reason… CONTRIBUTED BY RJ HOWE Hey everyone, sorry it's been so long since I've written, but I didn't want to write you until I had the [...]
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Posted on 24 September 2010.
CONTRIBUTED BY JOELLE YAMADA AND HEATHER GELORMINE A few weeks before PCSing back to the States last spring, Heather and I got to talking about our financial situation. Turns out we were both experiencing a bit of panic about money & PCSing. We collaborated on this post and thought this might be good for those [...]
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Posted in Military Life, PCS-ing
Posted on 11 September 2010.
Join the Howe Family as they prepare to PCS to Okinawa. If you've missed any of their journey, you can find more here: PCS I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VIICONTRIBUTED BY RJ HOWEWe’re under the 90 day window until we PCS to Kadena and everyone is getting anxious about the move. Red has been sorting and organizing everything in [...]
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Posted on 04 September 2010.
Join the Howe Family as they prepare to PCS to Okinawa. If you've missed any of their journey, you can find more here: PCS I, II, III, IV, V, VI CONTRIBUTED BY RJ HOWE Sorry about the delay in updates to our ongoing PCS adventure; life threw us a bit of a change up. My [...]
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Posted on 18 August 2010.
CONTRIBUTED BY BETH OLMO We’ll be stopping in Hawaii for a week when we PCS back to the States this fall, which promises to be a lot of fun for us but maybe not too much fun for our dog, Sky. Initially, we were told she would have to go into quarantine, probably the whole [...]
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Posted in PCS-ing, Pets
Posted on 14 August 2010.
Join the Howe Family as they prepare to PCS to Okinawa. If you've missed any of their journey, you can find them here: PCS I, II, III, IV, V CONTRIBUTED BY RJ HOWE Doldrums: a depressed or bored state of mind; a state of inactivity or stagnation. Ref: World Heritage Dictionary Well the family and [...]
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Posted on 31 July 2010.
Another installment from the Howe Family about the ups and downs of preparing to PCS to Okinawa. If you've missed any of their journey, you can find them here: PCS I, II, III, IV CONTRIBUTED BY RJ HOWE This last weekend, my wife (whom we call Red), Alexis and I were out shopping. Red needed [...]
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Posted on 17 July 2010.
Join us for the continuing tale of the Howe Family PCS to Okinawa. This week they are reducing their HHG (household goods) footprint… In case you've missed previous posts you can find them here: PCS I, II, III CONTRIBUTED BY RJ HOWE We had a yard sale this weekend. Like most Americans in the states [...]
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