800 pounds...

When we signed up to be Noble Employee's they told us that we could ship 800 lbs to Singapore... and that this 800 lbs would be air freight so the things could not be to big. Blake and I said that the most important things that we would ship a comfortable bed for us to sleep on (the last 2.5 years we have been sleeping on a not so comfortable bed) and our bikes. If it was up to Blake he would have added in a TV and a stereo and called it a day... well me on the other hand I had to maximize my allotment to the fullest. Just humor me for a bit and imagine a queen size bed that weighs 300 lbs and bikes that weigh 120 lbs... what could one pack to get the remaining 380 lbs. Well I had big plans... kitchen stuff, rugs, bathroom stuff, Pierce's bedding and our bedding and more. A few days before pack out (meaning the shippers were coming to assess our shipment) we were told that they WERE NOT going to be able to ship a queen size bed but we could ship the bikes... so this was good and bad news.... the bad news was that we could not have a comfy bed but the good news was that we had 300 more pounds... WOWWWWW... was I happy... Blake not so much he was a little scared of what I would bring over...

The next few pictures are of the day of packing... the packers came and got everything organized, labeled and ready for air shipment... check this out.

This is a picture of the infamous scale... every box that was packed was then weighed and that weight was written on the box and then on my notebook so I could keep a running tally. You better believe my mission was to get as much in as possible... the packers did a great job... and were very patient with me... I fought for every pound... if they weighed it and it was 20.5 they would round up to 21 but I would remember that .5 and then if the next package weighed 19.5 I would tell them to put 19 bc the last one they rounded up... he he he... oh boy.

The bikes caused alot of issues... first they did not want to come apart and then they weighed more then we thought... but they made it... they are in pieces but they made it... hopefully we can put them back together.

The finished product... all 800 lbs fit into this small van... man oh man. The shipment will be shipped today and should arrive in one week. I am so excited it will be like Christmas in September. I have already forgotten some of the stuff I have packed but thanks to my trusty notepad with all the inventory I can look at it and great really excited... can't wait...

One more week and we will have our stuff...