The movers are packing up the truck right now and I cannot contain my excitement. Even though I am not even in Rio to help with the move, all the progress updates Nate is giving me have me sporting a permanent smile!!
I just feel that finally my life will settle and be normal. I dream of a routine where Nate goes to work and comes home in the evening to a home cooked meal.
I know that the next few months are going to be a little shaky. We will be living in fully furnished corporate housing until we find a house that we want to buy. Then we will have to purchase furniture and other home stuff for the home.
More than likely our shipment from Brazil will arrive a month after we purchase a house and then we will be taking things straight to the dump and if it's in ok condition then to Salvation Army. We are required, by Brazilian law, to take everything we brought into the country (Brazil) home with us when we leave or pay taxes on all of the stuff. So that means that our broken bookshelves and molded bed have to be packed up and shipped back to the States.
It's kinda sad because I would have loved to donate these things to people in Brazil who really need them. I feel that donations in the US are not as greatly appreciated as they are in Brazil. That's just my experiences though.
Hope everyone is having a great of day as I am!
Tchau,
Sara
Dear Sara,
ReplyDeleteGood to hear you are happy and headed to new adventures!! Good luck with your move!
Question! Can't you just burn your furniture and throw it in the trash? Or even give it the the government's Receita Federal office?
This doesn't sound right! I think/hope there is another option other than paying for an expensive move of furniture you don't need anymore and don't want...
Well, again, good luck!! ;)
Abracos!!
Ray
Nope. Everyone we have talked to says we have to take it out unless we would have stayed in the country more than 5 years. If our permanent visas would have been processed than that would have also been another way to get around exporting it all :(
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