German driving
Okay, the good news is that we found our house, signed the contract, and we move in on the 16th. The bad news is, we got into an automobile accident. I know, most of you who KNOW us are just sure that it was Joe's fault (especially since I failed the test and therefore can't drive yet), but the truth is, he was completely innocent!!! Here's the story: We picked up OUR Passat today and turned in our rental vehicle. It was so nice to have something of OURS, even if we can't live in it. I got our GPS and plotted a route to look at 23 more houses and we took off. By the way, kids under 12 have to be in booster seats. Chloe and Josh are PERFECTLY happy with that, though. So, we take off and we're doing great. We look at house after house after house, all to no avail. Too old, too big, too much $, too far away from base, etc. We finally decided that the one house we loved and saw yesterday (cows up to the fence) was worth the extra $ to have (it was just slightly over wha...