There's new excitement on the horizon - Nefesh B'Nefesh has finally released the flight schedule for the summer! I've pretty much been unable to sit still since I received the e-mail earlier in the day. The way it works is like this:

1. NBN mails letters by Pesach to tell us if we've been accepted for NBN assistance.

2. Assuming we've been accepted, we will get a flight confirmation a few weeks after Pesach. This will be the notification of our flight date.

We're trying for the 30 July flight as our first choice. This is six days after Tisha b'Av.

In other news, we still have to finish our paperwork to send to the Israeli embassy to get our aliyah visas. We need to fill out three forms per person by hand - no copying allowed. We also need 3 passport photos each.

We're also working with shippers and deciding what's going and what's not. Check back frequently - there may be some bargains heading your way in the future. And if that isn't enough, we're working on getting the house ready to sell.

There's never a dull moment!