Pre-Moving Sale Jitters
In the madness of trying to get things cleared out of the house for our big Moving Sale this weekend, I find myself in somewhat of a panic. What if it all doesn’t go? What if our beautiful forested dead-end…
Pre Moving Sale Garage
Please, please tell me this will all be gone by the end of the weekend!
Can I go back to work yet?
Spent the entire 3 day weekend packing up carloads for Goodwill and then preceding to fill our entire living room with boxes in preparation for a garage sale. Phew! I’m exhausted! The rest of the house is looking pretty good. …
Met with a Realtor – Good news.
We met with a realtor this morning. The good news is that all this waiting to leave has paid off…. it sounds like the market has really picked up a lot in the past year. What a relief! Now, the…
We’ve got tickets!
After several years of waiting and planning, followed by 35 minutes on hold with the airlines, WE’VE GOT TICKETS! (And, even better, we were able to all book frequent tickets for this first big leg.) We leave September 4th for…
My Hope for My Boys During This Big Adventure
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all…
We Told the Grandparents!
We did it! We told the grandparents that we are taking the grandkids out of the country for a year! We were super nervous about how it would go, but it all went surprising well! Luckily, I think they know…
Worldschooling: My son’s bookshelf.
My nine year old is super into this travel planning thing. I’d say he already knows more about the geography of SE Asia than most Americans. 🙂
Leaving Our Business
For the past year or two, we have been discussing how we can leave the business that we’ve built from the ground up more than 17 years ago. Unlike many fellow travelers, wrapping up our jobs isn’t as simple as…