Despite my instinctive need for planning in my life, many things in the past few months have been left as loose ends, and have had us hanging in the air without a safety net. I have been able to maintain […]
With hubby home now, I feel like my spark, my bestie is back with me. He motivates me so much to get away from the computer, to get out of the kitchen and to play. And …
Costa Rica first came on my map when I first heard the Pretirement talk. This is the spot that Shannon Ward spends her 3 months living large and learning to surf over the winter. It …
We had our first visitors this weekend. And yes, we kind of showed off. It certainly helped that when they arrived the sun was shining and the island aglow in the fall colors. The Saturday market …
With hubby away, and me holding down the fort (which consists of 3 kids, 2 dogs, 4 bunnies and various hamsters, frog and spiders) things were a little hectic this past week. It is such a …
I was in the city, and my brain was filled (and my wallet emptied, as always happens in the city) With the new freedom in my future, I feel like wide chasm of opportunity (this is …
With our move we ended up changing bank branches. While in the office, they updated our accounts. It was weird working through our employment status. Hubby, who was theoretically currently without employment had the option of …
The other week I was in the city, and my brain was filled (and my wallet emptied, as always happens in the city) With the new freedom in my future, I feel like there is a …
I went off island this week, back to the Big scary city, back to networks and people. I had an ikea list a mile long and a day packed full of connections, lunches and meetings. As …
Even though the days are sunny and warm and winter seems years away, I know it is coming! And my uber prepared husband has been on the hunt for wood to keep us warm when it …
What, you haven't hear of wwoofing yet? Wwoofing is world wide opportunities on organic farms. Cool eh. This organization connects farms around the world with potential short term volunteers in exchange for food and accommodation. Many of these farms …
The natives are revolting. The eldest is getting moody. The middle is getting irritable and the little one is literally revolting. It is time for family maintenance. Generally cleansing of the little dude who prefers to go …
We don`t have many rules in our house, much to the disappointment of our previous neighbors We were that free-range, passive parenting style of family; we gave our kids room and only expected a few things …
Sometimes making the biggest change you can make in your life, is really just a small one. For the home owners out there, participating in a home exchange may be an amazing, and more affordable …
Sometimes in attempting to achieve one objective, you accomplish goals you never knew you had. When we came to look at our loaner house we noticed it was missing an important kitchen appliances. No dishwasher. Hmm. Not good. Hubby …
