We spent a few days in gorgeous Victoria, BC this week while Warren’s mom and her husband were visiting us in Seattle. The highlight of our stay was the famed Butchart Gardens. The gardens were created in an old limestone quarry by the owner’s wife, Jennie Butchart. Over the years, it has been expanded to […]

No matter how great your destination, it will take some time to get there. You can fill your time meeting people, making plans for your destination, reading a book, or playing on your iPhone if you have coverage while in transit. But after the first couple of hours, you may start to get bored, antsy, […]

Do you ever wonder why some people look almost ageless, even into their senior years, while other people look old at 30? It is fascinating to watch the way people grow into themselves and how it impacts the way they look, feel, and interact with the world around them. Last week I had the pleasure […]

Today is our sixth wedding anniversary, and in some ways it feels like we’ve lived a lifetime in these few years. Unemployment to employment to self-employment House in the ‘burbs to townhouse in the city East Coast to West Coast Debt to prosperity and consumerism to frugality Corporate climbers to full-time travelers In other ways, […]

Things are a little messy around our house these days. Contents have been removed from drawers and cabinets, and we are selling items to friends and on Craigslist as fast as we can. As we make our way through things, I’m feeling a emotionally overwhelmed. It is hard for me to stay focused these days, […]

A couple of weeks ago I was sitting in a conference room with many of my peers when I suddenly realize that they are all going forward without me. Every person in that room would be further ahead in their career in 3 years, and I am just walking away. The feeling was overwhelming and […]