Life is too short to stay in one place!
It was the approach of Y2K and people were getting a little crazy. Remember that? Planes were going to fall out of the sky, and the computers that manage our money, oil, food, and government were going to stop working at the stroke of midnight. The sky was falling! Some people were making shelters with [...]
Life seems to slow down these last 2 weeks of the year, which means most of us get to read more than our usual share of books. Books can take you on travels without even leaving your home, and I love discovering (or even rediscovering) a city this way. Don’t you? This month I’ve read [...]
Don’t get me wrong, we’ve had some good times. And I don’t regret the time we’ve spent together. But I’ve got to go my own way now. Surely you’ve noticed my distance these last few years. I haven’t really done a good job of hiding my feelings, and frankly, I’m a little surprised you haven’t [...]
Later this week two of our friends will be delivering a laptop courtesy of another friend to a student in Ecuador. The friends don’t know each other, and we don’t know the boy in Ecuador – yet. It all came about through a request from our friends Jim and Mimi, who own the house we [...]
Did you get a chance to hear Debb Whitlock interview me on the Femme Finance radio show on Friday? She was generous enough to provide me with a copy of the interview, which I have edited down for you below. (If you are reading this via email or feed reader, you may need to click [...]
Do you know how long you have to work to pay for your stuff? A picture is worth a thousand words (or, in this case, perhaps a thousand dollars). Matt over at Steadfast Finances has made me see our possessions in a whole new light. He has used a Google Calendar to show how many [...]
Tripbase started a meme about the best-kept travel secrets and it finally made it’s way to our little old blog thanks to Audrey at Uncornered Market. (Audrey and Daniel have been traveling continuously for 3 years already – my heroes! – check out their blog if you haven’t already.) Tripbase plans to put all of [...]
Good news! This Friday I’ll be a guest on the Femme Finance radio show in Seattle. The host, Debb Whitlock, is a financial advisor here in Seattle who specializes in working with women. We’ll be talking about money, specifically the lifestyle and financial changes we had to make to get ready for this trip. The [...]
When it comes to downsizing, you can easily get bogged down in not only what to get rid of, but how to get rid of it. You know that I’m a big fan of Craigslist, and we’ve made thousands of dollars by downsizing this way. But what about the good stuff? You know, the things [...]
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