Why You Don’t Have the Money to Travel

by | Jul 28, 2011 | Financial

I’ve spent the last several weeks shaking my head over the negotiations going on in Congress regarding raising the debt ceiling.  In many respects it’s sad to see the partisan bickering and school-yard bantering going on.  I thought we had elected grown-ups but...

7 Links

by | Jul 18, 2011 | Travel

OK, so maybe I am a bit late to the party but it was only a few days ago that I saw that Phil of Phil in the Blank had secretly nominated me to be a part of the 7 Links Project back on July 6th.  (And then this morning Gillian of One Giant Step nominated me).  OK,...

Interview with Worldschool Adventures

by | Jul 14, 2011 | Interview

One of the things I’ve really enjoyed about the travel community we’ve become a part of is the number of families I’ve met that have made the same decision as we have to uproot and travel the world.  You could say that they are taking a sabbatical of sorts.  One of...

Getting Ready for World Travel with Joseph

by | Jul 11, 2011 | Kids

I thought it would be cool to sit down and talk with my youngest son Joseph about our plans to move to Indonesia for an extended period of time.  We’ve talked with the kids a bit about flying in a plane, living with Oma and Opa (Grandma and Grandpa) and the different...

Independence Day

by | Jul 4, 2011 | Lifestyle

Happy 4th of July!  Today we Americans celebrate freedom and independence.  It was back in 1776 that America declared its independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain by adopting the Declaration of Independence.  Today many of us will celebrate with parades,...