We often get asked why we decided to take this sabbatical year. And truthfully there isn’t just one simple answer … it was multi-factoral. At some point life just got too crazy FOR US….too busy, too stressed, too complicated. We were all so distracted by our busy schedules there was no time to enjoy each […]
It is time to leave paradise. Life is filled with many bittersweet moments and this is one of them. We are all sad to say goodbye to the friends we have made. That is the hardest goodbye of all. Before this journey I envisioned “the end” but I certainly didn’t picture how hard it would […]
Soon after we got here I met a woman from the states who lives nearby. “I get to travel home for about a week every month. And thank God because if I didn’t return to civilization once in a while I would lose my mind!” she told me. My first gut reaction was to be […]
I get a lot of questions about homeschooling. “Where did you begin?”, “Is it hard?”, “Do the kids actually listen to you?”…. Right now we are in a good rhythm with school so it seems to be a good point to discuss how I am teaching them and also have a record of it for […]
Its 4:30 on a Monday afternoon and the sun still seems too high in the sky to be setting in an hour and a half. The husband and I are sitting under the umbrella on “our beach” watching the boys surf on their boogie boards. We decided not to surf after school today but they […]
This is THE FASTEST WINTER on record for me (hence the title ;). You know how Winter just drags? Like how by February you have just HAD IT with the cold and snow and clouds and Spring seems so damn far away? By March you are tired, cranky & have completely lost it (perhaps this […]
On January 21 we embarked on a tremendous adventure. It was to be a fun filled day of friendly competition amongst sailors. I anticipated lounging for hours with my mother & my friends on the trampoline of the catamaran, sipping fancy cocktails & devouring appetizers, as we waved to the other dazzling sailboats while we […]
Alone time. Today I am spending 6 hours alone. Alone people!! I will admit I took my alone time for granted in the past. But today I am cherishing every moment. And this long overdue post, on the blog I was going to update twice weekly (ha!), is brought to you by today’s “alone time”. […]
I’ve been meaning to write about our Thanksgiving since… well Thanksgiving. Its amazing to me how each day slips by so fast and every single day is so unpredictable & completely unique. I’m disappointed that I haven’t found time until now to sit and blog. Somehow the past few weeks, jammed packed with adventure & […]
While most days of this week held an adventure of some kind, surfing at Soup Bowl was the highlight. I’m going to say Soup Bowl is a famous surf spot. Not as famous as Mavericks but since Kelly Slater named it one of his top 3 waves, its up there. I’ve been there several times […]