Thursday, August 11, 2011

The Word is Out and Spreading

It started with the family and then the neighbors and will continue out to the friends...we are moving. Virtually across the board, the response has been supportive. "I wish I could do that", "What an experience", "You guys will have such an awesome time", "You've got balls, that's for sure but WOW". The follow up questions is always "When can I come visit?". What people need to realize is that this will be "home" for us. We will need to work, get things done, make new friends and connections, grocery shop, do laundry,

learn a new language and stay on top of the kids's school work. This ain't gonna be a vacation.

Like I said way back in the very first post of this blog, before you know it, time for "Adventures" such as this will be over. The chance for experiencing something truly unique will have passed us by. We will get busier, kids will get older, priorities will change. We have a chance to do something as a family that we will remember for a lifetime and we are going for it. Stayed tuned, this is gonna be good.

Sunday, August 7, 2011

... And Just Like That, We Are On Our Way

It happened so fast. We have been going, not going, going, not going for the better part of two years and suddenly we have a place to live, work and a plan developing based on reality not what we hoped might happen. I advertised on Sayulita Life Classifieds just to test the waters and received a response from a homeowner who was happy to rent his new purchase to us. Casa Estrella

is where we will be and he has generously agreed to let me work out of the garage at the house. Perfect. A little far from town for the kids to walk home but a home we could basically just bring our bags to and start living. Not to mention the place and view is more than we could have hoped for. We've been running fast to get our own home fixed up, cleaned up and rented by the end of September. I've been busy making new contacts and recontacting folks who have asked about what I do in the last year and I already have some potential work lined up. So much to do, so little time.