People ask us how we can afford our new nomadic lifestyle. The answer is that it is much more affordable than our old lifestyle. Money. We need it for housing, clothing, food, transportation, and health. We want it to buy a big house, designer clothes, the latest gadgets, fancy food, and more. We were making good money in Atlanta, but…
We have taken a short pause in our travel adventure to spend time with family. We may not be exploring exotic locations, but we are still making wonderful memories. Having the flexibility to spend extended time with family is a blessing. After our 14-day quarantine was over we did a lot of hugging. We got to hug grandmas and aunts…
A lot can happen in a year. Looking back to where we were a year ago, it is amazing how different things are now in many respects. This time last year Michael was undergoing chemotherapy for his second battle with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. I was still working full time while taking care of Michael and we were worldschooling Lucas and Henry.…
We are in Atlanta for another week of quarantining. We are staying at my (Judy) sister’s house pet sitting for her while she is at the beach. We are watching two dogs (Josie and Dexter), two cats (Roxie and Leo), and my brother’s turtle (Turtie). That is a lot of responsibility for our family. We take the dogs on walks…
Lucas and Henry built a fort. They spent several weeks spending hours in the woods with their friend Tye building the fort and playing in it. Fort building is a great way to learn by playing. There are several skills you can learn from fort building. Team-building- Lucas, Henry, and Tye all had roles in building the fort. Lucas was…
We are eating well in Nicaragua. People ask us if we miss American food. We can eat just about everything here that we ate at home, so no (except Chic-fil-a and berries). We are sad when we see our friends in the US going berry picking. Berries are still hard to come by here. We did find frozen berries for…
Since we left for Central America in February the four of us have been together every day. We are not sick of each other yet, but everyone once in a while we need to have some space, and Michael and I need a date night. We have had several date nights since we have been traveling. The boys are old…
We took our kids out of public school last year. We were living with my (Judy) sister. Michael was going through cancer treatments and I was still working full time. We deregistered the kids at the end of the 2018-2019 school year. We could have put them back in school when we found out our trip was delayed, but that…
We watched the documentary Minimalism last night on Netflix. It was not earth-shattering for us because we have already begun to minimize our lives, but it did reinforce the decisions we have made and are making in our lives. We have two suitcases and four backpacks worth of stuff with us right now in Nicaragua. We have been gone for…
I (Judy) will say it. I am burned out. I am tired of COVID, tired of lockdown, tired of seeing people turn a blind eye to racial injustices, tired of a President who spends all of his time bullying other people, tired of figuring out what our next meal will be. I could go on and on (send out the…