It’s official – we’ve been here a month! And what a month its been.  The good news is that before we left Virginia, we stored, sold, or shipped everything, even if most of it occurred in the shadow of our departure date. Recap When we arrived in Hawaii, we rented…

As we celebrate Independence Day, Kirsten and I recognize our good fortune in being born into such a wonderful country of freedoms. The freedom to move around and live anywhere we want The freedom to pick jobs and careers that work for us The freedom to just pick up and…

First off, a flood.  Literally, a flood. We agreed on a house rental today that will start tomorrow, and tonight was to be our last night in our short-term rental. When we got back to the condo, we were greeted by water gushing into the unit from the one above. …

It sounded brilliant on paper. Sell the house in Virginia, show up here to rent a house. No, we don’t have a house yet. No problem, right?! We’d seen that inventory was a little thin for the type of house we wanted, but it supposedly opens up some in the…