• The Story Behind Our “Year Abroad “

    March 18, 2011 - By 

    The decision to move to Hawaii for a year really started as punting on a big decision We’ve talked for years about moving.  In Kir’s words, “somewhere without winter.” Pretty quickly, we got to a short list of Florida, Austin, and San Diego.  We violated the winter rule by thinking…

  • Wow, Just Wow!

    March 17, 2011 - By 

    It’s finally sinking in.  WE’RE MOVING TO HAWAII!!!  Wow, it’s hard to believe it’s real.  What a longtime dream come true.  Not moving to Hawaii exactly but living somewhere warm, near the ocean and somewhere different. Of course now the brain is in high gear thinking through all the things…

  • Hawaii or Bust!

    March 16, 2011 - By 

    We decided to move to Kona on the Big Island of Hawaii. It took us a month and a half after deciding to move to pull the trigger. Everything had been falling into place and pointing us there except the money part.  And while the money part wasn’t solved, we…

  • Where to Go, Where to Go. . .

    March 14, 2011 - By 

    Great.  We decided on New Year’s Day to move. Problem is, we didn’t know where to move to at that point. Yes, we decided to move without having a destination.  We like to do things backwards some times. We had been talking for years about a potential move but couldn’t…