We officially sold the house this morning.   Not moving until June 12, as we’ll rent back until Mara’s nearly done with school. I’ve had such mixed emotions about selling our house.  Partly because its so much more than a house. We bought our home when we were newly married and…

“Aren’t the schools terrible?” That’s one of the top questions I get when I tell people we’re moving to Hawaii. Schooling was one of the first few things we thought about when we considered moving, even before Hawaii became our destination.  I suppose that’s normal for any parent. The fact…

You ever have stuff you want to do in life, but things just haven’t lined up the right way? We’ve been talking about a move for a number of years, but always had some reason not to take action.  Here are some of the things that recently came together for…

Ok, it’s not ALL about the Benjamins, but no money, no adventure. Wanting to go do something crazy was fairly easy for Kirsten and me.   Virtually all of our struggles have been with how to pull it off.  While we are dreamers, we’re also pretty harshly realistic about things. As…