Well, still busy!
The house is back on the market - and we're aggressively trying to sell it - mainly to make it so much easier to take off and travel. So, send us best wishes to sell it. Whether we sell it soon or not, we're still pursuing our plans, as shared last entry.
Lots of occupational therapy job opportunities in Hawaii for Andy, and lots more massage therapy jobs for Evan. It was easy for Andy to get an OT licence. Ev will have to apply to take the state boards, and has that application under way. We are looking at Oahu. This is partly because we like being in/near cities; partly because we are not planning to take a car there, but to rely on rental cars and public transport (therefore Oahu is best), and partly because we want to be able to get there and back as easily as possible. One opportunity we are looking into is Andy getting work through the Army (yeah yeah yeah!...) as there are many opportunities world wide ... we'll see. We plan on being there for 6-9 months.
In the mean time, we're also getting ready for our UK and Iceland trip. UK plans include a few days in an old old hotel on the coast of Cornwall with mum and dad, a visit back up to Newcastle, this time with a car with stops on the way to Lincoln and Hull (Andy's old home) and Nottingham and Sherwood Forest on the drive back to London. We have also secured tickets to a summer festival featuring none other than ... Bananarama! Andy IS excited! plus the usual visits with friends and family.
Iceland plans include a lazy half day at the Blue Lagoon hot water springs resort and a morning puffin spotting; we decided to bite the bullet and rent a car (very expensive) to really make the most of our time and see the island.
And crazy though it is, those Alsaka cruises are getting cheaper and cheaper .... oh, maybe!!!
Anyway, hopefully we'll be moving and downsizing some more to make it all a bit easier.
More later.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
The Plan
Finally … we can now get some news out there. As we have been posting, there has been some planning and dreaming going on here. We’ve also been enjoying living in Washington in the summer, and have been off and about – last weekend we camped in Leavenworth, Spokane and Winthrop. We thought we should see some more of Washington before we ….
Firstly, we are putting the house back on the market – we have chosen our agent and will be getting all the things finalized to list again in the next couple of days. The reasons are the same as last time – that while we love our house, it makes it much harder to travel and leave for extended periods of time. So, hopefully, we will sell soon and move into a condo locally, from where we can …
So we have a 4 year plan, and this is how is goes – we’re planning an interim move to Hawaii in the not too distant future – time to do something new – and we have both wanted to experience living on a tropical island for a while. We plan on doing this for 6-9 months while keeping our ties and home base in Bellingham. This will give Ev the time to finish his degree (which he has to do in the USA)( … unless Andy gets a job with the army as a therapist then we can go anywhere) as well as giving us the chance to earn our TEFL certificates (teaching English as a foreign language). After our Hawaii and degree completion stint, we are going to move to New Zealand for a year to work and travel. Lots of job opportunities and options for us. Then, year 3 will see us heading to Asia (China?) to teach English for a year; before settling down in the Caribbean to set up our overseas charity project. We plan to keep our USA base in Bellingham, as we love it here so much and have many friends and work prospects, but to be our version of snow-birds !.....
So that’s the plan – it’s taken quite a bit of planning and organizing – wish us luck and stay tuned – we’ll be updating again more regularly.
In the meantime, we’re off to the UK and Iceland next month for a few weeks!!!
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“Life is either nothing or a daring adventure” (Helen Keller)
Firstly, we are putting the house back on the market – we have chosen our agent and will be getting all the things finalized to list again in the next couple of days. The reasons are the same as last time – that while we love our house, it makes it much harder to travel and leave for extended periods of time. So, hopefully, we will sell soon and move into a condo locally, from where we can …
So we have a 4 year plan, and this is how is goes – we’re planning an interim move to Hawaii in the not too distant future – time to do something new – and we have both wanted to experience living on a tropical island for a while. We plan on doing this for 6-9 months while keeping our ties and home base in Bellingham. This will give Ev the time to finish his degree (which he has to do in the USA)( … unless Andy gets a job with the army as a therapist then we can go anywhere) as well as giving us the chance to earn our TEFL certificates (teaching English as a foreign language). After our Hawaii and degree completion stint, we are going to move to New Zealand for a year to work and travel. Lots of job opportunities and options for us. Then, year 3 will see us heading to Asia (China?) to teach English for a year; before settling down in the Caribbean to set up our overseas charity project. We plan to keep our USA base in Bellingham, as we love it here so much and have many friends and work prospects, but to be our version of snow-birds !.....
So that’s the plan – it’s taken quite a bit of planning and organizing – wish us luck and stay tuned – we’ll be updating again more regularly.
In the meantime, we’re off to the UK and Iceland next month for a few weeks!!!
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“Life is either nothing or a daring adventure” (Helen Keller)
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