Now things start to take off

We are still really really happy to have moved and to have so much more freedom to do the things we want to do. We especially appreciated being here last week with the significant snow and ice and wind - no more power/well/pipe/snowed in worries anymore - made winter fun!

Thanksgiving came and went ... we spent our day eating simply, walking in the snow and making a joint piece of art for our bedroom wall of the path for the next year.

Of course, it's not long now until our Europe trip, so we're getting ready for that. But now the moving dust has settled, we have been developing the plans for 2011 more. Returning to our earlier plan, we are continuing with the ideas and goals we have developed, but we decided to switch them around - partly because it looks like Evan should be finished with his degree a little earlier and so overseas (out of the USA) options are easier. So instead of Hawaii first, we are looking into pursuing the English language teaching path first, and to take some time out next year to live and study in Hanoi, Vietnam, while we learn and become certified as English language teachers. And we'll add in a bit of backpacking around China while we're there. It is best to get the English language teacher's certificate with a Bachelors degree, and so that should be well timed with Evan's degree completion. And of course, this will serve us well to travel more, volunteer more, and eventually when we set up our charity project, to offer the language classes we want to.

And lastly, current book on the reading list (and a gift to Andy from Evan on our anniversary (#8!)) - "Thrive by Dan Buettner" ('secrets from the World's happiest people').

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"There is no teacher who can teach anything new. He can just help us remember the things we always knew"(Enigma)