I am a mom, full-time practicing attorney, and former teacher.
Many new folks have come to visit this blog in the past 36 hours or so, since it got a little publicity. Thank you all who have read, liked, followed, commented, and, especially, reached out privately via the “Contact” feature. In particular, those of you who have reached out via “Contact” are amazing. I’m doing … More The Kindness of Strangers
So a Q&A about our trip appeared in The Washington Post today. … More A Little Press
The slog of preparing the house continues, although I know that the end is in sight. … More Crystal Walls
S’more Cooking and S’more Cleaning… … More S’more Cleaning
Musings about how to preserve family history as we clean out our attic. … More Snow Days & Memorabilia
In which the girls and I turned their disaster of a room into a room ready to be painted, with lots of laughter (and a few tears) along the way. … More Today, We Cleaned & Purged
Elizabeth’s Jewish Guilt Bat Mitzvah post totally worked, and lit a fire under me to get the Bat Mitzvah party planning in gear. … More Jewish Guilt: Activated!
For us, the key to this adventure from a financial perspective is being able to rent our house out so that we’re not spending a year making mortgage payments for an unoccupied house. … More Prepping to Leave; Prepping Our Home
Mike, a former project manager for his career, is also the project manager for our trip planning. That said, because of the realities of each of our current job situations, as a practical matter, I’m the one running point on getting a lot of this done. I am realizing, more and more, that I need … More To Do Lists
Blaine Voyage 