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
By this point you may be wondering exactly how does a comfortably middle class family from suburban New Jersey afford a year of travel around the world? Being the frugal, risk averse, penny pinching miser that I am, the answer is, we don’t!! Forget it, we aren’t going, cancel the plans to buy the RV, … More Money, Money, Money, it Doesn’t Have to be a Rich Man’s Life
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!
Planning my Bat Mitzvah isn’t a piece of cake: here’s why. … More Bat Mitzvah, Bowl Mitzvah, Who the Heck Knows Mitzvah
No one really likes cleaning their house or room. You may say you do but, not really. Maybe a little, but when it comes to moving, forget about it. My family has never been the most err… clean and organized. Every so often though, when our house is a really a mess we go on … More Cleaning: Ugg.
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 