Friday, August 29, 2014

78 days and counting

78 days to liftoff

Kid # 2 finally done with college.
Got $XXK to refi (not counting the $XXK he owes the feds)
Total cost of College about XXXK over 4 years. Ouch.

Deep breaths...

Looks like the plan to have everyone together for Thanksgiving/graduation is a fail.
Girl child has no days off until Dec. Looks like Xmas in Mexico.

I'm looking forward to being able to plan more than 2 days in advance.
Flights are a lot cheaper that way, Shijus.

Wednesday, August 20, 2014

New New New Itinereary?

As you can see we are having some trouble making up our minds.
Some of these are booked already, others are more fluid.

Dec: Mexico (Sayulita, & San Miguel de Allende side trips to Guadalajara & Guanajuato,)
Jan (1st half): Fiji,
Jan (2nd half) New Zealand (Auckland, Taupo, Wellington, & Nelson)
Feb: Australia (Sydney) & Bali + Gilis & other?
Mar: Thailand (Chiang Mai, Bankok, Koh Lanta)
April: 1st half: Japan (Nagoya, Kyoto, Mt Fuji, Tokyo)
April 2nd half: Jakarta & Singapore
May-June: Turkey (Istanbul & Bodrum) & Greece (Rhodes, Santorini, Athens, etc)

Proposition #1
July: Scandanavia (Helsinki, St Petersburg, Tallinn, Stockholm & Copenhagen)
Aug: UK (Edinburgh Scotland & Cork Ireland)
Sept: Netherlands (Amsterdam) and Germany (The Rhine bet Koblenz & Frankfurt)
Oct: Portugal (Lisbon & The Algarve)
Nov: Ecuador (Quito & Cuenca)
Dec: Mexico again? Possible visits to Philly, DC, Virgina & Austin TX
To follow: Africa? Namibia, South Africa & Tanzania? Or Italy?

Proposition #2
July: UK (Edinburgh Scotland & Cork Ireland)
Aug: Netherlands (Amsterdam) and Germany (The Rhine bet Koblenz & Frankfurt)
Sept: Portugal (Lisbon & The Algarve)
Oct: Ecuador (Quito & Cuenca, Manta & Guayaqil)
Nov: Tamarindo, Costa Rica
Dec: Mexico again? Possible visits to Philly, DC, Virgina & Austin TX
To follow: Africa? Namibia, South Africa & Tanzania? Or Italy?

Tuesday, August 5, 2014

yikes

Holy s#!t, 100 days.
CDs and DVDs ripped and sold
Many tools and boating items given away
Books pared down and donated to the library
Takers found for furniture and our few boxes

HOLY COW HOLY COW HOLY COW!