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our life sabbatical: what I'm looking forward to in 2011
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Tuesday, January 4, 2011. What I'm looking forward to in 2011. I didn't make and document "formal" resolutions on 1/1/11 but I did ponder what I want to improve upon, learn, achieve, acquire, do and see during the next year. 365 days to accomplish these tasks seems like a lifetime but given how quickly our soon to be 9 weeks in Mexico has flown, I know a year will go by quicker than I want it to. First, I can't wait to see friends and family back home during our 10 day January visit! Second, I am pumped ...
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our life sabbatical: January 2011
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Tuesday, January 11, 2011. Here's to a strong 2011. 1/11/11 . January is upon us once again. This past year has come and gone just as fast as the one before and just as fast as this next one will. Our family has made some significant changes, some milestones, some steps forward and some steps backwards. In lieu of my annual December letter (or book as some would describe) I will sum up our year here . In March and August of 2010 Jay and I both met the 40 year milestone and celebrated accordingly! Over th...
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our life sabbatical: February 2011
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Thursday, February 24, 2011. When friends and family ask me what is new I tend to answer "same ol' same ol'" as our routine doesn't fluctuate a whole big bunch. But, in pondering our last 16 weeks . yes, things are new. Its hard for me to acknowledge that we've actually been here 16 weeks (and a day) and we only have either 7 weeks plus a couple days or 9 weeks left here! The board looked awesome and he was so excited to share it with his classmates! We whipped up a computer out of old boxes and studied ...
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our life sabbatical: home sweet home or home away from home??
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Wednesday, February 2, 2011. Home sweet home or home away from home? We arrived in Regina January 10, 2011. The kids didn't sleep on the plane, our TV's didn't work and it was the coldest night of the winter thus far. But . we didn't care! My mom was at the airport to meet us with warm clothes and hugs, our book keeper and her husband brought our "warmed up" truck and the roads cooperated so we could make it home (just barely but we made it! Jay unfortunately had to work for the majority of our time home...
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our life sabbatical: what's new ...
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Thursday, February 24, 2011. When friends and family ask me what is new I tend to answer "same ol' same ol'" as our routine doesn't fluctuate a whole big bunch. But, in pondering our last 16 weeks . yes, things are new. Its hard for me to acknowledge that we've actually been here 16 weeks (and a day) and we only have either 7 weeks plus a couple days or 9 weeks left here! The board looked awesome and he was so excited to share it with his classmates! We whipped up a computer out of old boxes and studied ...
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our life sabbatical: Here's to a strong 2011 ~
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Tuesday, January 11, 2011. Here's to a strong 2011. 1/11/11 . January is upon us once again. This past year has come and gone just as fast as the one before and just as fast as this next one will. Our family has made some significant changes, some milestones, some steps forward and some steps backwards. In lieu of my annual December letter (or book as some would describe) I will sum up our year here . In March and August of 2010 Jay and I both met the 40 year milestone and celebrated accordingly! Over th...
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our life sabbatical: what I/we take for granted ...
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Monday, January 10, 2011. What I/we take for granted . With the busy Christmas season, having friends here for ten days and the kids being off school for three weeks, I've neglected something that I love to do . my daily blog. And then when I finally return to my morning routine of dropping the kids off, taking the dog out and sitting down with a coffee I was without a "blogging" idea! Friendship is the biggest. All four of us are excited to see our close friends! People back home have experienced a trem...
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our life sabbatical: November 2010
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Tuesday, November 30, 2010. Tonight embarks our 28th sleep in Playa del Carmen! 4 weeks, a few days shy of a month and 1/6 of our adventure in, I have a few questions that I am bound and determined to find the answers to. 1 How do the Mexicans keep their whites so white? 2 Do the taxi drivers REALLY have driving licenses? 3 Is sleeping in a hammock night after night good for your back? 4 How much will our first electricity bill be? 6 Does Paris' coat really keep her cool in the heat and warm in the cold?
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our life sabbatical: ...heart is back on the prairies
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Tuesday, February 8, 2011. Heart is back on the prairies. This weekend I felt somewhat homesick, lonely and quite frankly "sorry" for myself. Yes, sitting by the pool in 34 degree temperatures and feeling sorry for myself. I was having an argument with my feelings. "How can you be so selfish and feel sorry for yourself . you're in the Mayan Riviera, its beautiful out and you don't have a worry in the world? This fight inside my head lasted for a good day and a half. No wonder I had a major headache!
