2008

Well the year we leave is here! Education is in full swing , finishing boat repairs are underway and the countdown to learn Spanish just around the corner. 2 years ago I wrote our 10 Step Plan! Where are we?

Step 1

Clean out the house!The main words that go through my mind are PURGE, PURGE, PURGE.! Thirty years worth. What a job it has been. Those to benefit so far seem to be the Salvation Army. We will be having a garage sale soon. The rule is --- If it doesn’t fit on the boat it doesn’t get kept. I just have to persuade a relative, friend to take a few things, like pictures, family bible. A box load. Names that come to mind….. Pam, Janet! I haven’t asked yet!

Step 2

Renovate the house!The renovations are underway as this is being written. It should be done in a month. We are doing way more than originally planned. Rooms are getting new hardwood, 2 new furnaces, new bathroom for the main, new, new, new. And above all BASEBOARD! For some you know what that means. The housing market is hot and we want to get in on it.We are having a work weekend in May to get the outside finished. Weather permitting. I bet all those friends living outside of Calgary are sighing a sigh of relief! Goal to be ready by June 1/06

Step 3

Sale the house!

Step 4

Talk to our financial planner!

Step 5

Make sure Alanna and RJ are set up ok!

Step 6

Retirement Day!

Step 7

Move to the boat!

Step 8

Finish boat renovations

Step 9
Prepare for departure

Step 10

Bon Voyage!

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, Done ! Eight, working on it ....... Nine working on it ...... 10 almost there!

Our next report will begin with " Hola". I will be posting pictures upon our return from Guatemala that will wet your appetite to what will be"Our Future"!