As of today we are officially a, “do not own a vehicle family”. We sold our mighty stead, and have rented a car for the last 10 days. It was sad to say goodbye to her, I think because we brought this car off Cathy and Jim, and she always reminds me of them. Pica …

Remember I said it was not all sunshine and roses? Well yesterday was one of those, less than sunny days! Metaphorically and literally 🙂 After the weekend garage sale, we had colds, were tired, grumpy, and REALLY weary of the wet cold weather that has descended on Newfoundland in the last couple of weeks. I …

Two weeks today and we are on the plane! Yesterday and today are the garage sale days. Yesterday was so busy, we were surprised, 3/4 of it has sold already! It was bits and pieces, clothes, Luca’s toys and books, and the weather a bit dodgy, so were unsure of how a garage sale would …

I think the first thing that comes to mind in contemplating any of our moves is money. It is financially viable?! The difference with this move as opposed to our last few, is that neither of us have a job to go to, and do not anticipate getting a paid one for at least a …

Today we got a call from the school, there had been a fire! Later in the day to be called, “the chicken nugget fire!”, so nothings serious. However it is pouring here and all the kids got soaked in the evacuation, hence they were sent home before lunch. Not one to lose such an opportunity, …

Learning Spanish is going to my biggest challenge, no doubt about it! I like to communicate, I love getting to know people and immersing myself in a community, harder to do when you lack the language! I have been in this situation before, (I lived and worked in Greece in another life), but I was …

We first visited Costa Rica in 2015 and fell in love! We liked the people, the countryside, the weather, the focus on family, community, heath, education and the environment! We loved how Luca met a Tico child less than 2 hours off the plane, and ran away to play, neither of them able to understand …

Yesterday we had a huge selling day! Exhausting but profitable 🙂 We went from the lounge looking like this to empty. We still have more to sell!!!! It never ceases to amaze us how much stuff we have, and we considered ourselves pretty minimalist, ha! Clearly not!!!! Big garage sale soon… Someone brought our couch. …

One of the first things I looked at when we decided to move to Costa Rica is how are we going to get Pica there. She is a big part of our family, Luca truly feels she is a sibling and she feels the same about him, leaving her is not an option. I googled …

This move for us as a family, is our biggest yet in terms of downsizing. Over the last 12 years we have flipped 3 homes, and have “downsized” each time, but still we have rather a lot. We currently rent a pretty typical north American home, (luckily we sold our last home 1 year ago, …