nothing but a suit

In our home, day to day conversations usually have a good dose of movie lines in them. Now, to some this is odd, but when I was growing up and living at home this was common, if not normal. It gave us perspective of things going on around us that was clear to all who knew where the movie line came from.

When we were all crammed in our small family room with extended family on Christmas trying to open Christmas gifts, someone would inevitably and casually say, “We need a bigger boat.”

Movie line…Jaws. Continue reading “nothing but a suit”

and so it begins…

(photo from June 2012, 37 years old, after climbing a 50 ft rope wall and riding the zip line)

 

It’s January 1, 2018.

Wow.

As always, time goes so fast these days, but these past 4 months, since we decided to take this road trip, well, just flew right by!

Up until now I had other things I needed to concentrate on.  Things that were higher priority than thinking about a year-long road trip. Family vacation. Family birthdays. Thanksgiving. Christmas. Shutting my business down. You know – those kinds of things.

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time. and my why. kari.

time.why.kari

The fact that I’m sitting here writing a blog post about why my family and I will be packing up a 5th wheel and traveling the United States for a year, reminds me of that handsome adventure I married 17 years ago.

I’ve always thought of myself as somewhat of a free-spirit, even though it’s probably more along of the lines of “I wish I were a free spirit” – but still my imagination has made me a modern day hippie in so many ways. For as long as I can remember, I’ve always wanted to travel. I always thought it was because we didn’t do much traveling as a family when I was growing up. We did make some weekend jaunts to Wyoming for family reunions and we loved our long drives in the mountains, visiting old mining towns and cities. Other than that, travel wasn’t a part of what we did. Don’t believe me? My first commercial airplane flight was when I was 25 and that was flying to Mexico for my honeymoon. Exactly.

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time. and my why. charley.

time.why.charley

There are few things in life on earth that are truly valuable. I’m sure there are many differing opinions as to what is most valuable, but my life experience leads me to believe that time wins the “most valuable thing” contest. By a mile. Maybe even a country mile. Probably by even further. Actually, it really isn’t measurable. Time, simply, is the most valuable asset we have on earth. If you think I’m wrong, allow me to convince you…

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