Today was our last FULL day in Utah. This has been a whirlwind of a month. May has both blown by and felt like it dragged on. We have spent some great nights with family and friends laughing, talking, and saying goodbye. May is busy as it is without adding moving into the mix. Instead, it seems we figured – …
Shipping a Car to St. Croix, USVI
Have you ever shipped a car? Anywhere? No, you say? Yeah, me neither. Stewart and I went back and forth about this one. Ship a car – don’t ship a car. Buy a car on island. Don’t buy a car on island. Buy a car from Miami and ship it. Sell all cars and just ride a @#$!# bike everywhere! …
6 Moving Tricks You’ve Got to Try
We are t-minus 52 days until our big move to St. Croix, USVI. We sold our house and moved everything into storage in January 2017. We have been living with in-laws who are incredibly generous. Our belongings are scheduled to come out of storage next week and I have been reflecting on the process of moving a household. By the …
5 Easy Things You Need to Know to Sell Your House
12 years in a house can have a big impact on you and your family. In 12 years, you can accomplish a lot as a homeowner. You can make connections with a house, with neighbors, with a community. When it comes time to move from a house you have lived in for 12 years, it can be difficult but it …
Choose Change ~ Create!
How does change drive creativity? And why is creativity so important today? Here are some coherent thoughts (or maybe just of my rambling ones) about the importance of change and creativity in contemporary society. I have a great friend (also a theatre teacher) who moves schools about every 6 to 8 years. I was very confused as to why she …
Why Failure is Always an Option
“Weren’t you a BeachBody Coach?” someone asks me. I answer, “Why…yes, yes I was a BeachBody Coach…for approximately 2 seconds…ok really…5 months.” Then I was a failure! Complete and utter failure! Now before you worry that I am shaming myself or judging myself too harshly, DON’T. Failure is ALWAYS an option. Failure is NECESSARY. I used my failure to succeed. …