Archive for March, 2007

Shoes: Necessity or Luxury?

Wednesday, March 28th, 2007

The contents-sale-to-end-all-contents-sales has come to an end. We sold almost everything we wanted to sell, so all was a success. What we haven’t sold is being donated to charity or various friends & family members in need. (PS – Thanks Dawna for being such a willing beneficiary many times over)!!!!
The more I purge my [...]

A Picture of Alberta

Wednesday, March 21st, 2007

This is just a taste of the scenery we expect to drink in during our summer in Alberta.The photo was taken while trekking last May (2006) on Parker Ridge, near the Columbia Icefields.
You can expect many more photos as we travel; as soon as Blogger works out some kinks in regards to hosting [...]

Fire!

Wednesday, March 21st, 2007

Life is never dull chez Nora & Kelly.
Yesterday morning at about 6am, we awoke to the smell of smoke, the faint sound of a fire alarm, and our neighbours knocking on our door to see if we were okay…..
Such is the adventure of living above a restaurant.
Apparently they left a pot of soup on the [...]

Rolling With The Punches – Change of Plans

Friday, March 16th, 2007

As if to accentuate the entire point of this website (Life Happens) in living colour, we haven’t even left Toronto yet and we’re learning one of the biggest lessons we’ll need for our trip: Rolling With The Punches.
Our trip plans have changed numerous times since we set out on this course. But every time it [...]

How Do You Get Rid of 30 Years of "Stuff"?

Tuesday, March 13th, 2007

We are sitting amidst makeshift furniture, boxes, piles of “stuff” scattered everywhere; we are moving! Well, not so much moving as liquidating.Currently we are working towards separating all our belongings into 4 piles:1) Take with us2) Store3) Sell4) Give Away
Take With Us: Knowing that everything I need to survive and travel for the next undetermined [...]

WHO ARE WE & WHAT ARE WE DONG?

Sunday, March 11th, 2007

When people ask what we do for a living, we say we’re retired. Because throughout our lives when we envisioned retirement, it looked like what we’re doing: Traveling, Exploring, Learning, Inspiring & being inspired, and Understanding all the world has to offer.

Many of you know the “Freedom 55″ financial commercials that enticed everybody to [...]