It's been a whole month since I started to tell people about this blog and our plans to travel. I've been overwhelmed by the support and positive comments I've had from people since we went public but I think it will take me a little longer to get used to all the questions that come with pondering such a different path. I should be used to it of course, we home educate and in the UK that is also very much a minority path and we are often quizzed and questioned about why the kids aren't in school today. No, I'm not very good at answering those questions either! Talking about what we do and justifying our reasons makes me want to cower in a corner!
Online is another matter though and I am quite happy to talk away like that. I've been getting to grips (slowly!) with Twitter and making a facebook page so we can connect with other travellers especially families who have done or are planning to do similar trips to us. It's such a minefield and I keep doing things wrong, but I guess I'll get there! There is a worry that I will end up spending ages just reading and browsing and reading and browsing. You do end up finidng out cool facts though, like that Istanbul is just over 2000 miles away using google maps directions and would take us 1 day and 11 hours to get there. Um, yes, I dunno why or how I found that one out ;o)
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Tuesday, 15 May 2012
Friday, 27 April 2012
April goal round-up
We're not quite at the end of the month, but today is our last pay day so number crunching day it is!
I'm not sure how figures will add up next month. We've had a minor setback in that I no longer have my job at my dad's shop (long story!). It wasn't a lot of money coming in but was enough to add up to a decent amount over a year and it's gone now so I need to think about alternative income and ramp up any online money making I can.
I am not mentioning the ticker counting my weight loss ;o) Maybe next month I can report some good there!
- We have 11 months, 2 weeks and 5 days until we go!
- I have cleared 9 items (9!!!!!) from the house in April with a total amount made of £70.12. I also managed to get more stuff on ebay last week and most have bids but I'll add those in to next months totals. So: 9/1000 and £70.12/£1000. ;o) Quite a way to go still!
- Overall at the beginning of April we had £673 saved up and at the end we have £1212 so we nearly doubled our money!
I'm not sure how figures will add up next month. We've had a minor setback in that I no longer have my job at my dad's shop (long story!). It wasn't a lot of money coming in but was enough to add up to a decent amount over a year and it's gone now so I need to think about alternative income and ramp up any online money making I can.
I am not mentioning the ticker counting my weight loss ;o) Maybe next month I can report some good there!
Sunday, 15 April 2012
1 year to go! Meeep!
15th April 2013 is our planned leaving date. I wanted to wait until the school Easter holidays had finished so looking ahead that was the Monday after that. I'm quite glad we have a planned date, makes it feel real somehow!
So for the next 6 months we'll be saying 'this time next year we'll be doing xyz and this time next year we'll be sat on a beach'. I may bore people before long ;o)
Ooh beaches :O)
A year still feels so long away but when I think about clearing the house of all the stuff then I know it will go by soon enough and I'll feel like I want more time! This will be the hard bit when we're going without and keeping all our money to one side and trying to declutter. Yawn ;o)
Speaking of which, I made a bit of progress with my crud clearing venture (CCV :o)) and sold 5 things on a home ed buy and sell group. So that is 5/1000 and £21/£1000 ;o) I'm laughing at the notion that I have 1000 things I could sell, 1000 bits of rubbish I could throw out maybe, but to sell? I'm pretty sure I will struggle, but it might be an interesting thing to track! James is up for doing some car boots (I'm not sure he's *ever* done one in his life!) so we'll try and get one in for maybe June and then another at the end of Summer. There are a few all year round ones so might fit in a third before we leave the house. I have lots of local friends who know all about car boot sales round here so I shall have to pick their brains. Any money we make is going to be extra towards a better campervan and isn't being counted on. I might even make a page on here with things to sell, which might work if I start plugging the blog and sharing it round. Something to work on.
So for the next 6 months we'll be saying 'this time next year we'll be doing xyz and this time next year we'll be sat on a beach'. I may bore people before long ;o)
Ooh beaches :O)
A year still feels so long away but when I think about clearing the house of all the stuff then I know it will go by soon enough and I'll feel like I want more time! This will be the hard bit when we're going without and keeping all our money to one side and trying to declutter. Yawn ;o)
Speaking of which, I made a bit of progress with my crud clearing venture (CCV :o)) and sold 5 things on a home ed buy and sell group. So that is 5/1000 and £21/£1000 ;o) I'm laughing at the notion that I have 1000 things I could sell, 1000 bits of rubbish I could throw out maybe, but to sell? I'm pretty sure I will struggle, but it might be an interesting thing to track! James is up for doing some car boots (I'm not sure he's *ever* done one in his life!) so we'll try and get one in for maybe June and then another at the end of Summer. There are a few all year round ones so might fit in a third before we leave the house. I have lots of local friends who know all about car boot sales round here so I shall have to pick their brains. Any money we make is going to be extra towards a better campervan and isn't being counted on. I might even make a page on here with things to sell, which might work if I start plugging the blog and sharing it round. Something to work on.
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