The Foggy Future June 30th, 2011 is effectively “T” minus 0.  The last day of work for both Ashley and I.  It’ll be a big day.  For the first time since high school, I will be without work or classes.  We’ll both receive our last paycheck, marking the full height of our travel funds. It probably won’t be the day we leave on our RTW trip, but it may &#91read more]

Happy Pi Day everyone! There’s no better way to celebrate Pi Day then a nice slice of pie.  So if you want to stop reading and go get yourself one, I’ll wait. Got your pie?  With a little “mode” I hope?  Great!  Let’s continue… In case you didn’t know, Pi Day is a holiday commemorating the mathematical constant, pi, and is celebrated each year on March 14 (3/14 in month/day &#91read more]

Amazing how time can sneak up on you. Thanks to Shane at The Working Traveller I was abruptly reminded that March 1st, 2011 is exactly 1 year after Ashley and I decided to travel the world.  It may also be of interest to some that March 1st, 2011 is also the first day of Breakaway Backpacker’s RTW trip! Wow, we’ve had a whole year to prepare for and plan our &#91read more]

I grew up living on top of a grocery store.  Literally.  My parents owned a small town Saskatchewan grocery store with living quarters upstairs.  Grocery shopping as a kid consisted of running down stairs at supper time to pick up the ingredients mom required.  Anything we wanted was always on hand. Needless to say, after I moved out there has been a gradual evolution of my grocery shopping habits.  When &#91read more]

Ashley and I have been celebrating Frugal February ever since the phrase was coined by Amy and Kieron over at Don’t Ever Look Back.  Like Amy and Kieron, we have been in ultra budget mode trying to scrimp and save every bit for our upcoming around the world trip.  After our car related financial setback in January, the timing couldn’t be better. Naturally, to prepare ourselves for our very tight &#91read more]

It’s official, our house is finally on the market.  You can check out the listing on our Realtor’s website Rock Bridge Realty. If you know anyone that’s looking to purchase an affordable character home near Saskatchewan’s capital of Regina, please let them know about our place.  We’d be very grateful. It’s unlikely that we will postpone our travels if our house does not sell before July, but it sure would &#91read more]

I had just filled up with gas and was heading out of the parking lot to return home when it hit me.  Not some grand epiphany, not a great travel idea, but a small blue car driven by a female in her 20s.  This random act of idiotacy (maybe not so random for said individual in the small blue car) is a $700 dollar moment I will never get back.  &#91read more]