Monthly Archives: August 2012
The Road to Hawaii – FedeEx doesn’t absolutely, positively get it there overnight
The Road to Hawaii, or how we sold (almost) everything, quit our jobs and moved to Oahu, as told by one family who is experiencing it. So, last Friday, while packing, cleaning, mailing and signing papers to rid ourselves of Michigan (in a nice way), we picked up the mail. Aaron and Holli had applied…
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The Road to Hawaii – Day 2 – America is burning
The Road to Hawaii, or how we sold (almost) everything, quit our jobs and moved to Oahu, as told by one family who is experiencing it. We drive through more flat farmland, the corn brown, its leaves curled in protective cones. Corn should not be this brown, not in August, but the drought has taken…
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The Road to Hawaii – Day One
The Road to Hawaii, or how we sold (almost) everything, quit our jobs and moved to Oahu, as told by one family who is experiencing it. Awake at 4:30, too keyed up to sleep. After an early breakfast at Denny’s, we finished packing, purging and planning. One last trip to Goodwill and two to the…