Posted by kate in SHE SAID... on 11 29th, 2008 | No Comments
Focused Planning
Brett and I have made it a habit to make the week of Thanksgiving a time to reconnect with each other before the hustle and bustle of the Christmas season. We reflect on the current year that is beginning to come to a close and make some goals for the upcoming year. We spend time together and enjoy a...
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Posted by brett in HE SAID... on 11 27th, 2008 | 1 Comment
No Turkey For Me, Thanks
Pass the sweet potatoes and the cranberry sauce! Happy Thanksgiving!! This year, more than usual I’ve got a lot to be thankful for. My wonderful and amazing wife, Kate, comes to the top of the list. She has been doing the bulk of the research for Exit 1, she’s been helping out a lot with...
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Posted by kate in points on a map on 11 21st, 2008 | No Comments
Machu Picchu, Peru
Since I was young and first read about the ruins at Machu Picchu, it has been on my list of things to experience so when Brett asked where we wanted to travel to in the Fall of 2006 when we had two months to explore the world - my first response was a resounding “Machu Picchu!” We planned...
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Posted by kate in logistics on 11 21st, 2008 | No Comments
Foreign Transaction Fees
Foreign Transaction Fees, Foreign Usage Charges, Foreign Currency Conversion Fee - they are called many things, but they are the fees passed along to us by Credit Card Companies and Banks for using our money outside of our home country. They range from 1% to 4%. Some are simply percentages of the amount...
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Posted by kate in logistics on 11 12th, 2008 | No Comments
Searching for: Housesitting Jobs
House sitting provides the opportunity to live rent free (or mostly rent free) for periods of days, weeks or months. It allows you to explore new parts of a country or new regions of the world. Some house sit opportunities are just that – living in someone’s house when they are away. They require...
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Posted by brett in through the lens on 11 8th, 2008 | No Comments
Fall Foliage Around Indy
We had an unseasonably warm fall, so the leaves only started falling a few weeks ago. I decided that I would run out and get some shots before it was too late. The Lockerbie Square neighborhood in Downtown Indianapolis had some beautiful tree-lined streets. To view all of the foliage shots I took,...
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Posted by brett in through the lens on 11 5th, 2008 | No Comments
The Every Day Challenge
I was flipping through my photos from 2008 the other day on my laptop and realized just how few pictures I’d taken this year. Granted, it’s still a decent number of pictures - probably more than 8,000 year to date - but I’ve been remarkably consistent with when I take pictures: on weekends...
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