Reinventing myself

Living here in Oriental or having different life style has given me and my family an opportunity to reinvent ourselves. Three years ago this life began with a dream, also three years ago I said that I will never teach art and that I will never paint abstract.  Al I have to say is that: today, makes who you are tomorrow, so use today wisely. I love teaching art, students arrived. My client in town ordered some abstracts and she pushed me and took me out of my comfort zone, with amazing results. My friend Bonnie said, a good abstract is hard to paint and I agree. It takes life experience, and incredible conscience. Hopefully I do a good job for my clients, and they trust me enough to let me fill thier home with my art. Chris continues to work on the boat, there is never enough time in the day to do everything on the list. We had to extend our rent till end of November. Life raft came, we are trying to order solar panels, install arch on the boat, still waiting on some parts from France to finish rigging, and on and on. After November we plan to finally move the the boat, out new home and spend Christmas in the Bahamas. Oriental is beautiful and fun but more beautiful and fun things are waiting. Lots of boats are passing by through Oriental already making their way slowly South to the Islands. We meet many couples from all over the world telling cruising stories, everyone we meet is 

Extremely warm and inviting. Our children have blossomed, I posted them studying at the dining room table. Can't wait to show them more of the world.

Big Family Trip (to Target)

it has been a month since our move and our new life. We came to live in a very little but beautiful town on the coast, while the boat is being worked on. This is definitely the best and most wise decision we could have made. Our life has changed in million ways, from having better relationship with my husband and children, spending more time with each other, more laughter, wine, and spending time with friends travelers, meeting locals and developing connections with them. All would give their heart out to help and be there if you needed anything. At first it felt like a vacation, because that was all there was for so many years, until now. Finally now, the past had been let go. 

The nearest fast food is 30 mil away, thankfully because it is too far to go, and we shop in one small grocery store called Town and Country. Out eating habits changed, we no longer feel like rewarding ourselves with junk after a stressful and hard day after work. We ride bicycles everywhere. I have been in the car once since we arrived here. After a month we decided to take a long trip about 40 minutes drive to Target because we all needed underwear. We were so glad to be back in our town, kids got tired and the excitement of being in target was just not there. We have tradition to ride to the best spot in town to see sunset every evening. I have started my art classes and that is our  income for groceries. Our costs and spending have decreased drastically. We keep it simple at a minimum, and we get only what we need. Children have blossomed, play with their new friends, and the whole town is their playground. I can't wait to get to the islands and expend our experiences with nature and people even more. I am posting photos of  scenes that surround us every day.

I already know that I regret nothing about our decision, and I don't miss my life in third dimension.