Gulp!...

Our flight itinerary for the family has been sent to us and it sent a shock of true reality through my veins! Gulp!!! Double gulp! We are really doing this :) I am so excited I can't stand it! It's going to be so crazy!!!!
Speaking of crazy, I have been going whacky on what I can do before the movers come as we have to have it all organized by what's going by air, sea and storage! I have started placing things in boxes with the acknowledgment that they will have to repack it but it's helping me feel like I am getting something done!
Here's to reality and here's to sanity!

To be continued!...

Anniversary...

Today is our 9th Wedding Anniversary! I am so very blessed to have such true and unconditional love from Mike and so very blessed to have the family and life I have always dreamed of. We have gone through so much and learned so much- we are truly stronger and closer than ever before! I am sooooo excited to spend the rest of my life with him and join him on the adventure of a lifetime.
In preparation for our adventure we have given away and sold many of our things, it has made us somewhat melancholy. We know the things we have given away or sold served us and it was time to move on. Those "things" can be easily acquired once we get back but it's the adventure itself that cannot. So we wipe our tears, smile at the memories and embrace what is to come.... including more beautiful Anniversaries!! 

"Love is the beginning of the journey, its end, and the journey itself." Deepak Chopra

To be continued! I love you Michael Gines!

Success...

After a long week of a yoga intensive, I am happy to say I am certified- SUCCESS! It was one of the best weeks of my life. It was full of wonderment and life-applicable information. I was lucky enough to be a student with some amazingly kind and talented women and man. I am thankful for my hubby and mother-in-law who helped make this possible. My plans for my yoga practice and teaching are overwhelmingly exciting! To be continued for sure on that!
I am now on day two of being a stay-at-home mom and on cloud nine! So nice to have the time and patience to enjoy it with my family. Last night we even played a game together and we all went to bed early- that never happens.
Now that I am done with the intensive my attention has to be balanced between maintaining my home and packing it all at the same time. This task is soooooooo scary, deflating and seemingly impossible that I just want to cry! There is so much to do and so little time. I know that we'll get through it but it's even more difficult because Mike can't take the time off to help. So as we say one bite at a time- I have to relish myself in the positive thoughts- the accomplishments of selling our camper to a couple who I know will love and enjoy it as much as we did, selling our truck to a gentleman who will also love and enjoy it and that our home will be filled with little laughs and little feet just as it is now. I should try and get enthused about packing for our amazing future- this is our path, it's meant to be and it's going to be extraordinary!

“You must find the place inside yourself where nothing is impossible.”
― Deepak Chopra      

As always to be continued....

Yama and Niyama

I am 3/4 through my 1st full day of my yoga teacher training intensive. As assumed and delighted I am learning so much. I am enjoying learning the core, history, purpose, place and involvement of my path to become a yogi! One that has struck a cord is the eight-limbed path towards the realization of yoga or union with the universal self- two of the eight-limbs are Yama and Niyama- much detail but to sum it up it's the restraints to behaving outwardly and the observances on how to conduct oneself on a personal level. It's been humbling and empowering for me to self reflect, acknowledge, forgive, accept myself and those in my life. I strive to share and practice the yoga philosophy- physically, spiritually and mentally. To be the perfectly unique and special self I am and celebrate all that are perfectly unique and special- which is everyone in this universe!

To be continued!

10 Ways Living Abroad Gives Children a Better Start in Life...

One of my biggest fears is messing up my children's lives by moving them from their home, their security to an unknown, scary place. Well my fabulous brother sent me this link and it rests my fears and encourages our decision. I will refer back to this link when I am in need of such encouragement and also will be delighted in validating it someday....

http://www.shelteroffshore.com/index.php/living/more/10-ways-living-abroad-gives-children-better-life-10873

High heels to bare feet...

Today I started packing up my office area, I found that 6 years has created a substantial accumulation of paperwork. Stress and melancholy were stirring and I knew I needed a break! So on my lunch break I went to CorePower yoga, took a yoga class and as I was laying in savasana (a.k.a corpse pose- a pose of total relaxation) I relaxed even more to the thought of retiring my heels for my bare feet! The thought of teaching and practicing yoga as my second "profession" in Indonesia makes me so excited I can't even stand it! Furthermore, the thought of my number one profession of being a stay-at-home mom and wife makes me want to scream with delight from the top of Mt Zaagkam (a tall mountain peak in Tembagapura similar to this one- see pic below). Funny how things change, I always wanted to be a part of Corporate America and I am settled right in! Now it's something I feel has been an accomplishment that has been pleasantly checked off my bucket list providing the opportunity to move on and not look back... Now I just need to survive the 8 day intensive teacher training!!

As always to be continued...

On the hunt...

This Easter Sunday brought us a gorgeous, warm Spring day! The kiddos had a great time hunting for the treasures the Easter bunny left! We spent the day with family and the kiddos were exhausted when we got home! It was a beautiful gathering that reminded me of how blessed I am. I am thankful to God for the things he has given to me!!

“... it’s a blessed thing to love and feel loved in return.”
― E.A. Bucchianeri, Brushstrokes of a Gadfly