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No Normalcy Yet, But I Can See It From Here

August 25, 2010

Life is still not normal, but it’s getting so close and I’m getting excited about that! Today, I’m still living in rural village, 2 hours’ drive from wife’s work. Still squatting in borrowed family home, across the street from in-laws. My parents’ are now visiting here for a couple weeks. My kids only seeing mom [...]

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See Rock; See Jeff Crawling Out From Under It

August 5, 2010

Holy comatose Batman, I’ve been asleep at the wheel here with Expat Yourself. My apologies if you’ve been wondering “Where the f- is Jeff at these days?” We arrived in Canada 6 freakin’ weeks ago already. Again, sorry for waiting. So much to say… finally I’m writing… yeah, I finished the Vacation video First things [...]

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By the Way – Happy Canada Day!

July 1, 2010

July 1st is Canada Day. Happy Canada Day!! This is my first time in the country for the holiday ever. My wife’s first time in many years. We’re spending the day with my wife’s family and many more in a small rural village in northern Nova Scotia. Local events include dancing, concerts of local talent, [...]

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On Vacation Now – Miss You Guys (Too)

June 19, 2010

hey all, Above all, I’m sorry to be away for a couple weeks. I and the family are on our RV vacation since June 1st. Another week or so to go before we return the motorhome and we fly to Halifax, Canada. I’m in a hotel in Zermatt, Switzerland, borrowing some wireless. The barmaid knows [...]

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Foreign Mortgages – Ours: Approved. Yea!

May 20, 2010

Today is a banner day. I just got word that our mortgage refinance application was approved. Oh, man, that rocks! …so, now we only owe two and a half million. Thankfully, that’s not dollars, but in Czech crowns. In fact, I’m real thankful that’s not in dollars, since I’d be jumping out of a window [...]

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How to Get Rid of Prized Possessions

May 11, 2010

Answer: Move. Nothing helps you say “it’s not that important” like moving across the ocean. We’ve lived in Prague for four years. That’s just four years; it’s not a lifetime. (Unless you’re 4 or younger, right?) It’s amazing how much crap we’ve accumulated in just these four years. Now we’re moving to Canada. And so, [...]

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Update to Family Vacation: South It Is

April 27, 2010

First of all – Thanks In an earlier post, I asked for your help deciding where we should go on our vacation in June. I created a poll, offering North, East, West and South. I left it up to you, figuring “hey, why should it be my decision alone?” Seventeen people voted (okay, 16 plus [...]

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Countdown: 5 Weeks to Move Abroad

April 21, 2010

Today, we’re expats in Prague, Czech Republic, but we are planning our move to Canada. This post is one of a series to show how we’re doing it. It’s now April 21st. About five weeks to go. Feeling some pressure now. The plan: Will leave Prague on May 30th to Frankfurt. Do an RV tour [...]

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Tourists

April 9, 2010

Tourists. Gotta love them. At least for the entertainment factor. In June, me and the family will be joining the crowd. Depending how you voted (did you vote yet?), we may even look like this:

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Vote Where We Go For Vacation

April 7, 2010

Here’s my situation… Me and the family will take a long vacation before moving. We rented a motorhome for the month of June. We pick up our motorhome in Frankfurt, Germany. Ah, but where do we go? That’s the snag. Frankly, we can’t decide. West? South? North?? East??? So, since I so love this blog, [...]

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