Adventure

A month or so ago I wrote about how Dear Sweet Hubby and I were re-prioritizing. And we're on a pretty good start...we are selling what we don't need, donating what people don't buy, and have done a pretty good job of not buying things we DON'T need.

And I will admit...while it hasn't been the easiest to accomplish, and while we still have a looooonnnnggg way to go, simplifying and refocusing has been exhilarating.

We have so many material possessions that are, in essence, suffocating us.

We eat unhealthy, processed foods that are, in essence, killing us.

We have big goals. Attack our debt. Sell what we don't need. Eat whole and good food as we were made to.

And in the long haul, we have big goals to travel and explore the world around us, near and far. I want to teach LBB that there is so much more to life than the complex existence that society deems as necessary. I want us to explore, dream, and create. I want us to walk in other people's shoes and see how other people live.

I want to embrace our gypsy souls.

My feet yearn to walk new paths.
My heart calls out for new adventure.
My mind begs to take in new sights and learn new things.

Sometimes I think that since we are a little, middle class family that we should be satisfied with living through the daily grind. Sometimes I think that since I am a loving, stay at home mommy that I should be satisfied with going about our normal routine.

And while I love our life. And I love being at home and doing fun projects...I want there to be more. I want to do more with my two guys. I want us to explore. I want us to discover. I don't want our homeschooling to be confined to a classroom. I want LBB to see the world as his classroom.

Strangely enough, I hear Belle from Beauty and the Beast singing in my head right now: "I want much more than this provincial life, I want adventure in the great wide somewhere."

:)

I'm blessed by God to have a hubby who feels the same as me. He's just as excited to start our journey as I am. :) And while it will take lots of work, and a substantial amount of time, to get to the point where we want to be (debt free and able to adventure when, how, and where we want) we will get there. :) 

Thanks again for listening to some more "adventure ramble" from me. It's been a pretty big part of life right now...and something that I don't plan on having go away anytime soon. I want to start blogging our efforts to live life to the fullest...at first, the simplifying and downsizing of accumulated crap, sharing some world cuisine recipes that we are eager to try...and hopefully, in the near future, sharing our trips and adventures. :)