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This is a story about an
international couple raising and home educating three
young boys on a small island in Japan, half living in
buses, engaged in organic, self-sufficient farming in
the middle of a mountain forest while dealing with
climate, cultural, and personal challenges. These pages
are about pretty much anything and everything all guided
by our family motto, Taking Chances, Making Changes,
Being Happy. Thank you very much for joining us on our
ongoing crazy adventure.
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STORY 2017 |
 This was without a doubt the most difficult year for our family. The owner of
the house we were renting in Tanegashima said he might be thinking about
returning to the island someday and said we should beging thinking about moving.
Although there was no time limit given, we decided to take matters into our own
hands and move anyway. We found another house in Minamitane town but right
before we were to meet the owner, we found out it had already been rented. We
completely changed the plan and decided to return to America and give it one
more try there. I still owned my condominium and had all my personal stuff
stored there. It was a matter of time before we had to return anyway. The
thought of moving to the condo with two young boys was unacceptable and I came
up with an alternative plan. I found a home up in the San Diego County mountains
and began negotiating the sale of the condo and the purchase of the mountain
property, all online. Thanks to the help of our friends and an incredible real
estate, I was able to pull it off. We moved to the mountains during the Summer.
It took only about three months to realize how awful this place was. It took
about another three months to prepare the property, mostly the outside
landscaping, for sale. We sold the property for a pretty nice profit and moved
out in January of 2018, a mere six months after we moved in there. I plan to
post a very detailed account of this really interesting story. |
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January 2017
- Happy New Year fun and a trip to our favorite beach. A return to farming
and a pretty strong earthquake.
- February 2017 - No posts.
- March 2017 - No posts.
- April 2017 - No posts.
- May 2017 - No posts.
- June 2017 - No posts.
- July 2017 - No posts.
- August 2017 - No posts.
- September 2017 - No posts.
- October 2017 - No posts.
- November 2017 - No posts.
- December 2017 - No posts.
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