Laura and Sasha's Excellent Adventure
Yahoo,
June is here, and we have lots
of programs! I just did my night program (had about
12-15 people for it) and although it went well, I have room
to tweak it some more, and will probably do that. But the
explanations of May's expenses
are up and I will try to have some pictures of what we have
been doing in May and June in the next couple of days. Have
fun and enjoy the beautiful weather!
May's Expenses are up, I will
have explanations probably on June 2nd. I was reading a
really good book, LA Times, the link is on the May page,
really, really good, I read it in 2 days. Sasha had already
read it and told me about it. I also have been working on my
programs, I have two to now write before the weekend, the
night program and a pirates program, hopefully they will be
done by Friday.
Programs
galore, including Snorkeling in May.
Lots of reading both fun and for work as well. I
love getting back to reading, always great to expand the
mind.
More insights
and great pictures in May, check it out!
Also, I took out the old computer that was showing on this
page, and put in the new - Sasha got for his retirement
(from me and him) a Mac Book, 13.3" all aluminum frame. He
got his refurbished, but that is not available on Amazon. So
I put up the new one instead. He is really loving the Mac,
organizing our pictures like crazy. So I have put some more
pictures on the site.
OK so I lied,
did not get most of it up earlier, but now
May is up. I have been
working very diligently on my programs (and playing a bit on
Facebook) and so have not been working on our site as much.
But I got the April Expenses up now, with explanations. I
hope that May's expenses go down as Sasha has retired from
the Audio Visual industry and we will no longer be getting
that paycheck.
We are also quite
psyched, we reached another financial goal in
April. We keep thanking to the
spirits that be that we sold the house when we did and
started on the journey again when we did. We realize that
lots of people are in serious financial trouble and I plan
on having more frugal tips within the pages, some of the
things we are doing, that anyone else can do too.
I hope to have
May up before May 15th,
but it is a little slow going. We have also been reading
reading reading - me like crazy about books on the geology
and nature of the Outer Banks, Sasha the April and May book
of the month - Dream West.
I also hope to
have lots of pictures for May -
one can only hope they get on there before June.
The expenses of
April are finally up!
May will be up
shortly, still trying to get April all squared away, but
should have at least some of it up by May 3rd.
April: lots of
news to report, so please check April to see it all!
April 6th -
Started working with NPS - Cape Hatteras National
Seashore. Read all about my first and second day.
April is here -
with rain and all! First off, Happy Birthday to Lindsay,
my niece, she turns 5 today!
Regarding the
paperwork: they managed to get it done in about a week!
I start work on
April 6th! So we are getting things ready including moving
me, the camper and trailer down to Cape Hatteras the weekend
before. As it is March 29th as I write this - we have less
than a week to get ready, really only a couple of days.
Really hard to move everything in the camper and trailer
when you are still having to live and use the bed and stuff.
Sasha has to
continue to work at his full time job in Sterling, VA until
April 24th, then he will be moving down to Hatteras as well.
Check out
March for some pictures of
Square Foot Gardening at my sister's house. But we
will be full-timing come April, and oh, I can't wait!
Late BREAKING
NEWS - I received and accepted a job with the National Park
Service. Forget what I had down below, this is new - I
received the paperwork for a job offer with
Cape Hatteras
National Seashore! Yahoo! What is really fabulous - it is a
higher level than the other ones that I applied for - You
are now checking out the website of a PARK RANGER! I am so
excited. I have to fill out the paperwork, get
fingerprinted, and send the stuff back, and then they do a
background check, but I am looking forward to it all! More
breaking news will be happening soon, but THIS IS BIG!
March is Now
UP! I will have some clothing - at
Our Shop. So far I have put on a few hoodie
long sleeve tee shirts, a men's T-Shirt, a mouse pad, and a
cotton tote. But look for more items coming soon. Also, we
would love some input as to what to put on the t-shirts. We
are into recycling so we have that, but also our rig, but
again, we can get smilies on there, and other stuff. I'll
try to make them as affordable as possible.
February is now
UP! As well as the expenses for the month. It seems that
February was an expensive month, because we had to pay our
taxes. First time since we have been married that we had to
pay taxes. Seems we do not have as many deductions as last
year (no duh, no house!) so Sasha's work did not take out as
much. Actually, I think this is better; I'd rather get more
money throughout the year and have that money earning
interest, than give to the government interest free. So
February is an expensive month for that reason only,
otherwise it would have been on par with the other months.
Excellent NEWS
- Laura got a new job offer! Yahoo! I am so excited,
finally got a job offer with a National Park: Alibates Flint
Quarry National Monument and Lake Meredith National
Recreation Area (two parks in one) in Flitch Texas. So we
are Texas bound in 2 months! All the paperwork has to go
through of course, but I am not worried. I've been a good
person for a long time. So now we are really getting
organized and ready.
I put a new link
up from Amazon. This is the computer that Sasha is going to
get (gotta love Amazon - they have been doing well while
lots of companies are not) in the next couple of months. It
is an excellent computer for the cost, used mostly for
surfing, watching shows, and it has a ton of storage, but
nice and small. For those that can't stand the little
screens of iPods and phones, this is the next best thing. 2
USB ports, Bluetooth, WIFI, and a pretty good battery, so we
will probably get it in the next couple of months.
By the way,
January's expenses were up,
but the words beneath were the words from December. Sorry
that it took me a while to notice that, but it has now been
fixed and there are explanations of what and why we spent
what we did.
We have been
getting ourselves and our pictures organized. It is
taking a while for that to happen. We have pictures on my
computer, on several hard drives in different places and on
other computers. So it makes it all quite fun. We have been
playing on Facebook quite a bit too, we are just slightly
hooked. Reconnecting with old friends is always fun.
We are now on
Facebook! Sasha's Brother Bo stated we should belong, so
we decided to check it out. We are on it now, me as Laura
Capuano Jevtich and Sasha as Sasha Jevtich so if
you are on it, do a search to find us and let's become
friends. We decided that we should each have our own
profiles, it was becoming confusing with both of us on the
same profile. So I will have his little link on the side
too, in the next day or so.
I am also
setting up a page for eco-friendly stuff that you can buy.
It should be up later today, I was trying to put our
website on some of the stuff, but I'm not sure if this would
work. Probably could get it on the T-shirts but not too much
else. Anyway, that page should be up later.
Couple of new
things: New page for
Frugal Grocery
Shopping List, letting you know more about the list. You
will be able to see on every page the Buy Now button on the
right column. Also, Quarter
4, 2008 is now up and revised and NEW this year, the
Yearly Expenses for 2008.
You can see the total spent for the categories and the
averages, because so many people had asked about that on the
forums that I go to.
Revised book
for Your Money or Your Life! The book came out in
December 2008, it is newly revised, and with investment tips
for this recession time period. Same ideas, but updated. I
plan to check it out at the library first, then buy a copy.
January is now up,
with expenses showing. We managed to spend less than our
investments gave out, so that was a good sign. Now, if we
could only keep this up! Also, want to thank whoever it was
who bought stuff on Amazon, you managed to put me over the
top to finally getting a check from them. It has only taken
2 years!
January calls
for something new, a frugal grocery shopping list, pre-made
with the prices you should be getting for some of the most
common types of foods. Check it out on the
Frugal Grocery
List page.
Also, this poem
sums up our year in review.
Wrap up Poem for 2008 -
Christmas Poem
Just a Small Tidbit of Our Year
Well, the first three
months of 2008 were really really cool,
My volunteer gig with NPS as a host of 1930's
cabin,
But we spent time hiking, reading lots of books and
gabbin'.
The work was enjoyable, but it was time to move on,
fool,
To a work-camper experience, a campground with a
pool!
So from April to
November, I worked in a campground
store
But we took a vacation early on - to the Mid-Atlantic Truck
Camper Rally!
We saw lots of rigs, I gave a Seminar and it was great
seeing everyone but then we had to
dally,
On back. We picked and dried lots of fruit, to tide us over
the winter more
But then our slide-in camper surprised us to our very
core!
We sprung a Leak, we
needed to find a new home.
Thankfully, we found one in Leesburg, near where we used to
live
Our Camper's in the shop, our trailer's in storage, time is
slipping like a sieve
I'm applying for NPS jobs, Sasha's planning for early
retirement and we are wanting to Roam
We are Looking Forward to 2009, And so we wrote this
Poem!
OK, I tried to make it
rhyme, and gave you a few hints to make it so, but you get
the point, Right?
We wish you a Merry
Christmas, Happy Holidays, and a Happy New Year!
Please check our
Adventures for the Spring of 2009, we think it will be a
great year for us (Now I'll go knock on some wood, don't
want to jinx ourselves.)
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