A King's Life

I thought I was going to be alone all week with the kids. Mr. King had to go back to Costa Rica to firm up some business and banking matters and I was going to be a single mom. I was planning on taking the full week off from work, an increasingly frequent behavior of [...]

Today, February 17th is a holiday you may have never heard of: National Random Acts of Kindess Day. This day is celebrated on Feb 17th in the United States and September 1 in New Zealand by doing something kind to a friend or stranger for no reason at all. My random gift of kindness to [...]

It’s 2012 and we are looking forward to another adventurous year, but we thought we would take a minute and look back at 2011. This helps us remember, but also lets us share with you another year of our life that has become our “norm”.  We are starting to get used to this life of [...]

It seems to me people have great intentions when it comes to less materialism and more saving, but once the holiday spirit is upon us, most tend to lose focus.  Mountains of presents sit under a Christmas tree making for a pretty picture and ensuring a great holiday, right?

It is a well known fact that all of us have… too much stuff.  In fact, we own so much stuff, there are multi-billion dollar industries created to organize and store all our stuff.  We have so much stuff it won’t fit into our 3,000 sq ft houses and we have to store it off-site in [...]

Today, I woke up and realized I re-defined my American Dream. No longer are we ‘stereotypical’ Americans working to pay off our debt, to fund a bigger house and nicer car.  In fact, we have left it all behind.  One and a half years ago, we sold most of our possessions, stored the rest and [...]

“Once upon a time I woke up and realized the American Dream…” is really something I do not dream about anymore. I guess the American Dream can be defined differently for everyone, but what I see as the “typical” American Dream is to own a nice big house, drive the newest cars, have a solid [...]