Friday

IN Bali! We Are!

We wanted to make a post here to say... we've made it to the beautiful island home we've been dreaming about. IT IS a dream come true. Heather will be blogging at

www.abaliblog.blogspot.com

Bryan will be setting up his own blog too. We never would have made it without the love, support and encouragement of our friends and family. Thank you so much. You are missed, loved and INVITED to join us!

Monday

the long wait is OVER!

We are sitting at the gate. It's 12:56 in the morning. We load in 20 minutes. There's nothing left to do. They weighed our luggage and we passed. They said, "sure you can stuff a backpack in that duffle bag with the car seat and not pay anything extra!" EVA air. What wonderful service. I've never had an airline take such good care of us. We had to change our tickets three times and our friend at the EVA desk in Vancouver helped us over and over. He even called us to remind us to get our airline mileage program numbers. What a gem. So... off to do that now.

Here's a table to help you all call us in Bali. Just dial the 360-746-2687 from any phone or try our skype names. We'll look forward to hearing from you!

Our emails haven't changed and we're both on Facebook!

Sunday

Everything must Go!!! (Including US! March 4th!!!)

Hi Everyone! As Mackenzie (#1 daughter) used to say, phewff!! I had a strange idea that I would be relaxing, playing golf as my whim suited me, and otherwise developing an attitude of refinement and relaxation. Not so.... A longer blog post will be needed to describe the last couple of months so we'll keep our focus on today's topic.

EVERYTHING MUST GO!!!!!

Over the next 2 weeks our goal is to get down to just what we're either taking to Bali and leaving with Mike and Trudy. 1st we'll post them here and all you folks get first shot. Then they'll spend a week on Craigslist and finally off to eBay. Without further ado.............

CLICK HERE TO SEND AN EMAIL ABOUT AN ITEM LISTED BELOW

2006 Toyota Sienna XLE Limited

61,000 miles

Bumper to Bumper Factory Warranty with $0 deductible!

Every imaginable feature... DVD, Navigation,

blah blah blah... All cheerios and kids snacks removed prior to sale. $18,000 (this isn't actually our car, just one whose picture we stole from the internet exactly like it)

WEB CAM

Microsoft LifeCam Cinema 720p hd $25

SOLD - ESPRESSO MACHINE

Nespresso Lattissima

$350

Effects Pedals

All pedals are used/ sold as-is

Cry Baby Wah-Wah $45

Ernie Ball Volume Pedal $55

Tom Scholtz Rockman (original) $50

Passive Direct box $20

Alesis Microverb ll $5

Signalflex 9v multi-power supply $20

for multiple effects

MXR microamp $5

GUITAR SPEAKERS

Pair of Carvin GT12/16 guitar speakers $50

http://www.carvinguitars.com/products/single.php?product=GT12-16&cid=70

Very Rare!!!!! Full set of NEVER USED, UNOPENED exercise videos.

FREE!!!!!!!

I know this is hard to believe, but these are completely brand new! (Except for the one Heather used.......go figure)

Sun Shower ll $5

DRUM MACHINE

Oberheim DX

Drum Machine

$250 These sell for between 300 and 500 on eBay

http://cgi.ebay.com/RARE-VINTAGE-OBERHEIM-DX-DRUM-MACHINE-/350416022489?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item51966c2bd9

SOLD HIGH CHAIR THINGY

Wiggle Wrapper $20

Turns any chair into a high chair

http://www.amazon.com/Phil-amp-Teds-Wriggle-Wrapper/dp/B002IP3Y6W

TRAVEL SHEET

Cocoon
Silk travel sleep sheet
$20

http://www.amazon.com/Cocoon-ST24-RS-RipStop-Silk-TravelSheet/dp/B001DX68ZE/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=sporting-goods&qid=1296449041&sr=1-3

41' ROUGHWATER 1978

Holy smokes! we're selling our boat. two prices, one now and one when we completeley finish painting and varnishing. If you're interested just email us for tons o' details.

1978 41' Roughwater

$55,000 - $65,000

HIGH CHAIR

Peg Perego Tatamia High Chair, Recliner & Swing

$100

http://us.pegperego.com/babyproducts-catalog/2010/Tatamia

Fancy Schmancy wet/dry razor

$45

http://www.amazon.com/Panasonic-ES8109S-Vortex-Technology-HydraClean/dp/B000VKZMHK

KING MATTRESS & BOX springs

Costco Sealy Posturepedic Waterbrook King sized mattress $350 2 years old. http://reviews.costco.com/2070/11312888/sealy-waterbrook-plush-king-mattress-reviews/reviews.htm

DIAPER PAIL

Diaper Dekor Plus Diaper Disposal System $20 with Bags

http://www.amazon.com/Diaper-Dekor-Plus-Disposal-System/dp/B00005V6C8/ref=pd_cp_ba_2

SOLD PROPANE FIREPLACE

Vent free propane fireplace $300

20,000 btu

Not so Fancy-Schmancy STROLLER

$20

'54 GMC Truck ----PROJECT-------

$2000

TRUCK RUNS! Body is in pieces ready for bondo and paint. Maybe I'll finish it someday but heck, maybe you want it now. email to inquire

Husband and baby not included.

Our Bali Young Musicians Project

On our Bali trip in 2008 we met a young man named Iwan playing guitar at an Italian restaurant in Lovina, a small beach town on the north shore. He invited Heather to sing with him. After thumbing through his huge homemade song book, she found When You Say Nothing At All, which they performed to big smiles around the room. A few days later, we sat on the front porch of Iwan's bungalow, playing guitar, trading off songs, eating his wife's Gado Gado and soaking in bits and pieces about the life of a young musician with a young family in Bali.

A few days later, Iwan gathered some friends and we rented a music studio (basically a room with a sound system and set of drums) for a two-hour jam session. We also made the trek to an Ubud jazz club where 6 young twenty-something musicians, much like Iwan, played standards and their own compositions for an evening.

After these two experiences, Bryan had the inspired idea to help young musicians like these improve their livelihoods by recording CDs to sell to the tourists they entertain. Our project would involve setting up a studio in a restaurant/cafe setting where musicians could record their own "Live at the ____" (insert catchy name here). As partners in this venture, we would sponsor their CD productions and as they begin to sell CDs, a portion of the proceeds would come back to help expand the program for future artists.

And lastly, as you might have guessed, we would find our way onto the stage as well, fulfilling a long time dream: making playing music together the cornerstone of our family life. We hope that our friends and family will join us when we've found the home for this venture, even if only through the internet... did we mention webcasts? Stay tuned... the possibilities are endless...