Life is good!
A motto now found
on t-shirts and hats, but also a thought I've believed in for years.
Life in south Florida has been good for us to stay active in our
favorite hobbies year round. We enjoy biking, kayaking, scuba
diving, kayak-diving, and so much more. But what really makes
it great is that we love to do everything together (well, almost...Andy
lets me do Yoga on my own!). As best friends, we are rarely
found apart. Hence, the name for our new website is a blending
of our two names: diandy!
In 2004 we were able to travel across
the United States in our motorhome. We left in January and returned home in early December. You can read more by clicking
on the bottom link to the right...
In 2005 we decided to
simplify our life. So we sold a home and bought a condo.
This would allow us to "lock the door and leave" more
easily. We were able to travel again in 2005 from May to early
December. You can access our blog entries by clicking on the
butterfly to your right and then choosing the month you wish to
view.
In 2006 we put our traveling on hold in order to start up a new business. After some consideration, though, we both agreed that we wanted to find a business that could travel. We haven't quite gotten the bug out of our system yet. In the fall we were able to test-drive our business on the road by touring parts of Florida for two months.
2007 was a different year of traveling for us. For it was the first year we attempted to work on the road. We had some challenges: learning to trade stocks and options, using our new satellite dish, and trying to balance work and play. But we were still able to re-visit 13 states and add 17 new National Parks to our life's list.
2008 is just beginning but our traveling is on hold for now. We will be focusing our efforts on becoming successful at our trading for the time being. We believe it'll be easier at home, with less distractions (think "mountains, hiking, forests, etc"), and with a high-speed internet connection. Once we become more confident in our ability to make a living trading, then we'd like to get back into the RV. Even with all of the time we've had on the road, there is so much more to see. We are now dreaming of visiting Michigan's Apostle Islands, Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, or taking our RV into the Canadian Rockies or up into Alaska.
The future for us is open.
We hope to keep our friends and family in touch with our decisions
and happenings by keeping up with this website and our weblog.
We hope you will visit our site periodically...but we also hope
to hear from you and see you often.
Enjoy Life,
Diane and Andy |