Comments on Toast Floats: What's Next?

This is said Hubbie from Mama Caguama post below. ...

2009-10-26T19:47:06.338-07:00

This is said Hubbie from Mama Caguama post below. What exactly is your idea of "a good rate on a fully outfitted cruising catamaran for a year in Mexico." Have sailed/worked on sailboats all my life and honor them like family (will be bareboating in SVI for 10 days in January, can't wait). Crazy (no, impossible) as the notion of an upcoming full year sailing is for us in this moment, love exactly such propositions! faustomix at gmail dot com.

Toast, My wife and I enjoy your blog and the suppo...

2009-10-26T08:31:08.274-07:00

Toast,
My wife and I enjoy your blog and the supportive inspiration from your adventures. We intend to alter our life style to living aboard and 'experiencing' life - not just living.

Congrats on NZ and please keep up the posts!

Toast - You have an awesome two books in your blog...

2009-10-25T22:13:37.964-07:00

Toast - You have an awesome two books in your blog so far. Think about publishing chronological posts with perhaps a short lead-in for various sections. A little like an introduction. I would also suggest you check out Amazon.com's publishing-on-demand feature for writers. There's a gal that is very happy she did from (I think) Enumclaw. She wrote a financial survival guide for women about a year or so ago using the Amazon publishing feature and went big time to one of the major publishing houses due to the amount of sales her book generated. I don't know how she did that part, but apparently it is possible. The name of her book was something along the lines of "How not to get caught with your panties down". Might be able to plump your sailing kitty.

Hi, I'm a pediatrician with a young family. W...

2009-10-25T13:45:09.249-07:00

Hi,

I'm a pediatrician with a young family. We're contemplating taking off in an RV for (? a year ? or more). (we're also considering the longterm locums in NZ at some point, too!) I'd would love to hear more about the nuts and bolts from Dr C. Did you leave the family periodically to do locums work? How much did you need to work? etc. I just found your blog and will read it tonight.

kkingmd at yahoo dot com

Thanks so much.

hmmmmmm, leasing DQ. Now you've opened up a wo...

2009-10-25T12:11:54.831-07:00

hmmmmmm, leasing DQ. Now you've opened up a world of possibilities for us. Let me talk with hubby on that and get back to you...

First we have a small boy we need to get placed with another family. (yeah, it's not exactly working out here.)

BTW - Madison, WI is an awesome funky vibe town.

2009-10-25T12:09:39.756-07:00

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I'm so excited for you all! You know this is g...

2009-10-25T07:49:14.792-07:00

I'm so excited for you all! You know this is giving us a great incentive to head south to NZ instead of working up toward Micronesia at the end of the season next year. I would say "don't you dare get back into a box!" but really, I don't think there's much risk of that happening!

I've come to appreciate your clever writing an...

2009-10-24T20:37:14.989-07:00

I've come to appreciate your clever writing and live somewhat vicariously through your adventures, but I didn't know I would feel so kindred to your family in the way you are currently wrestling with how to navigate life. An essay would be required to summarize how I understand your wrestling with your choices, but suffice to say I do. My wife and I and our two boys are also determined to drink life to the lees, and are fortunate to have many good choices to choose among.

In my experience, few people are inlcined or capable of truly opening up their choices to the full range of what is there. Even so far as recognizing that life itself is a choice, and that every moment is a choice. Certainly where we live and how we spend our days is a choice!

No matter what you do, and I see you are going to NZ!, I wish you continued happiness at trying to create a beautiful life for your family.

A beautiful life indeed.

the college town you describe is Arcata, CA, in al...

2009-10-24T07:18:41.795-07:00

the college town you describe is Arcata, CA, in all respects

toastmobile? Which has the advantage of mobile dou...

2009-10-23T11:14:07.119-07:00

toastmobile? Which has the advantage of mobile doubling as a flexible adjective that applies regardless of the specifics.

Toast. Sent you an email through the Lagoon owner...

2009-10-23T09:07:12.441-07:00

Toast. Sent you an email through the Lagoon owners site. Not sure it will get thru.
Oh, to have so many options. You guys are blessed.
Kirk