Outside Of The Box Family

Click on this to subscribe and keep updated  and check your spam folder too just in case.    Memories of Epcot flooded my brain and made my heart dance. I don't know why but every time I was asked what I wanted to do for my birthday, I just came back to the idea of heading to Epcot.  (This was probably influenced by our two other trips to Orlando when we celebrated Enzo's birthday at SeaWorld and Eli's birthday at Aquatica.). Walt Disney World knows how to market their products!!  Ha ha! Naturally when we asked Nonna if she wanted to join us, she said YES!   Our drive to Orlando was great...until it wasn't!  After all, we were smack dab in the middle of hurricane season and the typical summer afternoon thunderstorms could really wreak havoc on the roads - as seen by all the vehicles we saw in ditches when we finished surviving the 2-3 minute downpours that affected visibility.  Fortunately it looked like no-one was hurt as we passed, and we were able to make it to our a

Click here to keep updated July has come and we are settling in the states with our new retirement plans.   What is it exactly?  Well, it's not traveling and living in other countries. We will be staying in the states to take care of Enzo and create our "homebase" as we continue to create our "roots" with our good friends, neighbors and family nearby. Not sure if I mentioned it, but Enzo needs to get tubes in his ears and he's been grounded. No flying for a while, it hurts his ears.  We have to put our international travels on hold while we take care of Enzo and his ears.   Not to worry, we've got this!  We signed a lease in a very small, less than 800 sq. ft condo that has everything we need nearby, space to run, pool to swim and a beach to explore!  We can't complain!  A small space to live means we are outside as often as possible!  Sounds perfect for us! Often armed with two frosted sprinkled donut floats, we head to the pool to have some fun.