It has been a lot to manage to work, travel, and move errrday people! We are a little losing it... like maybe more than a little... This is unfiltered. For sure. Before you get judgey, try it... for 6 weeks... try it.
​Here is what it is really like!

 Holla! Here is a list of our favorite things and where you can get them! Watch our video to see what we refuse to travel without! 

• Nalgene Bottles Check them out HERE
• Shanae's Bose Headphones HERE
• Ammon's Bose Headphones HERE
• Shanae's Makeup Bag HERE
• Ammon's Toiletry Bag HERE
• Cell Phone Splash Covers HERE
• Ammon's Belt HERE
• Shanae's 3 in 1 Micellar Tonic HERE
• Ammon's Backpack HERE

Three months in one. Here's how we did with money for the months of February, March  and April. 

Goal spending and categories
Life: $1200
Food: $1100
Health: $750
Rent: $2000
Total: $5050

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February:
Rent:
$2000

All Life Expenses:
Total: $1404

All Food Expenses:
Total: $1031

All Health Expenses:
Total: $610

Grand total: $5045
$5 under

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​March:
Rent:
$2000

All Life Expenses:
Total: $1481

All Food Expenses:
Total: $1301

All Health Expenses:
Total: $447

Grand total: $5229
$179 over

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April:
Rent:
$1731

All Life Expenses:
Total: $1719

All Food Expenses:
Total: $1193

All Health Expenses:
Total: $447

Grand total: $4795
$255 under

We have been moving a LOT faster which is hard. Here's what we have been doing since our 5 weeks in Maryland this is what we've done in 13 days- 
Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia, PA
Hartford, CT
Boston, MA
Boston, MA
Boston, MA
Acadia National Park (ME)
Acadia National Park (ME)
Burlington, VT
Niagara Falls, NY
Niagara Falls, NY
Cleveland, OH
Plymouth, MI
Now that's a coddiwomple people! Phew! We have seen a lot and we are ready for our 1 week break near Chicago. 
Here's what a normal travel day looks like on the road! 

We want to visit Outer Banks again for sure. It was so much fun. We felt really lucky to be beachfront and in 1 week with working and homeschool there just isn't enough time to do everything that we wanted to do! Here is what we did!

• Wright Brothers Memorial 
• Jockey's Ridge State Park
• We LOVED eating at Duck Donuts
• Walked the Duck Boardwalk
• Bodie Island Lighthouse
• Ammon and I went on a hot date to Blue Moon Grill
• We were sure to try Cheer Wine Soda 

And spent a lot of time on the beach. We really enjoyed our time there!

To be honest, there are a lot of things at play in trying to live a vagabonding life. 

• We aren't independently wealthy so we still have to work
• Fightschool...*cough cough" I mean homeschool
• Keeping our kids off screens all day since many times right now it is cold to be outside, they don't have neighbor friends, and they have very few items with them to play with
• Seeing things in the area- wherever we are
• Getting in exercise, eating on a budget, and stretching our days and our money to both accomplish what we need to and what we WANT to.

Here is what 1 random day looked like for us! 

So, we arrived in beautiful Myrtle Beach, which is Toben's favorite place in the whole wide world and 2 days in, we got "the call." Ammon's sister was having a baby and needed help with her toddler the next day. We were only 6 hours away so we packed up and headed out. While we were in Myrtle Beach, we were able to enjoy.

• A walk on the boardwalk
• The BIG Tub
• Special treats for Superbowl Sunday
• A beautiful view
• An awesome indoor pool

When we told the kids we were leaving, Toben started to cry, but once we were with the fam, it didn't take him long to adore his new cousin and help play with her big sis. 

Still, to this day, Toben's #1 place he wants to go back to is.... MYRTLE BEACH. We'll go back, but no regrets. Look at those sweet girls! Detour it is!

To those of you who call us, THANK YOU
To those of you who let your kids play online with our kids, THANK YOU
To those of you who are following along, commenting and making us feel part of a community THANK YOU

Because, this is hard! We love it! We're lucky! And,sometimes, we're also lonely, Listen to us chat about an issue that we didn't realize would be such a big issue!

Here's how we did in January:

This was an interesting month because we spent 2 weeks in Orlando going to Disney World and Universal Studios. Both are not cheap, but we stayed pretty close to budget - here's how.

First the numbers:

Rent:
$850 - 2 weeks in Panama City Beach condo
$914 - 2 weeks in 2 bedroom timeshare condo Orlando, FL
$400 - last 5 days of the months in Savannah, GA Airbnb house

Total: $2164
$164 over

All Life Expenses:
Total: $1290
$290 over

All Food Expenses:
Total: $1304
$304 over

All Health Expenses:
Total: $717
$33 under

Grand total: $5475
$725 over


We spent 8 days at Disney World and 1 day at Universal Studios. In hindsight, this was too much for us. But here's how we fit all of that into that $5475.

First, was cost of accommodations. The $914 we spend on our 2 weeks in Orlando was way below what it would have cost us to stay in a hotel near or on Disney property. Not as convenient, but so much cheaper.

Tickets for 8 days at DW were $2150. But you'll notice we only spend $1290 on life expenses. Thanks to a great 2% cash back credit card we cashed out $1500 rewards dollars towards tickets. Then, Shanae got the 2 park hopper pass for all of us for Universal Studios from here Perfectly Posh reward points. Those tickets alone saved us $175 each - $875 for all 5 of us that day! 

For food we carried a small compressible backpack with simple lunch items into the parks each day. We ask for free waters with our lunch so we didn't have to carry any water. As soon as we finished each lunch a few hours into the day the backpack would compress down small enough to fit into a pocket so we didn't have to carry anything the rest of the day. We then could eat dinner in the park without concern for spending too much on food. And we didn't have to haul a bunch of stuff around with us all day.

At the end of the month we sat down with our kids and talked about the budget and what they would do. We put out fake money and said here's what you have - how would you spend it based on our spending over the past few months? Based on that we've all decided we need to modify our budget a bit. 

Here's what our spending targets are for Feb:
Rent: $2000
Life Expenses: $1200
Food Expenses: $1100
Health Expenses: $750
Total: $5050