Wrap Your Baby . . . On the Road
Not content to go on supporting a life we don’t love ecstaticly, we are making a BIG change. My husband just quit his day job doing construction, even though construction pays the bills. But that’s the thing—we’re getting rid of the bills, too. We’re trading in work and bills for a life of freedom on the road, traveling, making music, spending our time together and showing our kids everything that’s wonderful in this wide world.
I can not tell you how excited I am. We’ve lived in this city for eight years and all three of our children were born here. Two of them have never been out of the state! June 17th, that’s all changing. That’s the date we drive away. It’s not a vacation, it’s a new life.
We don’t plan to do it forever. We have a long term dream of owning land and homesteading somewhere beautiful. The idea to travel was born of my husband’s music—this is a tour to sell his recently released album Son of Ojito.
Maybe a year. We’ll see how it goes. And we’ll also be looking out for our dream land as we go.
I am excited for Wrap Your Baby, too. Stripping our expenses as we are gives Wrap Your Baby an opportunity to really support us. Sure, there’s nothing wrong with a labor of love, but even better if it can buy groceries, I say! And that’s the point of this change. We want to live on the things we love. If music and babywearing can support our family, how cool is that? Utopian, even!
I’m going to chronicle our adventures at FreeRangeDreams.com where I hope by spelling out how we’re making it work for us, that we might get cogs turning in other people’s minds too. No other family will want to do exactly what we’re doing, but I hope to inspire some ideas about how to live an unconventional life of your choosing. I might even run contests: make a drastic and wonderful change in your life and win a prize! What do you think of that?
Are there others out there living wild and woolly? Will you leave a comment to tell me about it?
Jessica Waterhouse June 12, 2011 at 11:23 am
I, too, dream of being able to just travel the world without having bills or anything of the sort. I just have to figure out how to make it happen first!! 🙂 I’m so excited for you and I will continue to support your business whenever it is possible. The next time will probably be in September when I plan on sending my friend a wrap before she has her baby! 🙂
Anna Morton June 12, 2011 at 11:33 am
Hi, this is so great! Just what me and my husband and 2 kids hoping to do next year so really looking forward to reading blog for inspiration and advice! Have an amazing adventure!
Katilyn June 16, 2011 at 2:03 pm
Go Diana!! You are going to be living the dream! My husband and I have talked about doing the same thing. Maybe someday! I look forward to reading about your adventure.