I get that question a lot? Why do you want to go to Australia? My first response in my head is, “Why the hell not?” Then followed by my real answer, “I’ve been dreaming about this trip since I was 18 yrs old. I’ve always said, I’ll do it when, and in January of 2011, I said fuck it. When is now.” Why, when I … Continue reading Why Australia?
I started getting these “Notes From the Universe” emails after my friend Nikki sent me the link and today’s message was one of those “needed to hear” emails. And yes, they could have just sent out one giant mass email to everyone in their database, but when I opened it, I was reminded me of my dear friend Rob’s advice as well. Whether you see … Continue reading Note from the Universe
Or 30 days, however you wish to look at it, we will be in Oz. I wish I could explain my excitement/anxiety but I can’t. One month from today, I will be boarding a plane on a trip of a lifetime with 2 very awesome ladies. I imagine that the only things I will think about for the next couple of weeks will be Aussie … Continue reading ONE MONTH!!!
Last evening, the Boomerang Babes got together to bond and discuss Australia. We’ve discovered that we have enough “travel” to go bags than we will probably need. We all agreed on what adventures we definitely wanted to do, what we could do with out, and set the expectations of the trip. Expectations: do all that we can within the time we have and within our … Continue reading 34 Days…Still Counting Down
On October 17th, I made this Birthday Wish and set up a link but that link failed to work properly due to frames on the site, technical speak, technical speak. But I’ve corrected that, you now can donate to the Birthday Gifts/Donations to Australia at http://sheliataylor.bbnow.org/ Just enter how much you’d like to donate and follow the instructions. It will take you to Pay Pal ant it’s … Continue reading UPDATE: My Birthday Wish
Holy cow… 40 days to go… Holy cow. And it really does just seem like yesterday that I was daydreaming and talking about my plans to go to Australia and NOW it’s just a mere 40 days away. I still can’t believe it’s going to be finally happening. Suzanne and Heather are in their stages of preparing/planning mode and freaking out mode. I have already … Continue reading 40 Days To Go
Dear Family, Friends, Twitter Followers, Strangers, Aliens from Space or Anyone Else Who Happens to Stumble on this Site, Many know I’m going to Australia in Dec (and if you don’t, you are living under a rock). In one month, I’ll be adding another year to my life and I keep getting asked, what do I want for my birthday and here it is: Instead … Continue reading My Birthday Wish
It seems crazy that on March 3rd, I wrote a blog about One Step Closer to Going and now, I’m a mere 66 days away. SIXTY-SIX DAYS!! Holy shit Batman! I know I’m going. I’ve paid for the airfare. I’ve put the deposits down on the guest house and the camper van. I’ve got the passport ready and my ETA is approved. But I still … Continue reading 66 Days Closer to Going
Life is never easy. There are ups and there are downs. There are side roads that should have been taken and main roads that should have been avoided. There are times when one needs to stop running and times when running is the best thing to do. Many know I’m going to Australia in December, and if you don’t, you obviously don’t follow me on … Continue reading Leave The Light On
Over the weekend, I received a text from Suzanne regarding the manual transmission camper van we had secured…in short, the message read, we need to get an automatic. Heather and I agreed. We’d rather be safe than sorry. Not only do we have to drive on the left side of the road, we’ll be sitting in the right hand side of the car. Confused…join the … Continue reading Customer Service Part 2