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Hello Disney lovers and welcome to our
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world of Disney. Today I'm sitting here
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with my husband CJ and we're going to be
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starting a new series or segment. My
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husband and I have been entertaining in
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considering the idea or thought of us
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finding a place in Florida in the
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Orlando area so that we can travel there
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during the colder season months. We live
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up north where six or seven months out
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of the year it's pretty cold and gray.
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And as parents with two littles,
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sometimes it can just be difficult for
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us to find, you know, things for us to
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do here where we stay for our children.
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And so we have traveled to Florida
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multiple times per year for the past
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five years. And so it's definitely
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become one of our favorite sunny weather
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states. So of course, it was one of our
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top contenders. And in this series,
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we're going to be talking about our
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journey and currently where we are in
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terms of moving or finding a place in
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Orlando, Florida. So, of course, I'm
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going to be doing this with my husband.
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Somebody has to pay the bills, right?
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I have a few um like talking points and
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everything so that if you too or your
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family may be considering becoming
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snowbirds, which is basically when you
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travel down south from up north to a
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sunnier weather state during the fall or
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winter or cold season months. So, if
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that's something you're considering or
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you just want to live closer to the
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Disney parks or Universal Studios and
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things like that, then this video in
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this series is going to be perfect for
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you. Again, we have children, two
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littles. We've been to Disney a few
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different times. So, that is definitely
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going to be one of the things, but it's
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not going to be our main factor when it
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comes to traveling and finding a second
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place to move to in Florida. So, let's
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just go ahead and dive right in. So,
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first we're going to be talking about
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the heart behind our move and pretty
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much why we are considering doing this.
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I'm going to let him take the wheel on
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this one as far as the why behind why we
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are doing this. We are moving cuz you
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wouldn't stop asking. That's all.
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Okay. Don't do that.
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I believe that this is something that uh
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we thought about for a long time. A lot
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of times we try to do a lot of fun
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things throughout the summer and then
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you know the winter come it can be it
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can be a little rough. Uh a lot of times
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we go on vacation, we come back and you
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know we realize how gray it is here
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during those colder months. So, you
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know, um I guess for me it's not really
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that much of a problem, but I know for
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you it can be kind of tough sometimes,
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uh you know, dealing with it. Uh for me,
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I'm always out working and stuff like
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that. So, I'm I'm not really in the
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house that much, but I would imagine
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being in the house for a large majority
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of the time and also not having as many
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places to go, you know, I'm sure it uh
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eats at the mind. So, I think that uh
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having somewhere warm to be at during
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those colder months is going to be uh
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pretty big for the family.
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That really does make me so happy that a
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lot that that part of your reason is
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considering me and my fillings because,
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you know, obviously it is different for
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the both of us because he is, you know,
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out like you said and not off not all
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the time but a lot more often than me
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he's out. the good blessings in it is
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that he actually part-time or majority
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of the time works from home. And so that
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is what has enabled us to be able to do
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something like this. And then we also
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homeschool our children. So that's
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another like big factor in it. And as a
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homeschool mom and a stay-at-home mom,
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it is, you know, definitely can be
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difficult getting that cabin fever. It's
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not just it being cold, but obviously
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that's a huge thing. like we'll try to
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get out and do some things, but I would
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not be honest if I said like it's not
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freezing and it's not the most fun thing
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to do, especially when we are going to
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Florida multiple times of the year and
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we have something compared to, you know,
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it's possible that it would be easier if
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we weren't doing that. You know, if we
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didn't have that comparison, but since
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we've been doing that for the past 5
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years, it's definitely a little bit
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difficult. But it's also just really
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wanted to make those memories with, you
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know, my family. I always said, you
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know, I don't want us to spend majority
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of our lives like in the house. I want
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us to get out and experience the
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outdoors where you have opportunity to
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actually do that year round. So with us
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being able to be here during the summer
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or spring months, we can get out and do
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things. And then once it's cold, if we
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are traveling to Orlando, Florida, where
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it's still warm or sunny, we'll still be
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able to do that. And a lot of new
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experiences for the kids, things they
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haven't experienced before in
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homeschool, just culture, all types of
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different things. I know like we have
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created relationships and a life here
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that I would miss. And one of the thing
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is that a lot of those newer like a lot
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of that that I think about and the
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relationships that I know I'm gonna miss
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are some that we have literally just
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recently created in the past like 3
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years. Like we met a family that my
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husband worked with and they're really
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really sweet and we met them just within
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the past 3 years and I've met some
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homeschool mamas at our church that we
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just began attending in a 3 years. So
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just the thought of like some of the
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most meaningful friendships that we have
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and relationships we've just built in
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the past 3 years that gives me the
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encouragement that we'll also you know
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be able to build even more you know
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meaningful friendships and relationships
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out there. I used to be afraid that
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maybe we'll get out there and be lonely,
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but just that thought that I'm gonna
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miss
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just the thought that I'm going to miss
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some of those relationships that we've
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built in the past couple of years
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definitely gives me like the
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encouragement that we'll be able to do
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that again. So, if you're on the fence
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about it for that reason, don't be
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afraid. you know, even somebody like me
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who is not, you know, very like it's not
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the easiest thing for me to get out and
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make friends. I'm definitely encouraging
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that. Next, we're going to talk about
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the things that we're hoping to gain as
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a family by moving out to Florida, even
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if just for six to seven months.
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More experiences, opportunities to kind
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of just be out more versus sitting in
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the house a lot. You know, even here
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during those colder months, we try to
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find places to go. But um I mean, you
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know, it's more of the same old same
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old. Not really too much going on during
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those colder months. So, I think it'll
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be nice to just have a wealth of
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experiences to go and uh take part in.
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I I can definitely agree with that. I
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think it'll definitely help me to also
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like conquer like some of like my fears.
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It's not the easiest thing for me to get
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out and make friends and be social. And
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here it's like comfortable. you know,
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we've been here long enough to know our
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ways around here, family here, friends,
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and all of that things, but when you're
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in a completely new environment, you
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have to get out and explore new areas,
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and you have to get out and meet new
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people. And I think that it'd be really
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nice to experience that. To be honest,
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I'm also just very interested in some of
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like the excursions. Obviously, like the
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theme parks and things like that, but
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like the parks, strawberry farms,
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different like nature walks and nature
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parks, just things that we can see there
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that we may not necessarily be able to
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see here. Even just something like
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SeaWorld, I think it's amazing. Like we
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have aquariums here, but they're just
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not the same in terms of the type of
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things that we can see and do there. And
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so being able to teach the kids about
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all the different wildlife there in
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Florida and in a tropical state versus
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here where we are even like ocean life
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because we're surrounded by lakes, not
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oceans. I think it's just a like a huge
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and complete difference in lifestyle and
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scenery and experience things that I
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don't want us to like shy away from.
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When you open your mind up to so many
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more things, you can really truly figure
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out what you're truly interested in. You
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have more options, you know, to actually
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choose from versus limiting it to just
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what is around you. So, I'm definitely
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excited to see what type of interest we
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and our children take to once we get out
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there. They have like a a gator gator
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land. Like we've never done Gatorland
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and I can't even imagine me getting that
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close to alligator. But even something
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like that, like you never know. So it's
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going to be really cool to just
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experience all those different things
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and even consider where we want to one
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day retire, you know, maybe move out of
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this state to a different state later,
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you know, we just we don't know. So just
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being able to experience those things I
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think would be a benefit for for all of
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us as a family. What are like our fears
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going into this?
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I'm not really afraid of anything. I
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guess I'm more so concerned about the
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commitment, you know, if there's like a
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I don't know, something that we don't
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like. I have to deal with some stupid
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neighbor or something. So or just um
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maybe the apartment is nasty or anything
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like that. You know, we already
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committed to it. So, you just kind of
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have to deal with it versus um here we
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already know what we what we bought. You
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know, we get to um work on fixing up the
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thing that we already have. So, there we
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be just taking on brand new commitments.
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And I guess that uh it could be just a
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lot of money. I mean, I'm more so
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prepared for it, but you just never
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really know what you are prepared for
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until you actually end the situation.
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So, I don't want to get out there and
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just get so overwhelmed by the possible
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experiences that we just start going
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kind of crazy with money.
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So, yeah, I would say that.
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Yeah, I can definitely agree with that.
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Definitely like the living situation and
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everything. One of my fears is
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definitely like where we're going to end
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up staying because we haven't like we've
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been in the area like surrounding the
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parks, but we haven't really explored
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like um like actually living there long
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term. Like staying at a hotel or on a
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resort is completely different. So
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that's definitely something that I'm a
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little bit nervous about too. Haven't
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been able to explore like the apartment
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that we are considering like for a long
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period of time. We have been visiting a
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couple of them like our last two or
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three times that we were in Florida and
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we visited a few, you know, apartments.
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We pretty much been considering the same
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area until we've been exploring that
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same area. But we don't know what it's
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like like having to drive those streets
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every single day outside of just going
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and navigating to the parks and then
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like the neighbors and the night life
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and all of that. So definitely going to
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be something new and something that I
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think is a valid reason to be nervous.
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But also our home here, I think of the
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things like what if the what if the
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pipes freeze or what if a tree blow
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down, you know, all types of things like
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that. Luckily, we have like friends and
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we have family that will be, you know,
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here and, you know, watching our home
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and all of that. And my husband's also
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going to be traveling here monthly. So,
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it's definitely going to be watched
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over, protected, but it's, you know,
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nobody loves your home the way that you
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do. So, those like maintenance things
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that we we do every single month and
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things like that for our home,
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especially in the winter months. I'm
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hoping that the homekeeper is going to
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take the same type of due diligence for
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our home as we would as well. How are we
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preparing for the move currently? Well,
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mainly saving up money and uh also just
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getting everything in order like uh
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yeah, money mainly money saving up. Uh
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so that that way when we get there
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everything is already paid for way in
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advance,
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months and months in advance. So that's
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all that's all been on my mind. That's
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the one thing that I think the first of
12:15
most for the two of us in terms of
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preparation and everything for him like
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I said is like the saving and the
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budgeting and making sure that we are
12:24
like paid ahead and everything and so
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that is like his top main thing as far
12:31
as preparation and then for me probably
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like I don't even know everything my
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mind is just all over the place. So,
12:39
first um thing that I consider is like
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homeschool and everything. We typically
12:45
start back up in August with our next
12:49
level curriculum and everything. And of
12:51
course, the beauty of homeschool is that
12:52
we can pack it up and travel with it.
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And so, that's been like one of the
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biggest things that I've been mentally
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preparing for with children. A lot of
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times once there's like a change in
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routine, it can affect them. And so
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that's one of the things I've been
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trying to read up on and figure out how
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to prepare for the move, how to get the
13:11
children prepared for it as well. Other
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thing is like home life and things like
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thinking of like some of the seasonal
13:17
things that we'll have to wrap up before
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we move in terms of like making sure
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that the home is clean and optimized and
13:24
everything for us to be away for a
13:26
little while. Family um who's going to
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be checking in on the home and keeping
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up with the home while we're away. All
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of this is a type of stuff that comes to
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mind in terms of prepper. Are are you
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serious? And then also like packing. I'm
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so ready to start packing. If you've
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seen any of my other like vacation prep
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videos, you know I start like 60 days in
13:47
advance just packing for us to go
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somewhere for 2 weeks. So I feel like
13:53
for us to be going somewhere for months
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on end, I should have already like I
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feel like I'm behind. Of course, we're
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going to have some of that content
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coming up. the kids are like taking over
14:04
this video. One of the not so common
14:06
things I've been doing to prepare is
14:08
like the content creation side of things
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because I do have a separate channel for
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homemaking and motherhood. And so a lot
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of my content on there is centered
14:16
around being here in the home and
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working in the home. So, trying to plan
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out my content calendar and how I'm
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going to like transition the content and
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some of the content that I can like
14:29
pre-record, especially like the seasonal
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things that I typically do like fall,
14:33
Christmas, Valentine's Day, all of that
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type of stuff. It's another thing that
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I've been trying to prepare for. There
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was like a timeline on when we could
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actually apply for the apartment that we
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are currently looking at. And that
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window I believe actually opens up this
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week for us to finally be able to like
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secure the place that we are looking at.
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So like that is the literal aspect of
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where we are in the process. And then
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once that's done, I'm sure we'll like go
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from there. So it's going to be a new
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and fun and exciting journey for sure.
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