This is a family-friendly site, as is witnessed by the fact that it has been included on family-friendly CDs, lists of family-friendly sites, etc.

And I'm one who never swears, but the time has come to mention a four-letter word here.

The word in question ends in K, and is one that has become quite common of late. I almost never use it, but I find that I can no longer avoid it.

And the word is...

WORK

There, I feel better already.

Yes, over the past few months Chris and I have been...working (I can barely bring myself to type the word)...and what's more, we've been working hard.

Now I don't know about you, but I worked for 20 years, and that's more than anyone should have to endure. One of the reasons I worked that long is that I wanted "toys". Sometimes the toy was a new house, sometimes a car, and sometimes I just wanted to buy my lunch rather than make my own.

The point is that, for the most part, we work to buy things we want. So there's a simple equation...

want less = work less

The only reason Chris and I are currently working is that we purchased some new toys, to wit, camera gear and a car. To be fair we have enjoyed the work, we've put on a few muscles because of it, and it has only been for about five months, so I think that's a reasonable trade off.

But I'd rather be camping near a creek somewhere in the outback.

So I ask you a simple question...what are you working for?

If it's just for more toys then maybe you should re-evaluate things. There's a lot to see out here.

Till next time then, and remember,

don't dream it, be it!