And I need a little feedback on it. Dh and I were having a discussion last night (nothing on the telly) and we decided that we are wasting our lives just stagnating here where we are. He could be doing the same job another 20 years from now, we're both fed up of living here and I crave a little bit more than the daily routine I have now. Since buying this house 3 years ago, prices have rocketed and it is now worth more than double what we paid for it. But this wouldn't make any difference to us if we sold up and bought another house in the same area. So our idea was.......to sell up, take the money and bugger off somewhere warm!
It's an idea that I've always cherished, I want adventure and I've never been happy with a mortgage, 2.5 children and a car in the driveway (not that we have a driveway!). Now dh is finally beginning to see my point. We have nothing holding us back here, dd hasn't started school yet and ds is just 11 weeks old. We'd be silly not to take this opportunity. Our mortgage is low, we could pay it off and have around 55 grand to do what we like with.
Our sketchy plans so far are to perhaps live somewhere very cheap (i.e. India) for 6 months or so, just to go somewhere completely different! And then perhaps rent somewhere in France and spend a year there looking around for business opportunities. We could just go straight to France, but it would be nice to have a little adventure first.
The only concerns are the effects this would have on our children. dd is 3.5 and ds is 11 weeks. I wouldn't like to put ds's health at risk, though I'm sure there must be loads of mums who have gone travelling with little babies in tow.
So what I'd like really is to hear from anyone who has done something similiar, or anyone whose childhood was similiar. And indeed, anyone who wants me tell me what a stupid/brilliant idea it is!