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Chronology of a House Sit: Living Your Life in a Foreign Country

Chronology of a House Sit: Living Your Life in a Foreign Country

In part one of the Chronology of a House Sit: Arrival, I discussed aspects of getting started with a new house sitter assignment including learning the layout of the home and community and reviewing the details of homeowners’ requirements. The middle part of the...
Why House Sitting is Perfect for This Dog Lover

Why House Sitting is Perfect for This Dog Lover

My First Dog My love affair with dogs began when my mother brought home a black Labrador retriever puppy when I was ten years old. This was a big surprise because although my sister and I always enjoyed playing with our neighbors’ dogs, we never really expected to...
Chronology of a House Sit: Saying Farewell

Chronology of a House Sit: Saying Farewell

This is Part 3 in our Chronology of a House Sit series. Read Part I – Arrival here Read Part II – Living Your Life in a Foreign Country here Leaving a house sit is a big transition and requires a lot of organization. As house sitters, we really want the...
Could House Sitting Be Your Key to Adventure Travel?

Could House Sitting Be Your Key to Adventure Travel?

Can you imagine choosing to be homeless? In 2012, we made the decision to stop paying our mortgage and instead spend our money on travel and adventure. We no longer have to pay property taxes, home maintenance, homeowners insurance, monthly utilities like sewer,...
First Steps to the House Sitter and Travel Lifestyle

First Steps to the House Sitter and Travel Lifestyle

So many people have asked about how we manage to travel, house sit and live such an easy lifestyle. One person even wrote that we must have tons of money in the bank. Not! What we do have is guts, daring, the willingness to break the status quo. We were not the best...
Learning to Speak Australian

Learning to Speak Australian

One of our decisions regarding house sitting was to start with English speaking countries until we were more comfortable with the process of moving about the world. We did want to see the world though, so Australia was a great choice for a house sit. Now that we are...
Magical Time?

Magical Time?

A good number of friends have expressed awe, appreciation, even envy over what we are up to. Depending upon my mood, I have different reactions. My most sarcastic response is something like this “You too can lose your house and most of your income and live this...

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