Taste a life in the wild ~ Let's hiking

For us, this is a huge advantage, let's go hiking whenever we like. This is private property. When we are hiking, there should only be us in the wood. 

Each time we visit the wood, we try to walk slightly differently to explore more areas. This place is so big, about 200 acres, we can only visit a small palm every time. I can not walk into the wood during summertime. The mosquitoes will carry me away! Spring and Fall, maybe the best seasons. Early winter maybe still ok. The previous owner is a hunter himself. He said early winter is a good time to explore the deep areas too. Because when there is snow, you can trace the footprint. 

Now we are used to 2 to 3 hours walking per visit. Sometimes our friend Louie will come and walk with us. He can not bring his two dogs, he is afraid that they will get lost in the deep wood. But when we visit his own farm, he will call his dogs to come along with us. Lucky and Charlie (the two dogs) very happy to come with us each time, they will run around the hills and bug at the small animals. 

Taste a life in the wild ~ Village team

The investment group decided to clean the site. We need to build the septic, and we don't have any experience. Sam called the local business guy, and they agreed to have an onsite visit. 

When we arrived, our neighbour came over, they have a big farm just next hill. Done came down of her pickup and said hi. We had a phone chat before winter. It was the time that we bought the property. The previous owner said that Dona and Glen are nice neighbours, their cows need some hay, so they will come to cut the grass. We told them to continue what they used to do. We are glad that someone will come to the site from time to time.

We had a great conversation then we saw the septic guy arrived. What a small world, he and Dona are relative. Then we saw Glen drove his big truck arrived too. Now a whole team was chatting about how to clean the bushes and where we should build our septic and the well. 

Taste a life in the wild ~ site visits in June

When the pandemic begins, we stay home.  We keep our habit of casual walking, at least 2 times a day, to refresh our minds. We think this way will keep our mental health. 

One day, the uncle called, "We should go to visit our land...". I was a little hesitant to go on the trip. I understood that we should visit there a long time ago, but right now is pandemic,  should we just stay inside our homes?

While never say ever, we made our first trip when the pandemic peak was a little slopped. I packed all types of PPE products in the car, and I told us not to touch anything uncertain along the trip. The first visit was a short one; we looked around the property and planned what to do next. 

The site is lacking maintenance, not very pleasant at the first look. The hunting tab needs a good cleaning, full of damp old wood smell. 

Although the shield looks bad, the nature scenery earns the points. We walked inside the woods, trees, lakes and watersides. We were all impressed. 

~ Black coffee ~ What a great learning and practice experience !

A friend's LinkedIn post caught my eyes, I thought this course is very close to what I am looking for. Build and develop financial models via Excel. Great. 

I enrolled in the program in Late FEB. I was thinking that it may take me almost a year to complete all 18 modules. The situation changed quickly, a month later, we all then work from home. In the first couple of weeks, I spent a lot of effort to accommodate working schedules and a little behind. When we entered into MAY, I felt my pace has caught up, and a little spare time available. To take advantage of the gap, I fill every gap by learning and practice the modules. Because of this action, I was able to complete all modules yesterday. What a great experience!

My FMVA

~~coffee time~~ up and down site of working from home~

Do you have the same feeling also? Working from home makes me busier than working in the office.  Why?

It's so convenient, the first thing I get up from my bed is to turn on my notebook and sign into company VPN. After a quick breakfast, I will begin a long day of work. The lunch break becomes shorter and shorter. Work becomes my entertainment. I can work 10 hours straight now. Base on the fact that we don't need to dress up, makeup and drive to and back from office. No other interruptions, even my parents sometimes come along and ask for something. 

Am I ready for this general living style? I am not sure...

~~lemon tea~~Spring is here, summer is not far away

I broke my record, it's been almost 2 months in total, I did not go out. I am surprised by myself. Except for working, cooking, eating and bathing, I did some reading, some online courses and listening to my music.

Finally, spring is here, the temperature is going up daily. My flowers are growing very well!

Black Coffee~~ Dynamic Financial Analysis

I've made a decision and moved into the current work of life. I was inspired by a consultant's class the last summer. David has shown us how Excel can make a visualization report as amazing as Power BI or other BI tools.

It was an eye-opening and brainwashing class. I knew I was shocked, after that, I continued took his next dynamic and data modelling seminars.

like lighting up a campfire, I was not sure what would drive me to, but one thing I was sure that I was looking for a change.

Yes, it had been 6 months now since the seminar. I am able to practice and build my own dynamic spreadsheet too.