Plan B

It's been almost a week since the end of Plan A and now that we have got our heads together again and "licked our wounds" we are ready to move on to what has now become Plan B in the Redundancy Road Trip.  We are going to continue the blog and still call it Redundancy Road Trippers as, in a way, it is our Road Trip through and beyond a double-redundancy situtation.
After a weekend spent relaxing with the kids, we have spent much of the week working up Plan B.  We started by working throuhg some articles in a recent edition of the Oprah magazine.  Those of you who know Mike will know that she is his guru and that he is more likley to do something if Oprah endorses it!  There are things like treating Athlete's Foot with cider vinegar that I have been telling him for years but he took no notice until he read it in Oprah and thus waited several years before he successfully got rid of a troublesome case of the fungal infection.  http://www.oprah.com/omagazine.html  
The November 2011 issue Volume 12, Number 11 contained a series of articles under the banner "Find Your True Calling - A guide to discovering who you're mean't to be.  Step 1 was how to find your Passions, Step 2 Taking Stock of Your Strengths, Step 3 Tapping into your Motivation and Step 4 GO!
The whole process took us back again to an idea we had a few years ago when we considered getting out of the corporate world, that encapsulates all of our joint passions and interests - running a Bed and Breakfast or small Guest House. 
So this is where we are headed for the moment anyway!
This could go in one of two directions at the moment;
Route 1 involves trying to get a job running a chalet in a ski resort next season from November to March, as a means of dipping a toe in the water before making a full commitment.  We would spent the time between May and November getting some relevant work experience either paid or voluntary and possibly undertaking some courses such as catering, book-keeping and property maintainence. 
Route 2, which is more risky and scary, would be jumping in with both feet and buying a going concern as soom as we get our money and can sell our house.  There are a few interesting opportunities that have presented themselves to us in this repsect but we'll keep you updated on that one when we know more........
In the background we have a few ideas to supplement our income and keep ourselves stimulated and busy;
Mike has only today been given the opportunity to work, on a voluntary basis, with some underperforming teenagers at his old school as a mentor come motivater.
I am planning to do a bit of buying and selling on EBay and possibly create an on-line business but again more of that in the future...........nudge nudge wink wink....
I have even considered trying to write a novel - they say everyone has one in them and there seems like no better time to have a dabble in that direction.....
SO, USA we are over you and mooooving on!  Your loss US Economy and Tourist Industry......