{"id":37,"date":"2006-02-21T07:56:17","date_gmt":"2006-02-21T07:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/2006\/02\/21\/means-to-an-end\/"},"modified":"2007-12-16T06:12:13","modified_gmt":"2007-12-16T06:12:13","slug":"means-to-an-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/2006\/02\/21\/means-to-an-end\/","title":{"rendered":"Means To An End"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I pondered how I was going to setup this site.\u00a0 To be honest, most people zoom right in on the boat aspect of our plan.\u00a0 It is tempting to focus only on the boat, but I do not want to do that.\u00a0 Now do not get me wrong, the boat is ultra-cool and a major piece of the puzzle.\u00a0 I think from as long as I can remember I wanted to have my own ship.\u00a0 Well I really\u00a0wanted\u00a0a space ship, like they had in Star Wars.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>What can I say, I played a lot with Star Wars toys as a kid.\u00a0 I have always liked gadgets, electronics, vehicles and such.\u00a0 So the ultimate package of goodies, a boat,\u00a0is an easy thing for me to obsess about and focus on.\u00a0 It really is a dream come true to upgrade to this kind of boat, and a privilege to have such a nice boat.<\/p>\n<p>But really, the boat is a means to an end.\u00a0 It will enable us to get from point A to B.\u00a0 Well, yes, point A to B\u00a0in an amazingly interesting way.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42\u00a0We know it will be very satisfying and challenging to navigate from place to place in a fully functional home we can call our own.\u00a0 And it will all work (hopefully) because we have been diligent, savvy, and prepared.\u00a0 Yet we sure hope it is not just that.\u00a0 You see this is about us as people and a lifestyle, not just about a complicated machine.\u00a0 It is about me and Christi spending time together exploring.\u00a0 Seeing new things, meeting new people, and sharing quality time people we care about.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, keep on eye on me.\u00a0 In the coming months I know the boat will be a big part of the site.\u00a0 But it should not be the only part of the site and our story.\u00a0 Ideally the boat will just happen to elegantly integrate into our life.\u00a0 We shall see.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I pondered how I was going to setup this site.\u00a0 To be honest, most people zoom right in on the boat aspect of our plan.\u00a0 It is tempting to focus only on the boat, but I do not want to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/2006\/02\/21\/means-to-an-end\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}