I have started and restarted this post so many times that I have lost count. I've been a horrible blogger. Honestly I've just been bad at social media in general lately... and by lately I mean the last few years. Once upon a time I was fairly decent at keeping things updated, but after the … Continue reading Dusting Off the Cobwebs…
Tag: Moving
The Great Move: If I Had My Druthers…
I swear this is my last post about the move. Scouts honor. We are four months (almost five months) in to our new adventure in Washington, and, while we have had our ups and downs, we're pretty happy with our life up here. That said, there are definitely some things I would do differently if … Continue reading The Great Move: If I Had My Druthers…
The Great Move: The Longest Drive Ever…
The plan, originally, had been to leave our former home as soon as the Boyo got out of school. Then we would drive as far as Pea Soup Anderson's off the 5. The next day we'd stop in Stockton to visit a friend for lunch, then we'd get a hotel later that night in Oregon, … Continue reading The Great Move: The Longest Drive Ever…
The Great Move: Down to the Wire…
Escrow was supposed to close on Sunday the 25th. I woke up to texts from our realtor on the 26th saying that it hadn't closed yet, but she was positive it would soon. John and I shrugged and continued trying to pack up all the little odds and ends that were left. By that afternoon, … Continue reading The Great Move: Down to the Wire…
The Great Move: So many Goodbyes…
When we first listed the house, we came up with a plan to do a 'Good Bye' tour of California. We wanted to visit our favorite restaurants and places like Disneyland or Knott's Berry Farm. Which, in retrospect, is really quite silly because it's not like we wouldn't be coming back to visit. In the … Continue reading The Great Move: So many Goodbyes…
The Great Move: Best Laid Plans…
We had a plan for whenever the house finally sold. The plan was that I would fly up to Washington, look at homes with our Realtor, put in an offer on one, and then come back home and start packing. Well, a couple of things made that plan impossible. Firstly, Boyo was going through a … Continue reading The Great Move: Best Laid Plans…
The Great Move: Ten Long Months…
The moment our home was listed, our agent immediately started getting calls. By that weekend, we had our first viewing. And within three weeks we had our first offer. It was a nice couple from Canada who were really excited to hear the cows that sometimes wandered through the canyon. And we were just as … Continue reading The Great Move: Ten Long Months…
The Great Move: Finding an Agent…
At first we were going to try to sell the house ourselves. Mobile homes don't earn equity at the same rate normal homes do. In fact they usually loose equity. So the odds of us making a profit was pretty small - even with all the improvements we had made. Also our mobile home was … Continue reading The Great Move: Finding an Agent…
The Great Move: Research…
While we knew Washington was where we were meant to be, we didn't know where in Washington we wanted to go. So we started researching; where were the best job opportunities for John? Where was housing the cheapest but the neighborhoods were still good? Where were schools with good preschools? And where were all the … Continue reading The Great Move: Research…
The Great Move: Why Washington
Back in 2013, John (my husband) and I went on a little road trip with some friends up to Washington to visit their house in Gig Harbor. John was looking for work. The company he had been with for over a year had let him go because the owner of the company wanted to hire … Continue reading The Great Move: Why Washington
The Many Worlds of Christina L Olson 