Lovin' Life

Hub's opportunity to work from home came to us in an interesting way.  Four years ago, before we decided to purchase a home in CA, we looked into other areas to raise our family. Hubs contacted a head hunter to look for jobs for us in Utah and the surrounding states. At the time, there were not any opportunities in valuation and so we decided to move forward with our life in CA.

In August, this same head hunter contacted hubs and told him there was an opening in CO that may fit us well. After many months of discussion and interviews, as well as a trip out to Denver, we decided to take the job.  I was very excited about the new adventure for our family, but something just didn't sit right.

Hub's current firm was not happy about the news, to put it lightly.  They kept trying to persuade him to reconsider. Finally, his bosses told him that if he really wanted a change of scene, why not work from home? He would still get the promotion that was planned for this year as well. As soon as he told me about this offer, I new it was the right choice for many reasons.

So hubs rescinded his acceptance to the firm in Denver. Now we had to decide: 1) stay put, 2) move closer to hubby's parents, 3) move to Utah, or 4) choose another location that fits what we are looking for.

Utah seemed like such a fun idea! I would get to be close to all of my family and many friends. We would have snow in winter! But realistically it just didn't seem like the best idea. Hubs still needs to be close enough to the office to be able to get in when he needs to.  He would have had to schedule flights each month, which would get expensive.

It is a seller's market in our area right now and for many other reasons seemed like a good idea to sell. We will be listing our house the beginning of May.

I would love to be closer to hubby's folks, but prices are very high for what we are looking for.

So we are looking at other areas that are close enough to the city that hubs can drive in if needed, on occasion.  Areas which are still nice, but we will get much more bang for our buck. I never anticipated this kind of change for our family, although it is something I constantly dreamed about. I am sad to leave our first home that we have purchased and the area we have lived in since 2006, but so excited for a new adventure!