Wow! I'm throwing my hat into the "new job" ring soon also. Hope things turn out as well for me as they seem to have for you guys.

This is awesome news, flinto. Congratulations, man. New job stories are always nice to hear...especially those that involve quintupligooglefying your income. More for the wife and chillns. Yay!

Oh yeah, well I mean, starting at my fileroom income, up through all the raises and on-call pay I kept pushing them to give me, up to my last 20% raise here, and then inculding the raise, above that, I'm giving myself by switching comanies.

Yeah, well, good luck, Flint, after I tell them about your synesthesia

This is great and all, but how does it affect your time in the cellar?

Congrats! I'm sure they will be lucky to have you. I'm glad you got something that will make you happy and appreciated.

This thread is awesome.

Hooray Flint! Has Pooka found a new house yet? :)

We've been driving around the new place and surrounding areas, taking a physical look at some properties she has pulled up online, getting a feel for what things are going for.

We're leaning towards buying land and building, even if it means we have to live in some kind of trailer/modular/pre-fab house on our land while we save money.

The rationale being: why move an hour out into the country to live in a regular, developed neighborhood?

I don't want neighbors.

Make sure you check out whether the neighborhoods vs. the rural areas feed to different schools or not. Rural schools are... not usually great.

I am with you on that sentiment. I like our current neighbors...all 20 of them...but not that much. I like my privacy better. We looked at some of the bedroom communities around here and I just couldn't see it. Sure, they are neat for those who like the neighborhood community lifestyle, but we ended up much happier with a mountain acreage.

Are "bedroom communities" the kind where your wacky neighbor comes up and chats with you at the window over your kitchen sink, like on Three's Company?

If you don't mind a bit of unsolicited advice, I think you should wait a bit to make sure you are comfy with the new job.

Perhaps. Not sure. I suppose one could do that with their neighbors. I think bedroom communities are those little compact subdivisions out in the middle of nowhere...or in small towns that actually wouldn't self sustain if they weren't located near a metro area.

Easy fixed.

:sniper:

:magnum:

:rattat:

:blownup:

Let him make an offer and do not be afraid to ask for a salary you know you are worth. Be confident and understand what you are worth. If you really are, they will respond accordingly.

pubic lice?

Note to self.

Swallow tea before reading Monster's posts.

But check it out. My HS recently won an award for excellence, and it's considered "rural." Its district is the area's largest in terms of, well "area" and averages 100 kids a class. It was a very good school, and still is. In fact, my brother and his wife will be staying where they are so the kids will attend it.

It's a little old-fashioned compared to the "city" schools, but for some reason they have attracted great teachers and great programs.

Flint, I love the idea of you buying some land and living in a trailer or something while you build. I know a lot of people who have done it that way, and the rewards are immense.

Yeah dude, live in the country! [/Ellie May]

I'm totally excited about being all, like, in the wilderness.

The kids will love it. My brother has a beautiful home, just built a new barn complete with a man cave...they have acres and acres and the kids are safe to play outside and run with the dog...when they get older they will have parties in the barn, maybe hayrides. You and Pooka will love it!

Ideal for me would be to get this job in the city and move more into the country: best of both worlds.

There's a snag on the new job btw. Keep your fingers crossed.

That anything like a man-scape?

Ugghh - Now what? :fingers crossed:

:::fingers crossed:::