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ELLO POPPETS!
i've missed you all! unfortunately CRAZY life situations (my near divorce, and now moving to Utah), coupled with facebook drew me away for awhile. But ultimately, I'm good. Kaity has seen me around Facebook a bit, as well as Kat.
*wishes I was there to be hugging you Kat*
bliss- totally normal to miss being single! but i think any circumstances you are in with him might determine how real that "want" is, could just be time to switch things up a bit with your lives together. they don't lie when they say "marriage is work", and in my opinion, living together for years is basically married.

LOL yes i got your message on FB, hence me gettin my butt over here to post.

UTAH- Well, a friend/coworker of my husband had been telling him about the money plumbers make in Utah (this guy had lived there, but moved back to CA because of his sick mother..) and also how much cheaper the cost of living is. So, we started looking at real estate online there, talking to anyone and everyone we knew or met that had ever been there, plus our dog breeder lives there- they all had nothing but really good things to say about Utah as a whole. So, we took a weekend trip there (Salt Lake City to be exact) and drove around (300 miles of driving to be exact). We didn't do any sight seeing type stuff- no mountains, lakes, landmarks. We were on a mission to look at neighborhoods and stores and schools that were available- the everyday life stuff. I wanted to look around and make sure it was a place I would want to live, not vacation and ski. So, we took about 30 different real estate listings and went to almost all of them, got a feel for which areas we liked. From what I see, I like it! Somehow the idea of moving across states makes you feel like you're moving to Mars! But really, there isn't too much difference between here and there. The people we encountered were always friendly and helpful, especially with our random questions about neighborhoods, recreation centers and school systems. My husband also did a job interview at a company where the top guy had 12K take-home pay the month before! You could NEVER get that in CA! The middle of the road guys were making around 6K- where in CA that would be working major overtime with a high volume of work available......and that's hard to achieve out here. Basically, with my husband's experience level, they offered him a job in Utah. There are reasons, and very good ones why I would NEVER want to leave San Diego, but ultimately, it's like treading water for us here. We're not getting ahead. Even if we only move away for a few years, we would be able to actually bank some money, pay off some things, and really be living on our OWN. Right now we depend on my mother a little more than I am comfortable with. PLUS- a 5 or 6 bedroom house with land that affordable?? You don't find those in CA, but there are plenty in Utah!!! So, I'm very excited. Right now my husband is living in Utah by himself working his new job, and me and the kids are still in SD, waiting until we can afford to move everything, and also seeing about buying a house for when we get there!