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Tuesday November 09, 2004

Moving Talks Suspended

Over the last couple of years, Julie has tried to get me to move to both Florida and Southern California. I've made attempts to find jobs in both places. However, the flow of work has been pretty good in Denver, so I've been a bit reluctant to leave. Couple that with awesome weather (300 days of sunshine per year!) and great skiing - and the truth is I love this place. I never want to leave. Someday we'll probably move because Julie hates the cold with a passion. This is understandable since she grew up and lived in S. Florida and never left until she met me.

As of today, the moving talks have been suspended. Her sister, Holly, made the leap and moved to Denver. Since she's a nurse, finding a job should be a piece of cake. She's even put an offer on a house already, so she probably won't even be living with us for that long. Not only are moving talks suspended, but now we have family (a.k.a. a babysitter) in town! For those of you with kids - you know this this *huge*. Life just got a little bit easier for the Raibles. Thanks Holly!

The only downside is I'm once again outnumbered by the girls.

Posted in General at Nov 09 2004, 01:04:07 PM MST 7 Comments
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Finding a job in SoCal shouldn't be the problem...it's finding a house that I'm worried about. Stay in Denver. We don't need the competition here :)

Posted by brian on November 09, 2004 at 09:04 PM MST #

There's nothing wrong with being outnumbered by girls. It's being outnumbered by girls trying to persuade you to move that you should be afraid of...

Posted by Kris on November 09, 2004 at 10:35 PM MST #

I can't see you going through the hassle of building a new house if you were seriously considering moving out of state soon thereafter. SoCal is great though. San Diego had 181 days in a row without rain until last month. Big bear is a few hours drive, Mammoth is driveable, and Tahoe is a short flight. So while skiing is not as good or as close as in Denver, we have the ocean and the warm weather. Housing has doubled in cost over the past 5 years, but I'm sure the Denver housing market has gone way up over the same timeframe. The one drawback is lot size. You get a very small yard unless you want a long commute, or spend close to a mil on a house.

Posted by Ted on November 09, 2004 at 10:50 PM MST #

Matt, the parallels are funny here. Keeping it short. I'm having my 2nd child Friday (you just had your 2nd child), and I just had a family member move to my town (all our family lives in another city kind of like you) to become our number one favorite baby-sitter. And, it IS HUGE to have a family member close to be your go-to babysitter. I'm so excited.

Posted by Erik Weibust on November 10, 2004 at 02:36 PM MST #

Lucky dogs! The only time my wife and I get to go out, on a 'date', is if some family comes to town. It must be nice to have that luxury more often.

Posted by John Christopher on November 10, 2004 at 03:58 PM MST #

My wife and I have been married for 8 years and this month (Nov 20), we FINALLY get to spend an evening together alone since our honeymoon! To my surprise (Usually, I'm innitiating the passion), my wife booked us honeymoon suite at one of the local casinos (Well, its in Michigan and I'm in Canada). I'm not sure about the rest of you, but whenever my wife and decide to have some special time alone, my kids seem to be radars and wake up!! I have 3 of them and ALL 3 of them did the exact same thing... as soon you finally get out of 'Parent Mode' and into "Husband / Wife' mode ... the alarm goes off in my kids head and out come the canons. Annnyyyywwaayyyssss ... Matt, get out with your wife an evening (over night if you can get away from the baby as some point) and enjoy each other!!!! You've certainly earned it !!

Posted by Brad on November 10, 2004 at 04:38 PM MST #

As a fellow Coloradan that moved out to SoCal, I'd say don't do it. Sure, the first year or two feels like a super long vacation, but there's just so darn many people here. Sounds obvious enough but there is never a quiet time ever. Plus riding bikes here is plain scary, sure there are places to ride but, again, you are never alone. I remember making the trip back to visit some friends and there was no one on the stretch of road I was on - I was like when the heck does this ever happen? When we stayed in our house on the trip, I woke up at night because it was too silent and I thought something was wrong!

Also, raising the family here is not as easy. Sex offenders abound, the schools are filled with underachieving children with uncaring families - a trip to the park is filled with strange people and some of them angry/unstable/ignorant.

Sure the beach is great, skiing/boarding/camping isn't too far away, but I think I'd trade the snow anyday (well, I love the cold anyway) and instead take a nice vacation out here.

As a contractor I bet you could be making 100+ hourly easy, and there are enough jobs for people that are actually good at what they do. I just wonder why'd you give up what you have though to "start over" by coming here.

Posted by Wilton on April 05, 2010 at 04:02 PM MDT #

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