Let me introduce myself: Hi, I'm Jenni!
(with a fern on my head...don't ask)I'm originally from Georgia, and graduated from Georgia Tech a few years ago. While I was there, I met the man I would soon marry.
This is my fiance: Shannon
Shannon is originally from Pennsylvania, and after graduating from Penn State, he came to GT for his Masters in Mechanical Engineering. After he graduated from GT, he accepted a job in Iowa.
For the last five years, we've lived here:
Which we bought after a whirlwind weekend trip during our senior year to find a place to live. We bought it because it was a compromise for what we both wanted in a house. It had a little bit of land (approx. 4 acres) but was still in town. It's a small town, but it has a grocery store, and it has a $2 movie theater, and the Traer Pizza Palace; which has the best pizza I've ever had...all within walking distance.
The pond and the willow trees were two major deciding factors in the purchase of this home.
One other being I should introduce you to is Murphy. He's our three year old Brittany, and he's spoiled rotten.
You should know that Murph HATES having his picture taken, and usually makes a weird face...like that one.
Up until now, the last five years have been pretty comfortable and routine. Shannon would get up and go to work everyday. I've had a couple of unfulfilling jobs, until I decided to go back to school to get certified as a medical lab tech. I still hadn't found a job doing what I really loved...but was still looking, and planning our wedding, which is to take place at the end of May, when our world got turned on it's ear.
In mid-January, Shannon found out he'd gotten a promotion, and we were going to be relocated to the Quad Cities, which is about three hours from where we are now. Luckily, Shannon's company is putting up for our relocation, so we started immediately getting the house ready for listing. We did a few things, like change hardware, and lighting fixtures, and got that sucker listed.
Shannon has been been working in the QC since February, and has been staying in a hotel, and coming home on the weekends. It's been an okay situation, which has allowed me to stay home with the dog, and meet the slew of appraisers and inspectors that have had to come through on official relocation business.
However, as of Monday, I now have a new job in the QC as well(!!!) working in a hospital lab, and I start in a few weeks. This means we HAVE to figure out our housing situation. And this has NOT been fun.
We found one house that we absolutely LOVED, and put an offer in on it, but (it's a long story, that I may get into in another post) it wasn't accepted.
So, in a nutshell, that's what I'm hoping to cover in this blog. Adventures in house hunting, starting a new job, getting married, and any other surprises that may be coming my way in the next two months and beyond.
Shannon is originally from Pennsylvania, and after graduating from Penn State, he came to GT for his Masters in Mechanical Engineering. After he graduated from GT, he accepted a job in Iowa.For the last five years, we've lived here:
Which we bought after a whirlwind weekend trip during our senior year to find a place to live. We bought it because it was a compromise for what we both wanted in a house. It had a little bit of land (approx. 4 acres) but was still in town. It's a small town, but it has a grocery store, and it has a $2 movie theater, and the Traer Pizza Palace; which has the best pizza I've ever had...all within walking distance.
The pond and the willow trees were two major deciding factors in the purchase of this home.One other being I should introduce you to is Murphy. He's our three year old Brittany, and he's spoiled rotten.
You should know that Murph HATES having his picture taken, and usually makes a weird face...like that one.Up until now, the last five years have been pretty comfortable and routine. Shannon would get up and go to work everyday. I've had a couple of unfulfilling jobs, until I decided to go back to school to get certified as a medical lab tech. I still hadn't found a job doing what I really loved...but was still looking, and planning our wedding, which is to take place at the end of May, when our world got turned on it's ear.
In mid-January, Shannon found out he'd gotten a promotion, and we were going to be relocated to the Quad Cities, which is about three hours from where we are now. Luckily, Shannon's company is putting up for our relocation, so we started immediately getting the house ready for listing. We did a few things, like change hardware, and lighting fixtures, and got that sucker listed.
Shannon has been been working in the QC since February, and has been staying in a hotel, and coming home on the weekends. It's been an okay situation, which has allowed me to stay home with the dog, and meet the slew of appraisers and inspectors that have had to come through on official relocation business.
However, as of Monday, I now have a new job in the QC as well(!!!) working in a hospital lab, and I start in a few weeks. This means we HAVE to figure out our housing situation. And this has NOT been fun.
We found one house that we absolutely LOVED, and put an offer in on it, but (it's a long story, that I may get into in another post) it wasn't accepted.
So, in a nutshell, that's what I'm hoping to cover in this blog. Adventures in house hunting, starting a new job, getting married, and any other surprises that may be coming my way in the next two months and beyond.
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