Week 1 as Oregonians

After getting acquainted with our temporary housing and making an even bigger mess, (I think our stuff takes up 1/3rd of the hanger, and the overflow from bork takes up the entire upstairs of the house) we decided it best to begin our house hunt ASAP. I'm sure between our trip in July and this past week (starting everyday after 3:30, because I had to work East Coast hours this week) that we've seen well over 60 houses. We have finally settled on one and we put an offer in late last night. The sellers already had an offer on the table, but from the sound of things, they weren't going to accept it. We're keeping our fingers crossed. The good news is, there are over 60 other houses to choose from. Some that have definite possibilities, many that have no chance.

I worked remotely this week. Starting at 5am Pacific time to stay inline with the team back east. I must say, it's been pretty nice rolling out of bed and turning on a computer with coffee in hand. Then heading out on my lunch break at 3 pm eastern just to come back for an hour of work and be done by 2pm Pacific. I just wish I could do that through the rest of the year. But no dice, I leave Sunday night for a redeye back to Philly to work through Thursday, fly back here Thursday night and work remotely Friday. Should be a blast.

Mary was going to head into the office as she has gotten a few panic phone calls from her boss this week. But it was nothing they couldn't handle. We're getting good practice being eco-nuts. We're surviving on one car, of course we've driven said car nearly 6,000 miles in the past 2 weeks, but we got good gas mileage, around 30mpg...

Hopefully we'll have a chance to update this with pictures of our new house soon, Cross your fingers