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First, you make the decision to sell your home. This decision is generally made after many thoughtful, analytical, and emotional conversations.
Then, you must determine whether to sell with or without a realtor’s assistance–another decision requiring careful consideration and reflective dialogue.
We moved, again. No, we aren’t PCSing, at least not anytime soon. This move was a surprise move due to a landlord issue, and it only took us about half a mile from our previous home.
I’m not mad. I’ll forget all about having to pack my own household goods, renting the U-haul, trying to lift crazy heavy furniture and wiggle it through doors (even having to take doors off the hinges), and finally unpacking it all.
Many of you may have tuned in for the documentary special by National Geographic, Inside Combat Rescue: The Last Stand. The two-hour special featured the brave men and women of the 822nd Base Defense Squadron, better known as Reaper Team 5. These men and women were responsible for providing base security for Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan.
My husband and I celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary last month. One of the greatest things about moving fairly frequently is that you get to go to new places and see things unique to the area. Washington has a spectacular coastline. The Pacific Ocean and the Puget Sound (an inlet of the Pacific) are full of some great things. I was able to visit Ocean Shores last year. It was nice to see the Pacific again.
Things have changed a bit since I was a little girl.
I listened to cassette tapes in a Walkman. My Little Ponies were my favorite toy. I rocked the side ponytail, birdnest bangs, and Scrunchies like nobody’s business.
Yes, I was a child of the ’80s.
My husband and I are about knee deep in the middle of our first PCS, and with him in South Korea and me on Long Island, getting our life squared away to move to Fort Drum by the end of the summer has been proving difficult. One of the biggest hurdles to get over, for me, was finding a place to live, sight unseen, from many miles away.
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