Re: Hey there Kirk - I'm up too

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It's 4:30 AM.........do you know where your parents are??? LOL Kirk

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> Hi Diane,

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> Well, where in Oregon do they live?

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> Hi ,

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> ? They live in Portland.? Beautiful area, the pacific northwest. We like

> to go there,

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> not just to see our kids, but to see the Mountains (Hood,? Rainier, St.

> Helen's) and to go to the coast ....Canon Beach is my FAVORITE area.

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> We just left the pacific northwest

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> because the weather was so bad for me. But we didn't move to Chicago

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> We did move to be closer to family - so it's the same situation in reverse

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> Our house in Seattle is for sale. We put it on the market right before

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> thanksgiving, not really expecting it to sell until after the holidays. So

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> now we have two houses. One that is very affordable, and the funny part is

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> the affordable one in TN where we moved to is bigger than the one in

> Seattle

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> ???????? I understand...location? location? location...My kids bought

> houses in Portland and I am sure for what they paid for them they could get

> bigger houses elsewhere...

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> Oh well...?

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> We have a pool and an acre and a half. Our other house, is awesome (in

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> Seattle) - large by most standards, large deck, surrounded by greenbelt

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> has a swimspa and regular spa so it should sell quickly now (we hope)..

> It's

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> not fun having two mortgages.

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> Anyway, back to your dilema and off of mine... Should you move - will the

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> weather be a problem. All I can say is that where we were, which was on

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> Bainbridge Island, which is west of Seattle, I had a very hard time in the

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> winters.

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> That is what I am also afraid of...do I go from COLD in Chicago to

> cold/wet in the Portland area???

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> And every year it got harder. Meaning that I'd start to get sick

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> earlier each year. We decided to move this past fall when I started to get

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> sick in late Sept. The past few years, I basically spent my winters in

> bed.

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> And that meant up to 7 months or more. I think it was because of the

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> constant rain and weather fronts that moved in. The previous year, I had

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> have a surgery in my ear for a cholestatoma cyst and a ruptured ear drum,

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> how does that happen??? what are the symptoms?? My ear is itching for

> awhile (a few months)

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> which is common with stills (I found that out later), It set me off into a

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> year long flare that was very hard to get out of.

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> Now, Oregon is different though, which is why I asked where. It has a lot

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> of different micro-climate areas. So you need to study the weather for the

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> area that they live in. Portland, for instance gets warmer than Seattle

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> every summer. Medford Oregon and Ashland OR, are places that we actually

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> thought of buying summer homes in because they are so nice and warm in the

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> summer - and hardly any rain.

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> I heard they were beautiful areas too..

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> I'm not sure what the winters are like in

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> those places. As far as jobs, I don't think you need to worry - the

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> northwest as always been a great place to get jobs. I'd suggest getting a

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> paper delivered to you (Sunday papers) for a Month if you are serious.. It

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> may help you decide.

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> It's hard being away family - I can relate - that is what made us move

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> twenty years of being in Seattle. I think that the cold of Chicago might

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> not be any worse than the rain of the Northwest though. You get a lot of

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> storms there, which are pretty much the same fronts that hit Seattle.

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> And there is nothing like having your family around.

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> ? ? ? ? ? ??

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> ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? True...however, some of my brothers and sisters are here

> in Chicago..while my kids are out west...

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> Good Luck with your decision - and by the way - your still young - don't

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> age get in the way of your decision... You need to let your heart make

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> decision. Just talk to your daughter and make sure that if you move that

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> they are planning on staying there.

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> ? I know!!? 1ust as we move there watch them all move east here!!? lol???

> No, They all said they will not move back to the midwest.

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> chat later,

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> Diane 42

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> Take care,

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> -- Re: Hey there Kirk - I'm up too

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> I'm so glad you had a chance to visit with friends Kirk. And about

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> the beer, I won't tell. Once in a great while you just need something!

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> I'm up because of pain as well and I have to head back to bed in a

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> moment. I have to work in the morning and need to attempt getting

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> rest. I just took another ibuprofen 800 in hopes it will help but we

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> all know the drill. I'm also going to try sleeping while sitting up.

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> I have one of those pillows my mother calls a husband (not the one I

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> married) so wish me luck.

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> Was it a good game?

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> Take care and be well.

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> Ellen

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[Guest guest]

Yep. My Mom has been up for at least a half hour and will tell you that the

best part of the day is already over. Dad is more than likely in bed with his

nutty wife! </HTML>