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8 years ago
Mar 26, 2007
Post By: Tracey
Thanks for the update
It's great to hear from you Mike. We are so happy that Ellyn is home and hope that you continue to get answers and that things improve. It can all be so frightening when you don't know what is going on. Please continue to keep us informed.
So we found a house in San Diego that looked really promising online and Marnie was so nice to go and check it out for us and it didn't turn out as nice as it sounded. The biggest problem we are dealing with is availability in that even if we do find something now it is available now and they probably won't hold it for us. So I am looking for some advice from the moving veterans in the family. First, is there some sort of listing we aren't finding or does everyone wait to post their property until it is available? We are used to the school towns where people list there properties in advance based on semesters. People know they are moving so why don't more people do a listing in advance? Second, we are now considering the idea that if we don't find anything online/with Marnie's help, that we simply drive out there after graduation, have the navy store our stuff for a while, stay in the temporary housing and look for a place. The thought of moving without knowing where we are living is really scary to me but at least then we could see the place and if nothing is listed in advance anyway what does it matter if we see the place one day and move in the next? Does this idea sound crazy to anyone else? Have any of you ever done it that way? I could stay in Utah with the kids for a few days and send Tom on to San Diego ahead of me but we are still talking about finding the place one week and moving in the next. What do you think?
Well, that is our big dilemma at the moment. We have decided, against the frugal nature in me, to go ahead and simply have the Navy move us. I"m still not 100% sold on the idea but it sure does sound convenient! We've been reading the guidelines for self-moving and they make it seem so complicated! Adina, do you remember it being a big hassle to get all the paperwork done? Do you feel like you actually made money? I don't want to not try just because it's confusing when it really probably isn't that hard... so I don't know. Oh yeah, one more thing. I've had family in town for the last week and half so I never got around to blogging about our awesome new Odyssey!! Tom probably told you all but we ended going with a 2007, navy blue with the DVD player for the kids and the Nav system for Tom. It's truly an amazing vehicle, I love it! If it ever stops raining we'll get it washed and will take some pictures for you!
Have a great Monday!
Tracey
We have found that it really is difficult to look in advance when you are not in a school area. Most places only request a 30 day notice of moveout so that is all that they give. You might want to start looking again in early May and have Marnie check it out if anything looks interesting. We have done the temporary housing route several times....actually most of the time. Navy Lodges are not too bad for a week or so ..the Miramar one has a park and playground right next to it and the exchange and commissary just down the street. The Coronado one is RIGHT on the beach....very nice. We have always found something by then.
When we moved to San Diego from Bremerton, I know we ended up getting a house that another Navy family(members of the church) were moving out of. I can't remember how we hooked up with that but calling bishops in the area that you are interested is a possibility. It doesn't always pan out but it did work for us in that case.
Glad to have you back on the blog. I hope you had a great visit with your family.
Barb