Hello all,

I may be posting this a bit premature, but I'm so excited I just had to post something. My husband and I have come to the conclusion that we may move back to the US next summer (one year from now) My husband has never lived in the US and he really loves computers and we think he has more job opportunities there than here. Previously he was working with his father but things have changed. I have been living here 3 years and although I am teaching English, I think I could find a job in my field (business) there or I could continue teaching. We will probably be moving to the Lakeland area of Florida (in between Tampa and Orlando). We have to settle things up here like selling our house and cars and all those things.....so we will see, I'll keep you all posted!! :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2:

Congrats! :eek:

I wish I could move to Orlando, that is my favorite place in the entire world. My hubby works for the railroad and there are no rail yards for us there. If you move to that area, we are at Disney 2 times a year, wanna do lunch? ~Mandy

Hey Mandy,

I would LOVE to, maybe we could even do Disney together. My mom use to work there and we use to get free passes, my husband and I went every time we came back to the US on vacation, we love it!

I'm just so excited, I just hope things don't fall through and we make it. Hubby is really worried about the logistics of such a big move, we have to sell our apartment here plus we have 2 cars, plus all of our stuff....and our 2 cats......thats why were waiting another year to save money for the move and to get things organized, selling our house and what not.....this should be a ride!

Do the locals there do Ebay? I know that I sold some furniture on there last year and it was quick and easy. Good luck on such a big move, we just moved and it was a great chance to clean out all of our clutter. I got rid of soooo much stuff and then after we got unpacked I had a huge garage sale and got rid of even more stuff. I hate to move but love the feeling of a fresh start. ~Mandy

nah, portuguese aren't very big on online buying. They like to go into a store and feel and touch stuff. It's ok i think we can get a bit more for the house if we sell it furnished. The rest of our stuff i think we will box up and have it shipped probably. We will have to wait and see.

KAT!!! You will be right near me! We will have to do a regular coffee clutch type of thing. LOL

Glad to hear that you guys are excited about this possibility. I have always loved taking risks and making moves like that. A year and a half ago when Rob and I were fed up with Seattle we just packed up the van and the kids, put all of our cash into our checking account, and drove to florida. It was the best move we have ever made. Good luck with the final decision!!!

I'm already scouting out houses...i think its freaking hubby out! I have a guaranteed job at my moms school, the principal there will hire me in a min. the tougher part is finding hubby a job, he wants to work in computers, but problem is hes self taught he doesnt have any degrees in it. so it will be hard to find something, but im sure we will manage.

have him sign up with some contracting companies in the area. that will help him along with the job search. what area of computers is he in? hardware? software? i can give you some other ideas from that.

He's a hardware guy, but he's going to take the A+ and networking certificates......

With those I bet he can get any number of jobs through a contracting company. And they do all the work for him. Definitely have him call around. It is what Rob did, and he landed an awesome job here in Tampa.

My mom lives in Lakeland. It is beautiful there. The kids love to visit "Grannie", not only because they love her, but because it is so close to so many fun things to do. What school does your mom work at? My mom was a day care director for 25 years there and knows just about everyone in the school district.

she works at Boone Middle School in Haines City. She's the new Media Specialist there this year, but shes been teaching there for the past 7 or 8 years i think, but shes been teaching for 14 years.

I substituted at a lot of schools in the district but I spent my last year as a perm sub at Boone as well.

Funny, I'm emailing you about the contract jobs.

This move may be the best thing for y'all. Tell hubby that people do this ALL of the time - they pack up and move FAR away (like Amy said). Its always scarey, but staying optimistic is the key.

And I would think that landing a job in computers would be easy, although Im not the one looking!

Wow, that is exciting. Although, I am jealous, because I want to move out of the States when I finish my degree! I would love to go live away for a while.

Unfortunatly, my degree is in a US/Canada specific field, so too bad for me!

hehe, well i think living in Portugal has been a great experience for me, i have gotten to learn my husbands customs and traditions and i learned another language, how cool is that, but i think now that its time for use to see what else is out there for us.

The more i talk about it the more convinced hubby is that we should move, so now we just need to hash out the details and of course talk to his parents...:eek: that ought to be interesting...:heh: