Moving On Up

Now that it is official that Dustin, Alden, Y'all and I are moving BACK to Seattle later this summer, I fondly post this old email that we mailed out to friends and family nearly 2 years ago.
May 2008
Greetings to each of you in our friend and family circles! We trust that this email finds you happy, healthy, and enjoying this "spring" (I know for a fact it was snowing in Montana not long ago) that is upon us. As flowers prepare to bloom and bears emerge from hibernation, Dustin and I must also answer the call of the wild and move. Well, to be most accurate, we are choosing (with great excitement) to move to Grants Pass, Oregon. We have purchased our first home there and are eagerly anticipating the projects that this incurs. While we have been happy here in San Diego (what's not to love with sun, sand, and surf?) we are ready to own a humble place to call our investment. Grants Pass has a great deal to offer as the housing market across (most) the nation is in a low and the time for us to buy is right. We have purchased a home that is indeed a fixer-upper but we expect to do just that and sell it later when the time is, again, just right. I know that this may seem shocking to some of you who know how happy and successful we have been in larger cites (Seattle and San Diego namely) but, as we are able to live most anyplace near an airport for our work, it seems a good fit to live nearer to accessible nature, family, and familiarity. This is an especially endearing project as Dustin and I have never, in all 11 years of our relationship, owned a big ticket item as a team. We eagerly anticipate working side-by-side, discussing (to no end, I'm sure) the possibilities and outcomes of every project, and completing things as Team Hardin. I so hope to have guests to come stay with us in our new/old town in our new/old home. Our new address is 522 S.E. "M" St. Grants Pass, OR 97526 Our thanks to each of you for your support and encouragement! Now, back to work!!!