Just remembered I have this blog. Guess I should write something in here (at least once a year or so).
We moved to Fairbanks, Alaska about a year ago. Don and I quit our jobs after paying off all our credit cards and saving a bunch of money.
We went on a fantastic trip to Ireland (Cork, and then Northern Ireland), Scotland, England, Wales and a few days in France (Rouen and then Paris). We spent about 6 weeks there in all and had a wonderful time. This was a once in a lifetime trip and we were glad we did it.
Of course, not long after that, the economy fell. Neither of us had jobs but we had rental property that needed subsidizing in Fairbanks (never have turned a profit on them). Within a month or so I found a job at a tv station doing technical work on their morning news show, and editing, plus work in master control. It's a great job. I still do that.
My husband, Don, didn't find a job and was unemployed for 8 months. We got back in debt with the credit cards, meanwhile. Still haven't gotten out. But in the end, he got his old job back and worked it out so that he could work two weeks on, two weeks off (that's 14 days in a row, with 12 hours each day). He has to fly to Kotzebue ($550 round trip) so it cuts into his pay (and room and board also). Still, he makes about what he'd make if he lived in Fairbanks and had a job. A lot of people do work like this, out of town.
So, we are working and have managed to keep our three rental houses (living in the basement of one).
Anyway, that's all for now.
:-)
