Family Update

We were out of town last weekend as Shelly had an interview with ConAgra. They put us up in a hotel suite and while Shelly was meeting with plant management all day Friday I was looking over the area. I had already done some house hunting online and already been preapproved for a mortgage just in case. I also had set up a couple of property viewings.

The Human Resource Manager is a person Shelly used to work with so they have worked together in the past. Erin (HR Mgr.) took us to dinner with her family and told Shelly of their offer. Not one person Shelly met with Friday had a negative thing to say about her!! Not expecting an answer over dinner and a couple beers she wanted us to think about it...take as mjuch time as we wanted.

We had a couple properties to view Sat so when we got back to our room that afternoon she gave Erin a call. lol Erin's boss had called twice to see if Shelly had accepted!! The relcation package was good but we thought with a house here and moving ourselves we would need a little more...Shelly suggested maybe another $1500. Erin would call her boss and 10 min later she called back and they although they can't up the relo (company max for her level) they would increase the sign on bonus by 60% to the max they can offer without getting corporate approval. Done deal!!!

Shelly got her Bachelor's degree last February and since then she has almost doubled her salary!!! Nice job hun!!

So we had one more house to look at right before we left Sunday morning.

To make a long story short, as soon as we walked through the door we loved it. I had been by Friday and we drove by a couple times Saturday and drove through the neighborhood and the town. Needless to say the electrical and water transfer is already set and Shelly gave her notice to Kraft today. By the end of this month we will be in a three bedroom two full bath ranch with plenty of space and yard and storage.

This house??? stay tuned.. depending on the appraisal we will either put it on the market or rent it out.