So it has been way too long since my last post... but really I am just trying to get my head around the events that have taken place since the first of December. In a nutshell we are moving to Portland... For the more detailed version... Here we go!
Colin has been working in the ski industry for over 10 years now and currently works for Prinoth. He was recently approached by the "competiton" Pisten Bully. Mind you, there are only 2 snowcat manufacturing companies globally. Anyway, just before Thanksgiving we received a phone call asking if Colin would even entertain the idea of accepting a job with Pisten Bully... he thought, "What the hell, what can it hurt right? Let's just see what they have to offer!" So within a couple weeks of the phone call he flew out to Reno for the official interview, and of course, he nailed it. Game on now... they want him. They offered him the positional of Operations Manager of the Pacific Northwest territory. So PB was trying to figure out where the location of the office would be and they told him somewhere in the Pacific Northwest. As far as we were concerned it could have been located in Seattle, Tacoma, Portland or anywhere else in that general vicinity. A few weeks later PB came back and told us that they had leased an office in the Portland Metro area, Tualatin, about 20 minutes southwest of Portland.
Are you kidding me??? That is within a 45 minute drive to my parents!
So the offer was ours for the taking and the ball was in our court. So we asked them to send us to the Portland area so that we could look at the housing market and the different areas located around the shop to see if it would be a fit for our family. After much heart ache and stress and prayer, Colin decided that this was going to be the right career move for him and for our family. So here we are in the end of January packin' up and heading out. It is a very bittersweet situation for me. I can't wait to live close to my family but it is going to be so so so hard to leave the family I have created for myself here. So to sum it all up... I can't believe it, my head is still spinning, and within a month I will be a resident of the state of Oregon. I never thought... ever... that I would be saying just that.
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Wow! What a big change so fast! My sister lives in Portland and LOVES it! And it will be so nice, I'm sure, for you to be close to your family. If I could have anything it would be to be closer to family. Anyway, Congratulations to Colin on the new job! Good luck!
What!?! I am so excited for you! That will really be great. In this economy to get a great job offer that is amazing. Good Luck!
We really wish you the best. I'm so sad you have to leave your beautiful home behind, and am completely with you on leaving "family" behind. How great to be close to your mom though!
It's amazing what doors are opened up and opportunities lie before us! I am so excited for you but I feel like we haven't had enough time to have fun. Please stay in touch! I really think the world of you!!!
Congratulations guys. I just posted on facebook and then was happy to get the scoop. Moves are hard and stressful, but we have found that it has always been great to make new friends and see new places. I wish you the best, and am sure things will work out very well. Im just bummed that the next time I come to SLC you won't be there. I suppose I will have to make a trip to Portland.
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