tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2977044224939777967.post6080281492109591767..comments2023-11-18T18:14:45.871-05:00Comments on Blunoz Random Ramblings: Decisions, Decisions...blunozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02917109513028096262noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2977044224939777967.post-78122022430036178662008-01-18T14:20:00.000-05:002008-01-18T14:20:00.000-05:00No Target in HI? HHMM, this could be bad.If that w...No Target in HI? HHMM, this could be bad.<BR/><BR/>If that workout is the PT Nazi not being TOO HARD on ya'll...eesh!<BR/><BR/>I say stay in HI!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2977044224939777967.post-10927796335730978952008-01-17T22:14:00.000-05:002008-01-17T22:14:00.000-05:00Bangor's nice....Based on your posts about having ...Bangor's nice....<BR/><BR/>Based on your posts about having a blast in Hawaii, I might stay there. Who am I to say, though?<BR/><BR/>I hate moving as well, though only the process. I love living in new places. Good thing, huh?<BR/><BR/>I hope you are offered a position that is ultimately the best for your family. Good luck!Celiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18232302529800718534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2977044224939777967.post-26567644471593191422008-01-17T14:48:00.000-05:002008-01-17T14:48:00.000-05:00I know that you are using COLA to pay for the kids...I know that you are using COLA to pay for the kids' schools but Blunoz listed school and expensive milk separately. The Navy assumes you will use the COLA to pay for the expensive milk. My point was that expensive milk/COLA shouldn't have been on the negatives, although paying for private school certainly deserves to be there.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and I agree with the go for the best job as long as it's not in a place you will despise living. Hell, we're off to Tennessee and I never thought that would happen...divrchkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01349199765261739297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2977044224939777967.post-68787932461762059882008-01-17T14:23:00.000-05:002008-01-17T14:23:00.000-05:00Hmmm, There are plenty of Navy jobs in Stuttgart! ...Hmmm, There are plenty of Navy jobs in Stuttgart! Let's think (- = negative, + = positive, ~ = same):<BR/><BR/>~You'd be just as far from family as you are now, just the opposite direction.<BR/>+Schools: plenty of spots in DODDS available, and, it's FREE!<BR/>~COLA: check.<BR/>+Drivers: check (compared to Hawaii? How could it not be a positive)<BR/>~No Target, but there is Ikea.<BR/>+Culture: what a great opportunity to travel!<BR/>+Work for the Army and they give you four day weekends once a month.<BR/>-Luxurious (mandatory) on-post housing.<BR/>+You'd be by your BEST FRIENDS IN THE WORLD that are in the Navy, not submariners and live in Europe.<BR/>+(for LW): You can reek revenge by making Kev do all the work for the move!!<BR/><BR/>Your friends,<BR/>EP and CCE.P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11668386564276915529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2977044224939777967.post-26407171449195822752008-01-17T13:41:00.000-05:002008-01-17T13:41:00.000-05:00Do "Franklin Balance Sheet" reasons to stay - reas...Do "Franklin Balance Sheet" reasons to stay - reasons to go. Factor in the age of said relatives. $ isn't everything as you know. Happiness of ALL is. We'll follow you no matter where you go. God has a way of 'putting' you where He wants you to be. What is His answer?JoLeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01315565138207135629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2977044224939777967.post-20942860780136335922008-01-17T13:40:00.000-05:002008-01-17T13:40:00.000-05:00I don't think we would put "like our church" as a ...I don't think we would put "like our church" as a reason to stay. We like it enough but we aren't IN LOVE with it as we were in San Diego or in NoVa. We really like the pastor and ES really likes the kids' program but YS won't go and no one has come up and introduced themselves to us. We go, but we don't belong, if you know what I mean.<BR/><BR/>Oh and it isn't that we hate moving, it is just that the boys and I just did it. I don't think that affects Blunoz quite as much as us since he wasn't around for the packing or the unpacking. :-)<BR/><BR/>I know COLA should make up for the high cost of living here, but with two kids, it really doesn't. We are not socking away money like Corey predicted. Preschool and private school pretty much sucks that right back out of your pocket.<BR/><BR/>And no, I don't want to move back to NoVa either. I really want to move somewhere with a NORMAL cost of living. Va Beach or even Stratcom sounds good right about now. :-) Ha ha!!<BR/><BR/>But I am also afraid that my desire to move is just because I haven't finished adjusting to our new surroundings.<BR/><BR/>One Crazy Adventure said exactly what I said to Blunoz, go where the job is good. If he thinks the one here will be good, then let's do that. :-)Sageyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15237148177842028666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2977044224939777967.post-58827088894069028632008-01-17T09:46:00.000-05:002008-01-17T09:46:00.000-05:00Target, definitely Target.Seriously, I miss the we...Target, definitely Target.<BR/><BR/>Seriously, I miss the weather in Guam, but I do like being back to a somewhat normal life.<BR/><BR/>I always say go with the job that sounds the most interesting, challenging and career enhancing... but that's me.<BR/><BR/>Good luck.One Crazy Adventurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13028430121958609208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2977044224939777967.post-89895575333719660492008-01-17T07:51:00.000-05:002008-01-17T07:51:00.000-05:00Would you add "like our church" to your reasons to...Would you add "like our church" to your reasons to stay? Also, with the amount of COLA that you get combined with the plethora of Commissaries and exchanges, I don't think COLA should be on the negatives.<BR/><BR/>With that said, I think that you should move back to the mainland b/c that's what I think that you really want.<BR/><BR/>I miss the laid-backness of things. NoVA is too stressful right now with the economy and the fact that they just keep building new strip malls. It's insane. Hopefully things will be a bit slower in TN :-)divrchkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01349199765261739297noreply@blogger.com