Where Joe is such a bum he won't even write about his own accomplishments.

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We're moving to Denver!

Not tomorrow, not even next month, but early next year.... because Joe accepted a job! He'll be working for Whiting-Turner Contracting, the company he's currently working for and has been working for for 18 months, so THAT part's not so much a huge surprise. But now instead of working hourly he'll be salary, which means they can keep him even longer in the evening without further compensation! Ok, ok, we really are really excited - for many reasons! Let's list 'em off, because that's what we like to do (make lists, that is - keep up)

1. Denver is closer to Grand Junction AND Pueblo AND Texas, where my family (and Joe's sister) live. It is the same distance to Craig, where Joe's parents live, so no harm no foul. Plus, it's kind of a centralized Colorado locale so hopefully people will come to US instead! :)
2. Although salary does have its long days, it ALSO has its short days where you're getting paid whether or not you take a long lunch and then leave at 2 p.m. Plus, paid vacation!
3. Joe's salary will be considerably more than he makes hourly, for the same job with the same people in the same place at the same company. I'll just skip the part where I think "What?! That's ridiculous!" and go straight to "Thank goodness! It's about time."
4. Along with better wages, he now has the right to a company phone so sub-contractors can now leave his personal cell phone alone. Once again, skipping the "that's ridiculous" phase and moving right along....
5. Whiting-Turner is an expanding nation-wide company so we can move to another office if we so desire (they DO have offices in Texas and Virginia...)
6. Insurance!!! How I long to thrust my insurance card at the receptionist and say "Seeeee? No co-pay, sucka! And don't send me a bill!" That, in itself, may be better than the ACTUAL perks of having insurance....at least the first time.
7. Denver is where the airport is, so it cuts out the leg of the trip of actually getting to the airport whenever we fly!
8. Denver has more songs written about it than Fort Collins does.
9. Now that he's accepted a job we can house-hunt with confidence!
10. New insurance means new little ones - babies, that is! We're excited to expand our little brood wherever we live, and if it just so happens that we live in Denver and Joe works for a great company, that's GREAT.

So that's the big news! Not exactly from the horse's mouth because Mr. Ed isn't talking (or blogging), but at least from the horse's mate. That's all, folks!