moving – Naptime Chai http://thebenroecks.com Motherhood and adventure in the PNW! Sun, 07 Mar 2021 04:43:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.10 One Year in the PNW /post/2017/02/05/one-year-in-the-pnw/ /post/2017/02/05/one-year-in-the-pnw/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2017 11:46:26 +0000 /?p=7212 (I meant to write this post in October for our actual ‘one year anniversary’ of living in the PNW, but alas, somehow time flew by and it’s already February! How does this ‘where did the time go’ thing keep happening?!) … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2017/02/05/one-year-in-the-pnw/feed/ 8 Moving on up (2 miles north) /post/2016/10/13/moving-2/ /post/2016/10/13/moving-2/#comments Fri, 14 Oct 2016 04:58:38 +0000 /?p=6970 On Tuesday the packers came. On Wednesday the movers came. And today we woke up in our new (to us!) house. We had been at our last rental for 11 months and made a fairly quick decision to leave… for … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2016/10/13/moving-2/feed/ 6 Six Months /post/2016/04/14/six-months-in-seattle/ /post/2016/04/14/six-months-in-seattle/#comments Thu, 14 Apr 2016 13:09:06 +0000 /?p=6555 We’ve been in Seattle for exactly six months, and I honestly can’t believe it. On one hand I feel like we just left Chicago. On the other hand I feel like we lived in Chicago a lifetime ago. I guess … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2016/04/14/six-months-in-seattle/feed/ 4 How God Has Challenged Me /post/2016/03/14/gods-plan/ /post/2016/03/14/gods-plan/#comments Mon, 14 Mar 2016 12:53:08 +0000 /?p=6474 We moved to Seattle 5 months ago. Time has really, really flown. In some ways I feel like we just got here, and in some ways I feel like we’ve been here for quite some time. We’ve met some terrific people … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2016/03/14/gods-plan/feed/ 8 Chicago vs Seattle (First Impressions) /post/2016/02/10/chicago-vs-seattle/ /post/2016/02/10/chicago-vs-seattle/#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2016 13:32:30 +0000 /?p=6309 When we announced that we were moving from Chicago (where Tim and I are both originally from) to Seattle, everyone asked us if we were sure we wanted to move because the weather in the PNW is so terrible in in … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2016/02/10/chicago-vs-seattle/feed/ 26 When Home Isn’t Home /post/2016/01/05/when-home-isnt-home/ /post/2016/01/05/when-home-isnt-home/#comments Tue, 05 Jan 2016 13:20:52 +0000 /?p=6172 It was strange traveling to Chicago for the holidays. Chicago is where I’m from. I spent over 20 years of my life there – about 15 years in the suburbs and another 7 years downtown. Tim was born and raised … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2016/01/05/when-home-isnt-home/feed/ 20 First impressions of Seattle – one week in. /post/2015/10/21/first-week-in-seattle/ /post/2015/10/21/first-week-in-seattle/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2015 04:29:19 +0000 /?p=5965 I cannot even believe that it’s been a week since we’ve arrived in Seattle. Time has flown by and I wanted to share some highlights and lowlights and general first impressions of our time here thus far. We were told that it … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2015/10/21/first-week-in-seattle/feed/ 31 We’re officially in our new ‘home’ /post/2015/10/14/new-home/ /post/2015/10/14/new-home/#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2015 03:05:59 +0000 /?p=5950 Hello from Seattle! Today was a day filled with every emotion in the book and I’m so glad that we’re finally here and settled in the PNW. Let me tell you, moving across the country (well, halfway across the country, … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2015/10/14/new-home/feed/ 18 Last times and saying goodbye /post/2015/10/09/goodbye/ /post/2015/10/09/goodbye/#comments Sat, 10 Oct 2015 02:56:26 +0000 /?p=5946 As I’ve previously mentioned, Tim and I have lived in Chicago for practically our entire lives, and it’s more than a bit strange to be leaving our long-time home for a brand new home! It feels weird to say goodbye … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2015/10/09/goodbye/feed/ 12 Our family is moving to Seattle! /post/2015/10/05/moving-to-seattle/ /post/2015/10/05/moving-to-seattle/#comments Tue, 06 Oct 2015 01:13:59 +0000 /?p=5940 Well I’ve been putting off this ‘announcement’ for a bit of time until it became official, official (meaning that the paperwork had been signed and our families had been informed and the dates had been set…) But all of that … Continue reading →

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