Heads Carolina, tails California
Somewhere greener, somewhere warmer
Up in the mountains, down by the ocean
Where don't matter long as we're goin'
Somewhere together, I got a quarter
Heads Carolina, tails California
Josh started working with KPMG five years ago last month. He began his career in Orange County, CA. Charlotte was born a couple weeks after he started and we went on to having the best year of my life. Yes, it truly was heaven. When Charlotte was about 15/16 months old, we moved across the country to Charlotte, NC and Josh transferred to PwC. We purchased our first home and life was taking some getting used to. I made some great friends in Charlotte, but I just seemed to have a bad attitude and missed the west. Around a year and a half later, Josh wanted to get out of Accounting and into a more finance role. The Charlotte office did not have the department Josh wanted to work with, and that is when we made the move to Atlanta.
We have really enjoyed living in Atlanta. We live in a great area, super convenient to EVERYTHING, there is a lot to do, airline flights are really affordable, pro sports teams, five minutes from the Temple, great weather, we really couldn't ask for more. But we have never really felt that this would be our forever home.
As Josh's career has hit five years, the plan was always to leave the Big 4 and work elsewhere. The five-year-plan. We thought about the Atlanta suburbs, but something kept pulling us back to Charlotte. While we lived in NC, we really fell in love with the town across the state border. Fort Mill, SC. There is a financial services (name held for privacy) company that just opened a campus there and we had talked for months about how cool it would be to work and live in the same city. Fort Mill has amazing schools, which was another big draw for us. It's a small city and really family-friendly. Josh applied, interviewed and accepted a job with the financial services company all within a few weeks. It was a whirlwind. We had just sold our house in Charlotte (which we have been renting for the last two years) and were ready to purchase a new home. Fortunately, when we were living in the area the first time, I became very familiar with the different neighborhoods. We have been sneaking up to SC a lot (sometimes just me) house hunting, meeting with our amazing realtor, Alison, doing walk-throughs, etc. Last week we were able to close on our house and we couldn't be more thrilled!! Our new house is like 3.5 miles from Josh's office. We will be living in Tega Cay, SC. This is how close it is to our last home: I'll be using the same Walmart, Post Office, in the same church stake, we are only ten minutes from our last house, just in another state. And we will have Carowinds again!! Charlotte is more than excited to play at the amusement park!! It will be great being right outside a big city, with all the perks that come from that, but in the suburbs. We really will get the best of the Carolinas!
So we have made a big decision to settle down in the South. If you would have told me this after my church mission to Tennessee, I would have laughed. Even if you told me when I moved to Charlotte, the first time, that I'd live in the area forever, I'd roll my eyes. But it just seems right. I have really come to appreciate the south. I take a lot of pride in me and Josh living in an unpredictable area. I thought I would live in Orange County my entire life, and I will say I can still picture a life in the West ;) But living on our own has really strengthened our marriage, family and has really helped me become more independent. I really am looking forward to setting down some roots, not moving (maybe ever again?), and starting this next stage of life. And if you're ever passing through, please let me know!!
Here are some highlight photos of the house. I am no professional photographer, so sorry for the horrible editing jobs.
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| Butler's Pantry |
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| Master Bathroom |
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