Ok,
This is my very first time posting to the board, although my wife (mammalee) has been posting for awhile now. I decided I wanted to throw a VERY WILD idea out here (in the spirit of adventure that jagger has been exalting lately), and just see if I get any bites.
First off -- my wife and I have always dreamed about living in Alaska. I know, I know -- most think it's crazy to live somewhere that is perpetually dark during the winter months -- but we kinda like the idea. My wife and I revel in this type of weather : 1. Cold (the colder the better) 2. Rain (we like lots of rain -- preferably over 40 inches a year)
And as for the scenery -- we love mountains, pine trees -- the classic Northwest type of scenery.
Ok -- now for some background. My wife and I lived in Portland, Oregon for the first 5 years of our marriage (we married a year out of high school and now have two children -- ages 3 and 2 and with another baby due in Sept!!
I am 25, she is 24.
Because I lost my job in Portland back in early 2003, we were forced to look elsewhere for employment. The problem was: I wanted to start my own business AND I wanted to live in the country. Portland is hard in both areas for young couples because entrepreneurship is rather discouraged in the liberal minded Portland area -- and living in the country is very expensive due to the Californians driving up the prices.
Anyhoo -- we wound up moving south to California in the Fall of 2003 (after nearly 6 months of unemployment) because we had some friends who lived in the Sierra Nevada mountains. They offered to let us stay with them in their double wide trailer until we got our feet on the ground.
With some major blessing from YHVH (The Lord) and with the support of our friends, we were able to start our own housecleaning business and find a single wide trailer not far from them which we rent.
Soooo -- we've been living here in the beautiful Sierra Nevada mountains for about 9 months. We commute about an hour west (down into the valley) where we clean houses in a town of about 70,000 people. We've been averaging about $2,000 a month which is not alot but it has at least helped make ends meet. We've also learned a ton about being self employed and running a business. We've been learning lots!!!
Ok -- now for the point of this message -- as much as we love living our dream of living in the country (can't get much more rural than the heart of the Sierra Nevada mountains) and owning our own business -- we still have that wild dream of living in Alaska. We don't care for the California heat too much and we soooooo miss the rain. Oh, how we miss the rain!!!
Soooo -- are there any Alaskans out there who might be willing to house a family of 5? That'd be me, my wife, my two children, and the baby that is coming in September. It'd be preferable if you lived close to a major city like Anchorage or Juneau. I figure if we could start a pretty prosperous housecleaning business in a town of 70,000 people, we should be able to start one in a city like Anchorage or even Juneau (both of which have a much higher population). If you would be willing to house us until we get a housecleaning business up and running, hopefully we could then save up enough money to find a rental out in the country somewhere nearby.
We'd also be willing to rent a small cottage that you may have on your rural property for cheap and possibly negotiate upping the rent payments once our business is up and running.
Ok, ok -- like I said I know it's a looooong shot but I figured I couldn't lose by merely asking and seeing if anyone was open to the suggestion.
My email is [email protected] or you can private message me here on the forum.
By the way -- we're not too strange or anything but we are Messianic Jews (combination of Jew and Christian) so this may factor in if you want to offer us a place to stay.
Ok -- I guess I'll see what kind of response this generates!
PappaLee
This is my very first time posting to the board, although my wife (mammalee) has been posting for awhile now. I decided I wanted to throw a VERY WILD idea out here (in the spirit of adventure that jagger has been exalting lately), and just see if I get any bites.
First off -- my wife and I have always dreamed about living in Alaska. I know, I know -- most think it's crazy to live somewhere that is perpetually dark during the winter months -- but we kinda like the idea. My wife and I revel in this type of weather : 1. Cold (the colder the better) 2. Rain (we like lots of rain -- preferably over 40 inches a year)
And as for the scenery -- we love mountains, pine trees -- the classic Northwest type of scenery.
Ok -- now for some background. My wife and I lived in Portland, Oregon for the first 5 years of our marriage (we married a year out of high school and now have two children -- ages 3 and 2 and with another baby due in Sept!!
I am 25, she is 24.Because I lost my job in Portland back in early 2003, we were forced to look elsewhere for employment. The problem was: I wanted to start my own business AND I wanted to live in the country. Portland is hard in both areas for young couples because entrepreneurship is rather discouraged in the liberal minded Portland area -- and living in the country is very expensive due to the Californians driving up the prices.
Anyhoo -- we wound up moving south to California in the Fall of 2003 (after nearly 6 months of unemployment) because we had some friends who lived in the Sierra Nevada mountains. They offered to let us stay with them in their double wide trailer until we got our feet on the ground.
With some major blessing from YHVH (The Lord) and with the support of our friends, we were able to start our own housecleaning business and find a single wide trailer not far from them which we rent.
Soooo -- we've been living here in the beautiful Sierra Nevada mountains for about 9 months. We commute about an hour west (down into the valley) where we clean houses in a town of about 70,000 people. We've been averaging about $2,000 a month which is not alot but it has at least helped make ends meet. We've also learned a ton about being self employed and running a business. We've been learning lots!!!
Ok -- now for the point of this message -- as much as we love living our dream of living in the country (can't get much more rural than the heart of the Sierra Nevada mountains) and owning our own business -- we still have that wild dream of living in Alaska. We don't care for the California heat too much and we soooooo miss the rain. Oh, how we miss the rain!!!
Soooo -- are there any Alaskans out there who might be willing to house a family of 5? That'd be me, my wife, my two children, and the baby that is coming in September. It'd be preferable if you lived close to a major city like Anchorage or Juneau. I figure if we could start a pretty prosperous housecleaning business in a town of 70,000 people, we should be able to start one in a city like Anchorage or even Juneau (both of which have a much higher population). If you would be willing to house us until we get a housecleaning business up and running, hopefully we could then save up enough money to find a rental out in the country somewhere nearby.
We'd also be willing to rent a small cottage that you may have on your rural property for cheap and possibly negotiate upping the rent payments once our business is up and running.
Ok, ok -- like I said I know it's a looooong shot but I figured I couldn't lose by merely asking and seeing if anyone was open to the suggestion.
My email is [email protected] or you can private message me here on the forum.
By the way -- we're not too strange or anything but we are Messianic Jews (combination of Jew and Christian) so this may factor in if you want to offer us a place to stay.
Ok -- I guess I'll see what kind of response this generates!
PappaLee
