Moving – Signe Kopps

Like Johnny Cash, we’ve been everywhere

We’ve been to: Florence, Gaston, Forest Grove, Yamhill Vernonia, Damascus, Gresham, West Linn, Hillsboro, Yachats, Aurora, North Plains, Sisters, Milwaukie, Cottage Grove, Lebanon, Oregon City, Canby, Corbett, Redmond. We’ve been everywhere. It’s about time to slip on a pair of red shoes, click my heels and proclaim there’s no place like home.

Finding the next home

Finding that next home is not as easy as I thought it would be. I was smart; I researched properties carefully using Zillow, compiled a list that took us to areas within a 30-mile distance to Portland, and off we went. It’s been a wild chase. We’ve learned that a gentle slope means a steepContinue reading “Finding the next home”

Leaving it all behind

The kids have flown to their own lives, we want to live leaner, and now it’s time to let go of our beautiful big house that has sheltered us so well for 20 years. The new dream house is a place in the country with a little land around it, no more than an hour’sContinue reading “Leaving it all behind”