[AccessD] Move update

...not many better places to raise kids than the Blueridge 
...congratulations, JC :(

William

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From: "JWColby" <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com>
To: "'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'" 
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Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2006 10:37 AM
Subject: [AccessD] Move update


> Just an update for the list members.  If you remember, 6 or 8 months ago I
> was asking questions of list members re North Carolina.  Well, last week 
> we
> moved out of the house we were leasing, and drove down to Hudson, NC - our
> "official" home town now.
>
> <http://www.caldwellcochamber.org/main.asp>
> http://www.caldwellcochamber.org/main.asp
>
> <http://www.city-data.com/city/Hudson-North-Carolina.html>
> http://www.city-data.com/city/Hudson-North-Carolina.html
>
> Hickory is 13 miles away towards the south.
>
> <http://www.city-data.com/city/Hickory-North-Carolina.html>
> http://www.city-data.com/city/Hickory-North-Carolina.html
>
> We managed to find an awesome house - 3300 heated square feet, 1700 
> unheated
> (basement), 4 bedroom, 4 & 1/2 bathroom, with an office above the new 
> master
> bedroom, and a rec room in the basement, on 1 acre, for $260K. It's a 
> ranch
> built in 1990 with a huge master bed/bath/office extension added in 2000.
> The house is really beautiful, built by a builder for his daughter and so
> has all top quality materials and workmanship. It sits all by itself on a
> one lane road, about 1000 feet off of the "main road" (which isn't all 
> that
> busy either), so there is no traffic to speak of on our "driveway". Woods
> and fields on either side of the house, though there is a very nice (well
> kept) subdivision across the "road" (driveway) from us, we look at their
> back yards out across our front yard.  There are about 10 tiny springs 
> that
> run water down the back of my property creating a small creek, so my 5 
> year
> old son Robbie is down there every day building dams and looking for
> salamanders and crawdads.
>
> We are kind of "out in the country", with a couple of small towns within 
> two
> miles. There is a small convenience store / gas station (which sells gas 
> for
> $2.87 / gallon at the moment) just about a quarter mile up the main road.
> Two supermarkets and a CVS pharmacy about 2 miles away, and a huge Lowes
> hardware about 4 miles away. North about 8 miles is Lenoir which has all 
> the
> typical shopping. South about 13 miles is Hickory with even more shopping.
> 60 miles south is Charlotte, with the closest major airport.  We really 
> like
> being outside of town so this is a perfect match for us.
>
> We arrived Saturday morning (July 22nd), the truck with all out 
> possessions
> arrived Monday, and we almost killed ourselves getting it unloaded (with a
> lot of volunteer help - they refused payment!). My office is a mess but I 
> am
> slowly digging out. Lots to do still. We got a refrigerator last Tuesday,
> and had a sectional delivered Wed. We sold a lot of our furniture since
> Hickory is known as the furniture capital of the US and furniture is 
> really
> cheap down here.  So we then purchased a beautiful 60" round solid oak
> dining table with 6 chairs for an incredible price!
>
> I got internet on July 25th - cable - 3 mbit down, 256k up. Not as fast as 
> I
> am accustomed to but serviceable. I have tested remote access to my client
> DIS and it works.
>
> So basically, the move is done.  I am still running around getting 
> business
> done - drivers license, register car, getting business checking, DBA
> paperwork etc. but we are now home in Hudson.
>
> John W. Colby
> Colby Consulting
> www.ColbyConsulting.com
>
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