When my husband, Joe and I had to short-sale our home it gave us an opportunity to re-evaluate our life goals. Packing to move brought many discoveries of forgotten ideas and plans that we put on hold to raise our three daughters. We had been married for seventeen years and were curious about moving out of California. We had always talked about moving to Oregon so I got started on the research. Two months later, Joe and I drove up to visit Eugene because it seemed to be the right fit for our family. After our visit, we came home with a plan to move in seven months. We had to close down Joe’s plumbing business and set up a detailed goal chart for the rest of the months. We started to downsize and sell things to raise money for the move. I started