Yep, I accepted the offer at the company I interviewed with in January (Hillsboro) and my husband just accepted an offer with another company with an office in Beaverton.

OMG - we are moving to the PNW!!!

We are both super crazy excited. I'm still a bit wary of the weather (and now the cost of housing! ), but I think we'll be happy there. So far, the things I've learned about the place appear to be positive enough to out-weigh any rain blues I might have! Plus, if we hate it, we can always move, right?

We gave start dates of March 10th. So in the next 5 weeks (from today!), we have to sell our house, pack all our stuff, find a place to live in Portland, quit our jobs, and drive 2 cars, 4 bikes, 2 dogs and a cat across the country in the dead of winter (oh joy!). I'm alternating between freaking out, being sad, and being ready to jump out of my skin on a daily basis!

(we need a 'pulling out my hair' smilie!)

So...any recommendations on the best places to live? We want a small house (1200-1600 sf) on a little bit of land (3-5 acres). We will obviously likely be west of the city based on our job locations. Will we find anything that won't make us totally 'house poor'? We are coming from Greensboro, NC where housing is VERY affordable, so I'm afraid we'll die of sticker shock. (I've been scanning realtor.com occasionally).