You’ve been offered a promotion

You’ve finally assembled a list of reliable child caregivers that live within

 walking distance of your house

Your children finally admit that they like their present school

Your children aren’t pining for their friends in the ‘old’ neighborhood

The entire family finally knows their postal code

Your spouse knows both first and last names of the neighbors on either side

You find that when you go shopping, you bump into people that you actually know

At least one child is in the middle of complicated and expensive orthodontia

You’ve finally remodeled and redecorated the entire house

The asparagus plants, which take three years to mature, are ready for harvesting

Your teenage daughter has found that special boyfriend, 

the one she knows she will be absolutely unable to live without

My thanks to Connie Bowers for the above comments 

(as they appear in my book)

You’ve just bought a house

You’re husband gets promoted

You’ve just made good friends that you really feel comfortable with

You can finally find your way around the nearest town/city

Your flower garden is finally ‘picture perfect’ after years of loving labor

Your husband uses ‘that tone’ to tell you he has a surprise for you

You just bought that ‘once in a lifetime’ boat

 (and now you are going to move inland)

You just start to feel like you are sprouting little roots

CE has finally made all those repairs to your PMQ, 

and you can live without stepping over another worker

You’ve finally managed to buy curtains that fit all the windows, 

and splurged on a wall-to-wall carpet for the living room of your PMQ

You just got the yard fenced in

You just purchased that ‘second car’ after months of ‘Should I or shouldn’t I’

You’ve just paid for next year’s registration for junior’s hockey

 and missy’s ballet lessons

You’re eight months pregnant

Hubby calls during his six month UN tour and says ‘guess what’

You finally gave in to the kids’ pleading and bought a dog

You really start to appreciate your surroundings and have become interested

 in learning as much as you can about the local area

You’re right in the middle of furthering your education at night school

Your finances are all in order and you’ve just purchased that much-needed new car 

(now you have to give up your job and move to a higher rent area)

You broke your leg and will be in a cast for 6-8 weeks

You just bought a freezer full of beef

The kids have just completed decorating their own ‘space’ to suit their tastes and have declared

 “Mom, I really like it here now.”

The kids have finally established themselves with a good circle of friends and are

 no longer whining, “I have no one to play with!”

You start to think that maybe, just maybe, the career manager will ‘forget’ 

about hubby and leave him here forever

The thought starts creeping into your sub-conscious that you’ve had your fill of moving

You’ve finally learned your job well, and feel comfortable and competent in what you are doing

You’ve just ordered $100 worth of tulip bulbs for fall planting

Your husband just finished building that storage shed to house the kids’ bikes, lawn mower, etc

You just moved in to a single PMQ after waiting and waiting

You’ve finally been able to plan that one special holiday – without the kids

You’re scheduled for surgery

The career manager has just told hubby that you’ll be staying put for another year

You’ve finally established a regular clientele for your part-time home based business

You’ve only one more year to go before retirement

Your kids are well established in their final years of schooling

You’ve just accepted 101 orders for that special craft item that you make 

that is selling so well

You’ve reached the stage where you are confident in the doctor you have chosen – 

that he really understands your problems

You’ve gone through 20 babysitters looking for the ‘right one’ and have finally found her

You’ve joined the base community council to help your fellow neighbors…… 
 

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