Afton Duenow:  

Life After 9 years in WI, spring of 2006 found us on the move again. When we settled near Madison I thought, mistakenly it would seem, that we finally had roots. 20 years as a Marine wife and 14 moves was quite enough for me, thank you very much. My husband received word that his job was disappearing in 10 months, so he started the old job search once again. We never imagined that search would last a mere 24 hours. The only hitch was that we would have to relocate still again. The weekend before Labor Day my husband loaded up a vehicle and headed east to start his new job and begin the search for a house. Our older son assisted me in packing up our household. A mere 25,000 pounds later and we were on our way east! We are now settled in Fredericksburg, VA. Or, if you want to be more specific, Massaponax. My husband enjoys his job here more than he did working in WI; he's working with Marines again as a consultant for a private company that does subcontract work for the government. Though traffic in the D.C. area is notoriously horrendous, he only has a 15 mile commute. I got a job working for SuperTarget until something better c...Expand for more