On Moving Day-- Yuck!!-- Part 3

Places we've lived since getting married .

DES PLAINES, ILLINOIS-- apartment off Golf Road near Golf Mill. I moved in at the beginning of August and Liz later after we were married in Dekalb, Illinois. Lived here 1973-1974. I was working at the Bonanza Sirloin Pit in Buffalo Grove and Liz at General Finance Corporation in Evanston when we moved in. A few days before the wedding, I got a job teaching in Round Lake, Illinois, and made that drive every day. One year.


VERNON HILLS, ILLINOIS-- apartment off US-45 (1974-1975). Moved to be closer to Round Lake. Liz still working in Evanston. One year.


ROUND LAKE BEACH, ILLINOIS-- our first house (1975-1992). Liz got a job teaching in Round Lake as well, thanks to our builder. Bought a Fairfield home on an oversized lot for $33,000 with help from my parents with deposit. We went FHA and they really made us jump through the hoops to get the loan, something obviously not done by lenders the last several years. We had this house built for us. Seventeen years.

We got spoiled with our commutes which were only a few miles.


SPRING GROVE, ILLINOIS-- our second and present house (1992 to 2009)-- Round Lake was getting too large and congested, plus, needed more room. Wanted a house on the Chain of Lakes, but couldn't afford to build what we wanted by the water. Found a lot fitting our needs in a subdivision in Spring Grove and designed our house, based on different things we liked from other homes we'd seen. About a ten mile commute until we retired in 2006. Seventeen years. This November, we'll break the previous record for length.

Hopin' to Stay Put, But, With Taxes getting Out of Hand, I Don't Know. --RoadDog