Where in the World is Janelle?
Thursday, November 8th, 2007
You can probably guess by the title of this post that I’m not in Southern California anymore. No, I didn’t move . . . at least not yet. Let me explain. My husband USED to work for Wonderbread bakeries, and he WAS the chief engineer of a plant here in Southern California. Notice the use of the words “used to” and “was”. Past tense. That’s right . . . a few months ago Wonderbread decided to completely shut down all their Southern California bakeries/plants because they were just losing too much money. So, that left Don unemployed, while recooperating from his foot surgeries, no less.
There’s been some job offers that have come in for him, and one of them is for a bakery that is NOT in California, but out of the state. Don and I have talked about the possibility of moving if that’s where his new job took him, so yesterday this new bakery flew us in and put us up in a hotel for three days for Don to go through a formal interview process, as well as for us to check out the area, housing, schools, etc.
Of course I can easily tell you where I am, but I thought it would be much more fun for all of you to guess what city and state I’m in. Below, I’m going to give you some clues of where I am, and the person who guesses the closest will win a free autographed book of their choice from my backlist (I’ll post the winner on Sunday and let you all know where I am!). You only get one guess, so your first guess will be the one I’ll consider — so feel free to post about other things, since I’ll use that first guess of yours. If more than one person guesses exactly where I am, then I’ll draw a random winner from those people.
Remember, you need to post the city AND state where you think I am — and it’s not necessarily a big city!
1) This place is located in the beautiful Pacific Northwest.
2) Rain, rain, and more rain.
3) This place got its name because of the settlement’s proximity to a large body of water resulting from beaver dams.
4) This city is home to the world headquarters of Nike, Inc
5) Residents of this city/state are able to enjoy many outdoor activities with ski slopes and ocean beaches a little more than an hour away.
6) Ranked #3 city to live in by Frommers.
7) This city is recognized as the 2nd safest city in the Pacific Northwest.
You know I couldn’t make the facts so easy that everyone was able to guess where I’m at. Do your best, and post your answer below. I’ll try and check in today if I can!
