Work/Life Balance

August 28, 2022September 30, 2022 / Tim Burns / Leave a comment

Well, I have left the wonderful Omni Mount Washington Hotel. I will miss the grand old hotel and the people I worked with. My work /life balance was way off. Working 45 hours a week does not leave much time for much else. I commuted every day through Crawford Notch. A beautiful drive, but that tacked 40 minutes on my work day on both sides of my workday. That was on a clear day, add in snow and it has taken me two hours to get home.

I start my new job on August 29th. 1.1 miles door to door. Hopefully Marylynn and I will have more time to do the things we move to New Hampshire to do. Fingers crossed.

New Year 2022

January 1, 2022September 30, 2022 / Tim Burns / Leave a comment

So it’s the first day of 2022. Here I sit in the gorgeous New England location of Bretton Woods. It’s kind of dreary the mountains are socked in with fog and clouds. But I know brighter days are coming tomorrow night supposed to drop down to the single digits believe it or not I enjoy this weather.

Our new house

March 12, 2021April 12, 2022 / Tim Burns / Leave a comment

Did I pick this location for the outdoor scenery or the beer?

October 21, 2020March 29, 2022 / Tim Burns / Leave a comment

Marylynn and I chose the White Mountain area of New Hampshire because of how beautiful it is and how we like the great outdoors. Fishing skiing, hiking, and kayaking are all great things to do. Little did I know I chose a beer heaven. Three breweries within 20 minutes of the house. There are many more great breweries throughout the whole state of New Hampshire, Maine, and Vermont, all very close. Most places that sell beer, which is everywhere, sell all the local beer. We could have easily chosen this place for the beer alone.

3-minute walk

10-minute drive

20-minute drive.

The New Job

October 6, 2020January 26, 2022 / Tim Burns / Leave a comment

The original plan when we moved to New Hampshire was for me to become an outdoor / fishing guide. Well of course like everything else this year covid has got in the way.

A friend of mine and former coworker from my days at the Millburn Police Department offered me a job in the loss prevention department of the Omni Mount Washington Resort. I start today.

Renting for now

September 30, 2020January 26, 2022 / Tim Burns / Leave a comment

The real estate market here in New Hampshire is crazy. So we found this nice rental will stay here for a while.

New Hampshire, our new home and adventure! “Live Free or Die.”

September 25, 2020January 26, 2022 / Tim Burns / Leave a comment

The new adventure begins. We have moved to New Hampshire. This has been our plan for quite a while, but COVID accelerated the plan. When more and more of our summer vacation plans or canceled by travel restrictions and such, we decided to cancel. We called the real estate agent to give us an idea of what we needed to do to sell our house in New Jersey. Probably 6 to 12 months earlier than we had originally planned. Lo and behold our house sold in 36 hours.

Now to find a place to live in a dream location. The White Mountains of New Hampshire. With what began as a panic search for a new home or rental. Luck had it that we found a great place to rent for now, in Intervale New Hampshire.