lol not really.. I'm warm blooded, I hate the cold, always did lol. When I was a kid, when we had snow, I often wore two pants over each other lol.. and no need to be jealous.. it's averaging 65 lately (colder at night/warmer during the day) and it's wet, wet, wet in the area where I live now lol.. (ok, if you're in town (Honolulu), then it's easily 75-80, we just made a tactical error last year when we bought this house and came from a more desert-like area here in HI (where it was easily 90F during the day, 95 inside the house lol)).
Oh well, I'm complaining now but at times I do miss my old country.. and since Ed and Julie left the islands, my wife and I have given moving out of HI also a lot of thought... things are considerably cheaper on the mainland, plus flying to Europe would be cheaper too, giving me more chances in seeing my family.
I totally agree, I know Ed's offer and it's too good to pass on, especially with the low cost of living on the mainland. If we were you guys we would've done the same. Funny enough what you are going for now was always my plan (still thinking about doing it), to have a home here and one in Europe (ok, you're in TN lol). We got one advantage on you guys though, we will not be without a home in HI if we sell this one (one of them is just in a 'wrong' area, down in Waipahu lol)