Well, it's official, we are moving to the great state of Texas!
Hopefully this blog will help keep our friends and family in touch and apart of our adventures. We are excited and nervous. We are in the almost frantic search for a house to buy, if you know of any in the northern Dallas area.
There are quite a few differences even in housing in Texas from here. There aren't any basements, the water-table is too high. I wonder where everyone puts all of their junk! It seems like most of the houses are in a community with HOA fees and community pools. Fireplaces are in almost every house, I guess they are used in the winter? We are looking for a larger yard since you can grow stuff in the garden most of the year, YEAH! We are also looking for a one story, since we are scared about utilities from cooling the house from 106 degrees in the summer!
So far, we've looked into the schools and they look great! The ratings on them are very good and we are encouraged. My sister-in-law works for a school so they are probably great! The main difference is that we noticed that the schools are separated into Elementary which is K-4th, Intermediate 5th-6th, Middle School 7th-8th, then High school 9th-12th. That'll be strange! Hopefully everything will transistion well.
Doctors, Orthodontists, Dentists, Eye Doctors, Pharmacy's, Specialists and the list goes on. I'd love some advice from you guys that've moved some distance, I'm a newbie!
Until next time, Bye!
Melanie
My parents had a great ranch style home in Allen. They liked it there - it was a a little way away from Dallas - but they had some good schools. My little brother lives out in Sherman. They could probably give you some good ideas.
ReplyDeleteGood luck! Keep us updated on how everything is going!
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