We made it!

I know, I know, its been a while since I updated the blog but it's been hectic! One word of advice when moving across the country with a 9 month old, a cat, and a dog, DON'T DO IT! I recommend anyone traveling with this type of group to either fly or do not move at all lol. The worst part was the minimal amount of hotels from Florida to Texas that allow pets (mostly motel types). Sneaking in a cat and a dog that tends to bark at the sound of a pin dropping is not ideal when you have a little baby as well. I was hoping this trip would be like a fun road trip but we could not really leave the pets at the hotel in fear of them getting caught and it was too much to sight-see with all three of them. There's not very many places to go with pets and a baby if you are not familiar with a city. This being said, we ended up only making two of our three scheduled stops and got into Dallas a day early.

We love our new home in Frisco and love the area. EVERYTHING is within 10 minutes from us. Not to mention everything really is bigger in Texas. Our grocery store is so big it even sells furniture and decorative stuff!!

Well, that's it for now. I am posting some pics until I blog again......

Ode to Florida-The Good, the Bad, AND the Ugly

ITS MOVING DAY!!! Today the movers (consisting of three guys), Rob, Loren (who spent the night and woke up with Chase--she was so excited), and KP came to help move all our stuff out. Since we were pretty neurotic (or I should say I AM neurotic since everytime I have moved stuff, something has gotten ruined) and pre-packed/moved everything down to the first floor and already had majority of the stuff wrapped that needed to be, it took about 2 1/2 - 3 hours for 6 guys to move everything out of our house. They were so fast and that truck was packed to the roof!! It was so weird to see our three story townhome empty but it was so exciting to drive away from it finally considering we have wanted to move forever! Tomorrow is our last day in Florida and then we make our journey back to Texas (first family road trip---we will see how Chase handles that!)...our itenerary is as follows: First stop Tallahassee, then New Orleans and finally Shreveport! WHOO HOOO!!! I will post another entry once the EAGLE has landed!! Stay tuned...

I did have some final words about the place we have called home over the past 6 years:

OH Florida, I won't miss your extremely humid weather.
I won't miss your insanely rude people...most of which aren't even from south florida.
I won't miss people in the service industry (including all restaurant servers, people who work in retail, etc.) whom think anything they do is going out of there way. Most of which don't even say "hi, how are you, can I help you, or thank you"
I won't miss the totally awful drivers. I don't think anyone takes drivers ed. No one knows anything about right of way and when an ambulance comes, its literally like ants scattering around!
I won't miss the lack of zoning and the super inflated home prices. Hence, our townhome.
I won't miss the unhealthy food choices. Moving to Florida definitely makes you gain your freshman 15!

What I will miss is being able to go to the beach at the drop of a hat. Nothing is more relaxing than going to the beach or eating lunch or dinner whenever you feel like it. Its like your on Vacation 24-7.
I will miss South Beach and West Palm Beach. It was fun whenever we ventured out that way.
I will miss all the fun outdoor stuff to do. There's all kinds of neat things to see.
And lastly, I will miss all the wonderful friends we have made, some from Texas, one from Tennessee (and she knows who she is), some from the Northeast, and a Virginian (our mountain man) and not to mention those native floridians (there's not very many of them here--they are like Dinosaurs).