Things we like here and things we miss since the move:
1. well, we no longer live off exit 7. actually, i have no clue what exit number we live off here bc people don't seem to use exit numbers when discussing places. maybe i should bring that in. or maybe it won't catch on bc there are so many loopdy-loo interstates running through this area. anyway, i still haven't figured out how to tell people where we live.
2. churches on every corner here. almost literally. and full parking lots. so that's a bit different from the city. and people are really friendly here. much slower pace. shorter work hours. shorter commutes. so i guess folks have more time to be involved with a church. we are looking forward to choosing a church, but have only visited three thus far.
3. more $$ in the wallet? we seem to be spending less bc the stores are so far away that no one wants to get out to shop. as my mom put it when she was visiting us, "Going to Home Depot is like driving to Bald Knob. . . it takes 15 minutes to get there." so now we have to make calculated trips out to shop on weekends. especially with three kids in tow--we plan out our route of stores and try to get all the shopping done in one day. for those who never visited us in Atlanta, we had every restaurant and store in our community, most places within three miles of our house. and granted, i hate to commute for any reason. of course, the lack of fine dining nearby means our waistelines may shrink as our wallets expand. no more beating the heat by taking the kids for a stroll at the mall after work and ending the night with takeout dessert from cheesecake factory.
4. beautiful scenery. they haven't built out every rolling hill here so when we are out on our commute to shop we are surrounded by lovely rolling hills. spence comments everytime we are out. he loves the "mountains"
5. no pools. neighborhoods don't have pools here. seems most families join a YMCA. and the YMCAs are everywhere, kinda like the churches. we haven't joined one but if we do they have daycare facilities and activities for the kids while the parents workout.
6. this one would kill some of you: no SuperTarget. haven't seen one yet. but we do have the reverse: a Walmart grocery store--just a grocery store, like Kroger and unlike Target.
7. zero traffic here. zero. (at least none for any of the places i need to drive. J hit some on an interstate commute.)
8. loads of people our age here. with kids. loads. at the churches. at the YMCAs. at Target.
9. no Monica Kaufman Pearson here. instead we get Sticks N Stuff commercials. both are equally bad though. and our eldest son is picking up a nasty drawl. we are working to correct it, but i'm fairly certain it is from watching the local news and advertisements.
10. no Mike Vick. Pacman instead. isn't that a wash?
2 comments:
i love you, marsha! this is so funny and interesting for me to read. being a nashville native, it is neat to read about the city from your perspective. because to me, compared to how it used to be, nashville is so busy, fast-paced and the traffic is HORRIBLE. and to me, where we live is unbelievably convenient to everything.
i am so glad you didn't move to nolensville. girl, you would be losing your mind out there!!
i think we're well enough to play now, so give us a call when you're ready!
Love your updates. Glad to hear that you are settling in. Much quicker than we have here. The kids are adorable as always and growing fast. Wow the baby is getting so big! He looks like Jeremy and Spencer. So now Jeremy will have two mini me's.
Have you guys heard from the Thomas family? I'm getting worried that they fell in head first into the diaper pile and can't get out
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