I get asked a lot, "How are you settling in?" That's a difficult question to answer because settling in involves many things. It's a multi-faceted process. Moving as drastically as we have involves literally starting over in all areas. New everythings - streets, neighborhoods, parks, church, gym, doctors, dentists, haircutters, you name it, it's probably new. So as I begin to fill in...Read More

Growing up in my family, my parents were great about taking huge family vacations. We traveled to all lower 48 states plus Alaska, Canada and Europe. One reason we did this is because when my mom was growing up, she traveled only one place and that was to her grandparents' house, the Farm. And that's the only place she traveled. She had big...Read More