Your sibs are wrong. The strip malls are contained to a couple roads, with the rest being residential. Go a mile south and the road goes through open fields with really great views of mountains. Go two miles north and you get a picturesque section of town with little boutiques and things. Go a mile west and you're at the foothills. Go a mile east and you can see to Kansas.
I love it here, especially when the trees are green, or there's snow.
You can start mailing me things! Remember to send them by USPS since they'll get left inside.
You know, it could well be cheaper to fly with gas as high as it is. Your problem's the stuff, and then it's probably not as easy to find an afforable car as all that.
Yep, I plan to do that. I'm thinking tonight I'll load up the car with boxes and just mail them a few at a time over the week.
I'm worried about the gas prices. It's true, it would be cheaper to just fly out...even after mailing stuff. But I dunno how that'd work with the cats, plus I couldn't really sell the van that fast, plus I'd still need a car, and without a job, I'd be hesitant to buy anything, even if I do have enough for at least a good downpayment. It's all so confusing, though!
LOL...
ecurbh and I have been all stressed out about this trip, and we've been very busy making arrangements... So he's getting ready for work and goes to trim his beard and had it set too short! setting 1 instead of setting 4... He took a big swipe out of his moustache before he realized it, and now has had to trim his whole beard short to match it... It's just a glorified 5 O'clock shadow now, the closest I've ever seen him to beardless. ;~D