fsc and reprehensor-- The Adventure Begins!

[fudge stripe cookays]

So some of you know that after 37 years, I am finally leaving Texas for colder climes.

We WERE going to head for Alberta, but the cost of real estate and the cost of living there has gotten outrageous the last few years, so we decided to compromise on Wisconsin.

This way:
1. I won't have to deal with the unadulterated HELL of constant 100 degree Texan summers!
2. I can finish my genealogy book, where most of the places I need to research and cousins I need to visit are in Wisconsin or neighboring states!
3. I can vote for Russ Feingold!

We depart today for Milwaukee, where I start my new job on Monday! :D First night in Little Rock, then St. Louis. Saturday we should pull into town in the evening sometime. I found a cute little place near Wauwatosa.

reprehensor is staying up for a couple days to help me get settled in and help the pets acclimate while I'm at work, then he's heading home to try to sell our house. We'll be living apart for awhile-- hopefully not TOO long. Our realtor was REALLY impressed with all the improvements I've made to the house. Wish us luck!

:hi:
I'll try to check in from the road.
fsc

[PeaceNikki]

1. Have a safe journey!

:hi:

[fudge stripe cookays]

2. Thanks!

Hope to see ya when I get there!

:D

[PeaceNikki]

9. Be forewarned. The skeeters are our new overloads.

:scared:

[fudge stripe cookays]

12. Ah, the official Wisconsin state bird.

Those little bastards have nothing on fire ants. I can DEAL with mosquitoes.

[fudge stripe cookays]

3. Molly is enjoying what will turn out to be...

the last of the Gecko-vision she gets to see.

She loves to sit on the side of our jacuzzi tub in the master bath and watch all the geckos on the window who come there to eat the moths attracted to the light.

She is going to be SO pissed.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

4. best of luck.

:toast:

[fudge stripe cookays]

5. Thanks hun.

That means a lot coming from you.

:hug:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

6. sorry you have to do without reprehensor. hope the house sells quickly

:)

[fudge stripe cookays]

13. Thanks!

All that HGTV watching as made me a force to be reckoned with in the house staging department. I've got my fingers crossed!

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

7. Best of luck - I envy you!!

We're trying to get out of Dallas ourselves, but it'll be a while. Godspeed!

[fudge stripe cookays]

16. And you were so excited about moving there!

Don't worry. You'll make it.

[DarkTirade]

8. Good luck

I know all about dealing with an uncomfortably hot climate. I think you tend to get higher temperatures over there than we do, but we've got ocean on both sides so we probably have worse humidity. :)

[fudge stripe cookays]

17. I don't know...

our humidity has been over 75% for awhile....hell if you're gardening and it's also 100 degrees!

[DarkTirade]

20. Maybe you do have us beat then.

I think you guys get about as many hurricanes there as we do too. :)

[1gobluedem]

10. Good luck!

My brother and sister in law live in Milwaukee and I have cousins in Wauwatosa and New Berlin. Maybe we can meet one of the times I'm there visiting....:hi:

[fudge stripe cookays]

18. Hopefully!

Those Wisconsinites are a social bunch, I've heard!

[tigereye]

11. wishing you both well!

happy adventures in Wisconsin to you!

:hug:

[fudge stripe cookays]

19. Thanks T!

Not just Wisconsin. Think of all the states that are so close (compared to Texas, anyway, where it takes you a day or 2 just to leave the state!) :D

[Gormy Cuss]

14. Best of luck, my genie bud.

Sounds like a GREAT move for you two.
:hi:

[fudge stripe cookays]

15. Thanks, eh?

Hey! Who's the guy on the bike? :D

[Richardo]

21. Drive safely, and congratulations on your move!

But I'm losing two DU Texas buddies :cry:

[fudge stripe cookays]

22. We're losing more than that!

:cry:

[yellowdogintexas]

26. good luck, we will miss you. But we will always have DU.

oh yeah when you buy a house in Wisconsin, take option 2 on your property taxes, just trust me.

[fudge stripe cookays]

29. Option 2, check!

Thanks for the tip!

I told reprehensor that NOW he can't escape from buying me the little craftsman bungalow I"ve always wanted. :woohoo:

[redqueen]

23. Aw you lucky!

:hi:

Good luck! And congrats! :toast:

[Bunny]

24. Congrats!

:woohoo:

I hope you like the Great White North. They've got a lot of cheese up there, I hear.

[fudge stripe cookays]

28. As it should be!

I've been eating cheese my whole life just to practice! :9

[SarahB]

25. Good luck in your adventures.

:toast:

[derby378]

27. ginbarn and I miss you already!

We actually talked about taking you two out for one last authentic Tex-Mex meal, but I guess it wasn't meant to be.

If the two of you come back to Texas, however, please give us a heads-up.

Best to both of you! :hug:

[fudge stripe cookays]

30. We SERIOUSLY wanted to have a DU outing before we left...

but EVERY SINGLE DAY we have been working our butts off getting the house ready, to the point where we can't move at night we're so exhausted.

Al is coming back, at least for a couple months to get the house sold. If it takes awhile, there will be weekend flights back and forth. There's still a chance!

:D

Miss ya'll too.