movin on up...

I think pretty much everyone who reads this already knows, but I'll say it again. We are moving!!!! Iffy took a job at Bandelier National Monument.

Here are a list of things, in no particular order, that I am pretty damn excited about:

• The Art Center at Fuller Lodge. They appear to have no stained glass artists represented. They need one. I am her.


• The YMCA in Los Alamos. They have free child care while you exercise. Can you say INCENTIVE to get my ass in gear? Rowing machines and yoga, here I come!


• An awesome swimming pool.


• An ice rink, outdoor, so only functional in ice rink conducive months, but still...


• No Walmart in Los Alamos


• There is a Starbucks and other various coffe shop type places.


• We will be 90 miles from our cabin


• The schools are great!! There are 4 elementary schools, three are rated 10/10, one is 9/10.


• Santa Fe is only 40 miles away and it's got good grocery stores, museums, an airport etc etc...


• Albuquerque is only 100 miles and it's got everything, plus friends!


• We can take our kids to a pediatrician that is 12 miles away, not 230 miles.


• We will no longer burn a whole day going grocery shopping. Seriously. A trip to the grocery store should be a hour long event, not an all day affair.


• There is an Indian grocery store in Santa Fe


• There is a Mediterranean restaraunt in Los Alamos, and probably more varieties as well

and many more.

The housing situation worked out well too. We will be getting a two bedroom with a "den" Not quite sure what that will look like, but at least there is a little extra room. There will be a shed outside for the garage stuff, and the rent is affordable. It will be only about 2/3 the size of the house we are in now, but we can work with it. It's a good move and well worth the downsized housing.

p.s while I was writing this Iffy just got off the phone with a woman who wants to buy the RV!!