Settled into new environment

ThatTWoman wrote:

It's quite a "culture shock" moving from
a city of 200,000 to one of 16,000.

Try from suburban New Joisey to a village of 832! Culture shock is
heavenly S

--
Walking (but mostly biking!) on . . .
Laurie in Maine
207/110 60 inches of attitude!
Start: 2/02 Maintained since 2/03

ThatTWoman wrote:

It's quite a "culture shock" moving from
a city of 200,000 to one of 16,000.

Try from suburban New Joisey to a village of 832! Culture shock is
heavenly S

--
Walking (but mostly biking!) on . . .
Laurie in Maine
207/110 60 inches of attitude!
Start: 2/02 Maintained since 2/03

ThatTWoman wrote:

It's quite a "culture shock" moving from
a city of 200,000 to one of 16,000.

Try from suburban New Joisey to a village of 832! Culture shock is
heavenly S

--
Walking (but mostly biking!) on . . .
Laurie in Maine
207/110 60 inches of attitude!
Start: 2/02 Maintained since 2/03

"SnugBear" wrote in message
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ThatTWoman wrote:

Well, we finally got internet service at our new home/town and I can
post to the group again.
snip
I've pretty much emptied all the boxes that aren't my DH's books and
other stuff. That's for him to deal with. I guess Monday, I'll start
looking for a job. There hasn't been anything listed in the paper
that I'd want to do, though. I really don't want to have to commute
out of town but I may have to. I'm starting to slip into a major
depression here, I'm afraid and I really don't know what to do. I'm
determined that I **won't** medicate myself with food though.

Tonia (formerly of Lubbock and now between Del Rio, San Antonio and a
hot place)
221/180/130


Hi Tonia! We missed you.

You don't have to do everything at once!!! We moved to Maine not knowing
a soul, just minded our own business getting settled and one by one, the
neighbors came up the driveway to introduce themselves. This is *not*
the rep generally ascribed to Mainers.

I know you must be happy to be cooking your own food again. Take care of
yourself and DH. The rest will happen.

Drink more water s Welcome home.


--
Walking (but mostly biking!) on . . .
Laurie in Maine
207/110 60 inches of attitude!
Start: 2/02 Maintained since 2/03

Thanks Laurie. I'm glad to be back!

You know Texas has the rep of being friendly but you couldn't prove it by
me! We've met the neighbors on either side of us because we went up to them
when they were outside and introduced ourselves. I suppose that if we can
figure out what activities (besides hanging out in bars and drinking) people
age 40-60 actually participate in here, we'll make friends. We just got
back from a potluck dinner/dance and except for one couple about our age
whose son was sitting in with the band, we were the youngest people there,
most were in their 70s. It's been like that with everything we've done here
so far. I know there has to be something that middle aged people do here,
besides sit in front of the TV. I've suggested to DH that he invite someone
(and their spouse) who's teaching at his school to a casual dinner once we
get some dining room chairs but he didn't seem to care for the idea. I
told him that it didn't have to be elaborate or expensive for us. I think
maybe salmon or seasoned catfish fillets, saffron brown rice, steamed green
beans and salad would be a good dinner to serve company. We have to get the
chairs first. Right now we've been using folding chairs that came with a
card table we used to use as our dinner table. Actually, in the old house
the "dining area" was so small and cramped that we always ate on tray in
front of the TV.

I do need to remember to drink more water. We can drink the tap water here
where we couldn't in Lubbock. The last couple of days though it's tasted
like there's been too much chlorine put in it. Oh well, it's always
something.

Tonia

"SnugBear" wrote in message
.4...
ThatTWoman wrote:

Well, we finally got internet service at our new home/town and I can
post to the group again.
snip
I've pretty much emptied all the boxes that aren't my DH's books and
other stuff. That's for him to deal with. I guess Monday, I'll start
looking for a job. There hasn't been anything listed in the paper
that I'd want to do, though. I really don't want to have to commute
out of town but I may have to. I'm starting to slip into a major
depression here, I'm afraid and I really don't know what to do. I'm
determined that I **won't** medicate myself with food though.

Tonia (formerly of Lubbock and now between Del Rio, San Antonio and a
hot place)
221/180/130


Hi Tonia! We missed you.

You don't have to do everything at once!!! We moved to Maine not knowing
a soul, just minded our own business getting settled and one by one, the
neighbors came up the driveway to introduce themselves. This is *not*
the rep generally ascribed to Mainers.

I know you must be happy to be cooking your own food again. Take care of
yourself and DH. The rest will happen.

Drink more water s Welcome home.


--
Walking (but mostly biking!) on . . .
Laurie in Maine
207/110 60 inches of attitude!
Start: 2/02 Maintained since 2/03

Thanks Laurie. I'm glad to be back!

You know Texas has the rep of being friendly but you couldn't prove it by
me! We've met the neighbors on either side of us because we went up to them
when they were outside and introduced ourselves. I suppose that if we can
figure out what activities (besides hanging out in bars and drinking) people
age 40-60 actually participate in here, we'll make friends. We just got
back from a potluck dinner/dance and except for one couple about our age
whose son was sitting in with the band, we were the youngest people there,
most were in their 70s. It's been like that with everything we've done here
so far. I know there has to be something that middle aged people do here,
besides sit in front of the TV. I've suggested to DH that he invite someone
(and their spouse) who's teaching at his school to a casual dinner once we
get some dining room chairs but he didn't seem to care for the idea. I
told him that it didn't have to be elaborate or expensive for us. I think
maybe salmon or seasoned catfish fillets, saffron brown rice, steamed green
beans and salad would be a good dinner to serve company. We have to get the
chairs first. Right now we've been using folding chairs that came with a
card table we used to use as our dinner table. Actually, in the old house
the "dining area" was so small and cramped that we always ate on tray in
front of the TV.

I do need to remember to drink more water. We can drink the tap water here
where we couldn't in Lubbock. The last couple of days though it's tasted
like there's been too much chlorine put in it. Oh well, it's always
something.

Tonia

"SnugBear" wrote in message
.4...
ThatTWoman wrote:

Well, we finally got internet service at our new home/town and I can
post to the group again.
snip
I've pretty much emptied all the boxes that aren't my DH's books and
other stuff. That's for him to deal with. I guess Monday, I'll start
looking for a job. There hasn't been anything listed in the paper
that I'd want to do, though. I really don't want to have to commute
out of town but I may have to. I'm starting to slip into a major
depression here, I'm afraid and I really don't know what to do. I'm
determined that I **won't** medicate myself with food though.

Tonia (formerly of Lubbock and now between Del Rio, San Antonio and a
hot place)
221/180/130


Hi Tonia! We missed you.

You don't have to do everything at once!!! We moved to Maine not knowing
a soul, just minded our own business getting settled and one by one, the
neighbors came up the driveway to introduce themselves. This is *not*
the rep generally ascribed to Mainers.

I know you must be happy to be cooking your own food again. Take care of
yourself and DH. The rest will happen.

Drink more water s Welcome home.


--
Walking (but mostly biking!) on . . .
Laurie in Maine
207/110 60 inches of attitude!
Start: 2/02 Maintained since 2/03

Thanks Laurie. I'm glad to be back!

You know Texas has the rep of being friendly but you couldn't prove it by
me! We've met the neighbors on either side of us because we went up to them
when they were outside and introduced ourselves. I suppose that if we can
figure out what activities (besides hanging out in bars and drinking) people
age 40-60 actually participate in here, we'll make friends. We just got
back from a potluck dinner/dance and except for one couple about our age
whose son was sitting in with the band, we were the youngest people there,
most were in their 70s. It's been like that with everything we've done here
so far. I know there has to be something that middle aged people do here,
besides sit in front of the TV. I've suggested to DH that he invite someone
(and their spouse) who's teaching at his school to a casual dinner once we
get some dining room chairs but he didn't seem to care for the idea. I
told him that it didn't have to be elaborate or expensive for us. I think
maybe salmon or seasoned catfish fillets, saffron brown rice, steamed green
beans and salad would be a good dinner to serve company. We have to get the
chairs first. Right now we've been using folding chairs that came with a
card table we used to use as our dinner table. Actually, in the old house
the "dining area" was so small and cramped that we always ate on tray in
front of the TV.

I do need to remember to drink more water. We can drink the tap water here
where we couldn't in Lubbock. The last couple of days though it's tasted
like there's been too much chlorine put in it. Oh well, it's always
something.

Tonia

ThatTWoman wrote in alt.support.diet on Sat, 14 Aug 2004:

I do need to remember to drink more water. We can drink the tap water here
where we couldn't in Lubbock. The last couple of days though it's tasted
like there's been too much chlorine put in it. Oh well, it's always
something.

Can you install a filter? We did; it taps into the rising main, and
filters the water through a separate tap for drinking and cooking. The
water is perfectly drinkable as is, but it does stop it smelling quite
so much of chlorine!

I'm sure you'll soon settle down in your new community; it's always
horrible at first, especially if the neighbours or people at Church
aren't as welcoming as they could be.
--
Annabel - "Mrs Redboots"
90/88.5/80kg

ThatTWoman wrote in alt.support.diet on Sat, 14 Aug 2004:

I do need to remember to drink more water. We can drink the tap water here
where we couldn't in Lubbock. The last couple of days though it's tasted
like there's been too much chlorine put in it. Oh well, it's always
something.

Can you install a filter? We did; it taps into the rising main, and
filters the water through a separate tap for drinking and cooking. The
water is perfectly drinkable as is, but it does stop it smelling quite
so much of chlorine!

I'm sure you'll soon settle down in your new community; it's always
horrible at first, especially if the neighbours or people at Church
aren't as welcoming as they could be.
--
Annabel - "Mrs Redboots"
90/88.5/80kg

"Annabel Smyth" wrote in message
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ThatTWoman wrote in alt.support.diet on Sat, 14 Aug 2004:

I do need to remember to drink more water. We can drink the tap water
here
where we couldn't in Lubbock. The last couple of days though it's tasted
like there's been too much chlorine put in it. Oh well, it's always
something.

Can you install a filter? We did; it taps into the rising main, and
filters the water through a separate tap for drinking and cooking. The
water is perfectly drinkable as is, but it does stop it smelling quite
so much of chlorine!

I'm sure you'll soon settle down in your new community; it's always
horrible at first, especially if the neighbours or people at Church
aren't as welcoming as they could be.
--
Annabel - "Mrs Redboots"
90/88.5/80kg

A filter is a very good idea. I'll talk to my DH about it. We had a much
better experience at church today. We went to Sunday School and found a
class where everyone is in our age range. It wasn't so much like sitting
around talking to my mother.

Tonia
221/180/130

ThatTWoman wrote in alt.support.diet on Sun, 15 Aug 2004:


A filter is a very good idea. I'll talk to my DH about it. We had a much
better experience at church today. We went to Sunday School and found a
class where everyone is in our age range. It wasn't so much like sitting
around talking to my mother.

Oh GOOD. I do hope they were friendly and welcoming; that's so very
important, too. For me, that is more important than what age people
are.
--
Annabel - "Mrs Redboots"
90/88.5/80kg