So, it's like camping, but with flush toilets? I suppose it could be worse -- it could really be camping - no flushies!

Congrats on the new house! Do we get details?

Ha! Flush toilets and a shower! It's for sure better than camping! I'm presently running thru a list of microvable meals! :rolleyes: At least it has free continental breakfast..so I won't have to worry about that! :D


The house is great! Tri-level, with fully finished basement. (basements are big in Kansas...of course we now live in the middle of Tornado alley...so I'm thinking that's a good thing!), 5 bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths..the previous owners were very good painters. All the colors I adore! The two girlie bedrooms are Disney princess over-the-top rooms! Almost too much! Kat's not into princess..so we'll be changing that!

Bailey gets one of the bedrooms in the basement! He's totally excited!

The backyard has a huge deck and play area...and we have HUGE trees!

It's great!

I have a theory as to why you were brought to the interview:

When a major move is involved, the wife can be the dealkiller. Let's say they go to all the trouble to get your husband on board, then he comes home and "announces" that you're moving to Kansas. With no background, no involvement, no understanding of why this is a great opportunity, all you see is that you're going to have to move - and to Kansas of all places (speaking hypothetically off the assumption that you would not have seen Kansas and liked it at that point in the timeline). In all likelihood, you could say, "No, I'm NOT moving to Kansas." And that would be that.

Very smart of them to involve you in the process, very smart. Because if Mom doesn't wanna go to Kansas... nobody goes to Kansas :)

Basements are indeed a big deal in that region. If you've not lived in tornado country, my advice is to prepare something fun/special for the kids for the first time they have to go sit in the basement. Hopefully it will be very infrequently, but have some novel distractions ready just in case. Emergency food, emergency water, emergency radio, emergency distractions. My grandmother's basement was a treasure-trove of fun times!

Morigoon - I thought so as well! It made me instantly like them! Coming from a company that claimed they were "all about the family" when they were totally the opposite...this was like a welcome embrace!

Prudence - We've lived in semi-tornado country...West Texas as it's fair share of thuderstorms...but I'm sure not quite like what we'll experience living in Kansas. BUT...me being a storm chaser at heart, I'm kinda excited about it!

Of course, that all falls thru the first time I have to drag everyone to the basement!