It's been a good ride- but now time to go. We've learned and grown so much while we were here. here's some things we've learned:
1- an air popper is definitely the way to go for popcorn- especially if you make it every week.
2- dough enhancer really helps my bread
3- getting a half a cow was a good idea
4- some seasons you may have fewer friends locally and that's ok. it's been a season for becoming closer as a family.
5- sometimes first impressions are not the right impressions. we've found some relationships and things that we thought were great for us at first and turns out weren't and vice versa.
6- we really like homeschooling- even if some days are hard- and portfolio reviews aren't that bad- especially if you have a great umbrella group.
7- houses can be too big- especially if you have to clean it. but big houses are fun too- lots of room for friends and family.
8- it's fun to live in a big city for a while and there are lots of parks around to enjoy.
9- getting a membership to one museum a year is the way to go. We went to the aquarium and science center a lot of times each year and the membership cost about what it would have cost to go twice
10- you don't have to be great friends with the neighbors but it's good to be neighborly- it was nice to know someone would watch over our house if we were gone, we could borrow a cup of sugar (we never did but we did have a good power outage cookout. which leads me to...
11- gas stove is definitely best. we were able to cook lots of times because we had gas even with the power outage.
12- having a generator is a good idea. thankfully after the first 18 months or so here the power didn't go out as much but it sure was good to have when we used it- especially with #3 in freezer
13- Johns Hopkins medical care is good-
14- lots of emergency rooms are not bad and pediatric emergency rooms are better.
15-sometimes you just have to go ahead and publish a post even if it's not finished- since it's now July and we moved end of May :)
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