Well, it looks like we've decided to go with a Type 2 house, as I indicated in the comments to the previous post. The grounds are absolutely amazing, and the commute is about 20 minutes door-to-door. That's a little longer than I'm used to in the mornings, but about how long it took me to get home in the evenings from my job in Los Angeles.
Concerns: The house is in a very nice neighborhood, but most of the neighbors appear to be older folks. I like old people just fine, but it doesn't seem likely that we're going to meet many people our own age that will live close by. Of course, I don't know many people our age who live near our house in Los Angeles either, so maybe that won't be a problem. I'm used to braving the streets of LA to see my friends, so it shouldn't be any more difficult to drive a little here in Missouri. I'm hoping that the drive (maybe about 5 miles farther out than other, less nice areas) won't deter whatever new friends we make from visiting. DeoDuce knows people here, but they're down in Chesterfield, which looks to be about 20 miles away. Still, there have to be cool people closer by....
Also, there are a million churches here, but we have no idea yet where we'll join. We aren't centrally located in the metro area, so it could be that we end up going to church somewhat far away. I suppose we'll just have to wait and see. Pray for that, though, because we really need to find the place God wants us. We haven't had the mental energy to spend on this problem yet, but once we're here we're going to start looking around. If anyone knows any good Baptist churches in STL, let me know! We're not necessarily restricted to Baptist churches, but those are probably the most likely ones that will match our beliefs ( / the truth).
Does anyone have any experience flying dogs across the country? We've pretty much decided we're going to drive because we're scared that our dog will get killed or hurt himself, but does anyone know much about it?
We shipped our dogs (a pit bull and a Rottweiler mix) by UAL Cargo in early March. Both dogs were fine, as were all five cats, whom we shipped the previous day.
The only issue with shipping animals has to do with tarmac temperatures. If the temp gets too hot, they will try to hold the animals for a later flight. If you do fly the dogs, try to get the first flight out of the day to avoid this problem.
(I've flown cats international before, although it was perhaps 10 years ago or so.)
Brian and I live in Webster Groves (about 25 miles), so you'll have to come say hi when things calm down for both us and you (we're expecting a baby, oh, tomorrow!)
hln
hln: That is pretty close. I'm surprised I have so many readers who already live here in MO!
I moved two states away from home and then got married to a local. The thing that really got us plugged in with friends was finding a church that had a large group of couples in our stage of life. If you can plug into a group with lots in common with you...