Can I admit a little something here since it's just us? This whole move thing is beginning to freak me out. We found a great house (3400 sq ft, 5 beds, 3 1/2 baths) in the area we want. We have a move-in date, June 1. I'm trying to be calm, but it's a lie.....A BIG FAT STINKIN" LIE!
Here's the thing....I just spent the last half hour on the phone with my friend, Peace. We were talking about fun things like how purple streaks are sooooo last summer and we really think that that feathers (the bird kind not Farrah's) might be fun this year. That's when it hit me....I don't have a "getting a feather weave would rock" person in Dallas. I think that kind of girl might be hard to find. I mean, Peace and I are both moms of 7 and yet cool enough for funky jewelry and wild hair. My friend S has no qualms about leaving husbands and/or teenagers in charge to sneak off for a Sunday afternoon pedicure. My neighbor K throws the best parties I've been to since college......do you think friends like this are everywhere? They're not. They took me years to find and cultivate into my go to girls.
I have emails from the homeschool group in our area of Texas. They all seem so nice.....that can be a problem....nice. I'm snarky, sarcastic, and have a bit of an off-color sense of humor. I love a good dirty joke. I really do.
We went to the Catholic Church near the new house, and there wasn't a lot of fabulous going on there. (I want to add glitter to that but can't...will you just imagine it there? Thanks.) I'm afraid of arriving in a land of really nice but kinda boring women. After all, homeschooling moms aren't exactly known for their wild side.
I don't have years to wait for fabulosity to find its way to my doorstep, so I'm thinking I should just take out an ad to find the friends I want. What do you think? Do you think I can find a homeschooling mom with technicolor hair (or doesn't mind it), a rollicking sense of humor, a wild side, kids the right sexes and ages, a willingness to be on the receiving end of my wild baking days and is cheap in all the right ways? (Seriously, I have days of baking bread from sun up until I run out of flour.......banana almond, lemon blueberry, honey oatmeal...)
How do I write that up and not sound like a stalker/loon? And should I do the feather weave before I move and just be upfront about who I am, or wait a bit and ease the neighborhood into it?
Anyone in Texas want to volunteer and save me the effort of looking? There's a loaf of amazing bread in it for you.
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Baking here includes singing and dancing to 80's music...loudly...or even better singing along with the Glee soundtracks.
A little 'Forget You' with Gwyneth Paltrow :D
Too bad I'll still be 6 hours away :(
K - Are you sure that you don't want to move? I rock some Billy Joel in the kitchen.
Drat. We could be great friends.
I'll bet you also know why mickey mouse broke up with Minnie mouse.
Too bad im in Chicago.
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Google says Wylie is 41 minutes from Irving. I promise when I am going back and forth to UD we will stop by and be weird together, OK? Even if I didn't want to, Jack will leave me no choice:D
You will find friends. I promise. Will they be perfect or exactly like your Okie home girls? No. And that is OK. This is a different chapter with different players. You never know, the most amazing adventures could still be ahead!
Hi, I've been reading your blog for a while, but I've mostly been lurking. However, I thought I would delurk to say I live in Wylie. Is that where you're moving? I don't have kids yet, but if you're interested in friends of the pre-motherhood variety....?
And I definitely think you should go for the feather-weave right up front. It sounds like the kind of women you are interested in being friends with are the kind that would appreciate a gal who is up-front about who she is. :) Good luck, and feel free to email me if you would like.
It's a shame you arent moving to PA!
You are VERY, VERY Blessed to be able to find and still have friends with which it's okay...no, They LOVE that you're you!
It's been a while for me...Since I moved to the Great White North...I just can't seem to find my niche...
As for you're easing them in...Don't! I Love how you come across...They will TOO! Better they Hate you for who you are than Love you for who you Ain't ;)
CONGRATS ON THE HOUSE!!!!!!!
When you figure it all out, let me know. I have given up on cool Catholic friends, I really have.
First of all, I want to say that your blog is my favorite one to lurk about - thank you for putting yourself out there. It's very inspiring!
I know what you are going through - we moved from IL to NJ 5 years ago when our little ones were little. They are not so little anymore (meaning they have strong opinions about such matters) with an additional little one, and we are contemplating a move to the Dallas area as well. We know NO ONE there and I'm scared to death. And excited. I felt that way about NJ and we managed to find a wonderful parish and friends who became like family to us. I will miss them terribly, but we cannot afford life in NJ anymore.
I am hoping for the same kind of community in TX, but am not sure it's there. We're looking in the Carrollton and Plano areas and the churches seem so HUGE and therefore impersonal. I hope that I am wrong! My kids attend Catholic school currently, but my oldest is asking to be homeschooled in TX. My sister homeschools her 5 (soon to be 6!) in OK, so I know what I'd be getting myself into and I'm not sure I can do it. But I saw that the St. Mark's in Plano has a homeschool group that is officially part of the parish. I like that.
Anyway, good luck with your move - it's exciting. And remember that God will not give you anything that you cannot handle. God bless you and your family!
Kim
chw, SOLD! What kind of bread can I make you?irls
Kim- Have you looked at Wylie? It's where all the cool girls (me and chw) are gonna be.
You make me want to look at Wylie! I don't bake bread very well, but I bake some mean scones and love to share!
-Kim
Kim - Wylie has a smaller parish, a homeschool group, and isn't quite as rush, rush as its close neighbors...but Plano isn't really that far so you could still come and play!
Also, I'll bring the bread, you bring the scones and chw can bring the tea (or the bourbon slush....whatever...)
Lol... I actually don't know what to say in response here except I now feel blessed for my "cool" Catholic friends (even if I am more just odd than cool). I pray you find wild, interesting, spunky friends in your new place! Pray about this... seriously, I think God totally cares that we have friends we connect with!
Okay. Breathe. Big breath.
I'm not saying this is going to be easy. Just remember that those people are going to be just as leery of you as you are of them. Give them a chance. Look at this as a grand adventure not torture, okay? Hugs and prayers for you.
COOL!! Rum goes with scones, right? Or is that crumpets?
I've never been one of the cool girls before. I wonder if it will go to my head?
Can't wait to meet you, the Mom! I can't say I'm all that practiced at baking bread, myself, but I make pretty good lasagne, if you're ever interested.
--Casey
P.S. I like raisin bread. :D
I notice that no one's ever in a rush to move to Michigan. Everyone knows we have the best hockey team evah!
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