Welcome to NJ

For anyone who has moved cross-country, especially with kids, this blog's for you. But just so you know, I won't be going on and on about the moving experience (it was hard but we survived). Coming from California, to be more specific, the SF Bay Area, and narrowing it still further, Marin County, we heard this a lot: "You're moving to...New Jersey? Why?"

Why? For work, of course! My husband and I were trained in the generation of "work your way up" and "you don't get ahead by standing still" so we were open to the idea of moving if either of us found a better job somewhere else. Tim found his first, in Carteret. So on June 16, we flew to Philadelphia on a one-way ticket and drove to our new house.

Over the past few months I've had some curious experiences and discovered some wonderful things about my adopted state. I will share them with anyone who cares--don't you want to know where we bought our house and what our neighbors are like? Aren't you dying to find out what I think about diners, traffic circles, county roads, Dunkin' Donuts (nowhere NEAR as popular out west), roadside farm stands and unidentifiable flying insects? Welcome to my new world...I think it's gonna be a winner.