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Our house in Temecula is rented and we are spending some time in Texas for the holidays. Life would be so much cheaper here, houses cost less, jobs are easier to find, people smile and are generally very nice, and yet… I can’t exactly say what it is, but I don’t like it here. I miss the ruggedness of mountains and cold ocean, I feel that people are more segregated than I am used to at my local grocery store and on my street, and I worry that I will get into regular political fights with the nice conservative folks here. Plus I agree that with global warming this may not be a good area to settle in and raise my family. Has anyone moved to Texas and felt that it was a good move?

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Congratulations! Enjoy your new home.

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To me, the best way to understand how a man views women is to look at who he marries.

Romney married a beautiful woman whose main accomplishments are a B.A. degree in French from BYU, five sons, competing in equestrianism, and doing charitable work.

Obama married a beautiful women who has a J.D. from Harvard Law, worked in a law firm as well as in the public sector in Chicago, and had two daughters.

It is clear that Romney and Obama have extremely different views of women. I believe that Obama will fight for gender equality while Romney will fight to put women in a bind…er.

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Never mind… no comment.

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That sounds wonderful! I also love playing chess with my kids!

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I love this! We are looking at international healthcare options for our family, I think that there are so many great options beyond what we are encouraged to subscribe to as American taxpayers.

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This year as a high school teacher I have attended school on my own dime to improve my knowledge of autism, I have attended volunteer workshops to improve district curriculum, and I am expecting a severe decrease in salary (effective as soon as next month). Over the last year, my husband has received a 10%+ decrease also, despite attending classes to improve his career. However, we are happy to have jobs, even though we are taking sabbatical leaves for a year to move to Haiti and build an orphanage. It has been really enlightening to step outside of the race to make money and examine what is really important to us: taking care of kids who are in need.

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Congrats! I hope you enjoy your new house!

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Our boys aged 7 and 4 both love minecraft. I have a strict no killing villagers rule though 🙂 I have to admit, I enjoy survival mode and have a couple of my own worlds!

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Thank you CA renter and UCgal. I hope my children grow up to be good, kind people. I hope they learn from this experience that life without an xbox can be filled with just as much (or more) fun!

Thanks for your kind words!

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Thanks for the good idea, I have been reading their website and downloaded some information from them. I have so much to learn! I haven’t felt this ravenous for new information since I first discovered this site five years ago! Finally economics made sense (no offense intended to my macro/micro profs if they are lurking here)! Thanks to piggington, humanure will soon be a common part of my vocabulary 🙂

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Thank you Brian1. You found me!

Yes it is a Christian charity, but we would not be working with them if they did not clearly state that they do not discriminate against other religions and they do not church plant. I do not want to change anyone’s religion, I want to help children who have been both neglected and abused. My husband and I were foster parents for years, even living at a group home for high school drop outs for a year, and that organization was most definitely not Christian. I have enjoyed reading about different people’s religious opinions on this blog! There have been some spicy conversations about this topic! 🙂

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I hear your wise words of caution. I actually grew up in poverty in Cairo, Egypt. It was really hard leaving my childhood friends behind when I moved to the States at age 11, and not being able to help with all the horrible things that have recently been going on in Cairo has made me even more sad. I think my husband will have a harder time adjusting since he was born and raised in Southern Orange County 🙂 However, I have never lived in a third world country as a mother, and worrying for our own children has become one of my new biggest hobbies.

It is really shocking and sad that so much of the relief money and help was waylaid by a few greedy Haitians and mismanaged NGOs/non-profits, while the poorest victims of the earthquake have not had basic services restored. This contrast of wealth will be very hard to deal with, you are totally right.

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Haha, funny and true. When my husband visited two weeks ago, he said that people are still using as public restrooms the emergency port-o-potties that had been brought over right after the earthquake. It’s a shame to waste all that fertilizer!

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Thanks flu. Right now I feel like I’m teetering back and forth between excitement and fear! Words of encouragement from friends are the main thing keeping me going forward with this. I really appreciate your support 🙂

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