Calling Texas Disers

[KT27]

I moved here in April from Long Island, NY. My DH & I reside on Fort Hood right now but we are building a house in Copperas Cove due to be ready at the end of the month.

 

[Celluloidgal]

Hey, for any of you Texas DFW DISers, we have a meet tomorrow, August 19th, 2:00pm @ Mimi's in Grapevine. If you are interested, the link is here: http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1163797&page=1&pp=15

See ya there

 

[twoprincesses]

Houston area here! Mainly Spring/Woodlands area.... well, no, I spend equal amounts of time in both. We live near I-45 and 1960, my kids go to a Catholic school near the Woodlands, I attend UH.... So I make a frequent trips back and forth...

 

[twoprincesses]

I moved here in April from Long Island, NY. My DH & I reside on Fort Hood right now but we are building a house in Copperas Cove due to be ready at the end of the month.

I absolutely love Fort Hood. My husband and I lived there for a year while he was in the service. There was a Colter's BBQ in one of the PXs and it was to die for. I think we ate there 3 times a week. Okay, well, maybe that was the only thing that made me love Fort Hood.

 

[Am_I_There_Yet]

Houston area here! Mainly Spring/Woodlands area.... well, no, I spend equal amounts of time in both. We live near I-45 and 1960, my kids go to a Catholic school near the Woodlands, I attend UH.... So I make a frequent trips back and forth...

Wow! We have a little of something in common all over the place!

I live in Spring, off of Louetta, my parents live in The Woodlands and my DD20 just transferred to Tech from UofH.

ETA: Oh, and my dad is Catholic and attends one of the Catholic churches in The Woodlands.

 

[twoprincesses]

Wow! We have a little of something in common all over the place!

I live in Spring, off of Louetta, my parents live in The Woodlands and my DD20 just transferred to Tech from UofH.

ETA: Oh, and my dad is Catholic and attends one of the Catholic churches in The Woodlands. [/QUOTE

Oh, how cool! I've seen you frequently on the dis because my DDs think ur sig is just the greatest. Who knows how many times they've tried to do that with our dog. I see ur DH is a firefighter, does he work for HFD? My DH just took his Civil Service Exam and we are awaiting results. If HFD doesn't work out then we'll be looking around for others... Humble, etc...

 

[DisnyMama]

Hi everyone! DS and I have been living in McKinney since 8/2/06. We came out from So. California and love it here. Yeah it's hot but when we left CA. it was 106 so it can only get cooler from here (I hope). I really feel bad for the folks here with the water restrictions. I just moved into a new townhome and the new plants/shrubbery they planted outside my front door are dying because they can't water them. There are three things that I have noticed here. 1) Really Big churches everywhere. 2) Animal hospitals all over. and 3) The Texas State flag proudly waves everywhere. I have never, in Calif. seen the state flag flown the way I have since I hit the state of Texas. You can see Texans are proud of their state and they should be.

 

[Am_I_There_Yet]

Oh, how cool! I've seen you frequently on the dis because my DDs think ur sig is just the greatest. Who knows how many times they've tried to do that with our dog. I see ur DH is a firefighter, does he work for HFD? My DH just took his Civil Service Exam and we are awaiting results. If HFD doesn't work out then we'll be looking around for others... Humble, etc...

No, he's with the City of Conroe. He's been with them almost 12 years now.

We know a lot of Houston FF's though! (A little secret: Conroe pays better than Houston - he might want to try it too.)

Good luck to your DH!

 

[twoprincesses]

No, he's with the City of Conroe. He's been with them almost 12 years now.

We know a lot of Houston FF's though! (A little secret: Conroe pays better than Houston - he might want to try it too.)

Good luck to your DH!

I think anywhere pays better than HFD! His family has this whole City of Houston employment tradition. His dad is in HPD, so is his uncle, his aunt is Assistant Executive Chief in HPD, his godfather is a Captain in HFD, so on and so on. I told him to give it up already and try Austin. I remember reading somewhere that Austin was one of the highest paying and they are always hiring. I totally forgot about Conroe! We actually have a time share out there at a resort call Piney Shores. Great to know they pay better. I'll be sure to let DH know.

 

[Planogirl]

Hi everyone! DS and I have been living in McKinney since 8/2/06. We came out from So. California and love it here. Yeah it's hot but when we left CA. it was 106 so it can only get cooler from here (I hope). I really feel bad for the folks here with the water restrictions. I just moved into a new townhome and the new plants/shrubbery they planted outside my front door are dying because they can't water them. There are three things that I have noticed here. 1) Really Big churches everywhere. 2) Animal hospitals all over. and 3) The Texas State flag proudly waves everywhere. I have never, in Calif. seen the state flag flown the way I have since I hit the state of Texas. You can see Texans are proud of their state and they should be.

Welcome!!!

We're not too far from you. We almost moved to McKinney instead but it was just a bit too far from DH's job. We really love it there though and make a point of visiting the square and dropping into the Londoner from time to time. It's been a long time now though.

It should start to cool off in a few weeks or at least I hope so. This many 100 degree + days is unusual, even for this part of Texas.

 

[KristaTX]

Hi everyone! DS and I have been living in McKinney since 8/2/06. We came out from So. California and love it here. Yeah it's hot but when we left CA. it was 106 so it can only get cooler from here (I hope). I really feel bad for the folks here with the water restrictions. I just moved into a new townhome and the new plants/shrubbery they planted outside my front door are dying because they can't water them. There are three things that I have noticed here. 1) Really Big churches everywhere. 2) Animal hospitals all over. and 3) The Texas State flag proudly waves everywhere. I have never, in Calif. seen the state flag flown the way I have since I hit the state of Texas. You can see Texans are proud of their state and they should be.

You should try to come out to our meet today! We would love to give you a big Texas/DIS welcome . Planogirl, we'd love to see you again, too - it's been a long time . And anyone else in the area, too .

 

[Am_I_There_Yet]

It should start to cool off in a few weeks or at least I hope so. This many 100 degree + days is unusual, even for this part of Texas.

Suuuuuure it will!

Just teasing you. Maybe it will for y'all.

We don't start to cool off until October. August/September are our hottest months.

 

[Am_I_There_Yet]

I think anywhere pays better than HFD! His family has this whole City of Houston employment tradition. His dad is in HPD, so is his uncle, his aunt is Assistant Executive Chief in HPD, his godfather is a Captain in HFD, so on and so on. I told him to give it up already and try Austin. I remember reading somewhere that Austin was one of the highest paying and they are always hiring. I totally forgot about Conroe! We actually have a time share out there at a resort call Piney Shores. Great to know they pay better. I'll be sure to let DH know.

I know a Captain in Austin's FD (well... at least I know his wife. close enough, right?). Austin may have edged out Conroe, but keep in mind, their housing is way higher than ours is here in Houston.

 

[Am_I_There_Yet]

By the way - twoprincesses, your daughter is absolutely beautiful!