Thursday, November 19, 2009

Location, Location!

We've hit the one week mark of living in Birmingham, and so far, so good! Although we all really miss SC, and everything and everyone we knew there, it's also exciting to explore this neat new community of ours!

As we get to know the area better, we are continually surprised and excited about the close proximity of everything to our new home. We are now realizing that we not only got an unbelievable deal on our new house, but along with it we are getting unbelievable convenience to everything we could need.


So far, we've discovered:


1. The North Shelby County Library is only 0.5 miles from the house

2. Our new church, Our Lady of the Valley, is less than 5 miles from the house

3. Publix grocery store is 1.4 miles and Fresh Market is 4 miles from the house

4. A post office is less than 2 miles from the house

5. Edgars Bakery and other fun little restaurants and cafes are only 1.2 miles away

6. The elementary and middle schools that the kids will attend (if we're still here) are both less than 2 miles away

7. Home Depot, Lowes, Tuesday Morning, Stein Mart, Petco, Starbucks, Barnes and Nobel, fun thrift stores, fabric stores, hair salons, etc, etc... are all within a few miles as well!
8. The Summit, (shopping extraordinaire) including stores and restaurants such as, J. Crew, Crate and Barrel, Williams Sonoma, Banana Republic, P.F. Changs, The Cheesecake Factory, and more, is only 5 miles away.


But the best part, is that our neighborhood does NOT feel like we right in the middle of all of this modern convenience...in fact, also within a mile or two is a horse farm, and Alabama's largest state park, Oak Mountain State Park!


Not such a shabby location after all!

1 comment:

Holly said...

Hi Kate!
Looks like you guys are settling right in! We can't wait to see it, please stay there long enough for us to get down for a visit this time! ha,ha!! So glad to hear that your spirits are up and things will slow down now! (you hope right!!!)
Give our love to all!
Holly