NEW FLORIDA RESIDENT BLOG

Welcome to Florida. Now that our son is three, he is already talking about what he wants to be when "He's Big".  We spend hours chasing each other on scooters; one of us will be the "bad guy" and they other will be "policeman".  We also rescue stu ffed animals from high places in our home with our "firetruck" - truth be told it's an overturned turned reading chair with a red blanket so, I was surprised when he told me adamantly what his adult dream was. "Construction worker" There's so much new construction by us right now and we see a bunch of big cool trucks on a weekly basis so I guess it makes sense.  I've just sold a couple of new homes that are presently under construction so we have visited the lots a few times together.  Little boys and big trucks do go together and probably always will. I just hope that wherever they are Sonny and Ricardo are not disappointed..... my website

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Welcome to Paradise. When I was a kid, Florida was a fun place to visit during the winter as a break from the terrible ice and snow in my hometown.  I was told that you couldn't actually move full time to Florida because long distance calls were expensive and the majority of family lived in terrible weather.  Plus, people said Florida was too hot in the summer. Fast forward to 2018 and my son talks to his grandparents on FaceTime everyday which is free, more and more people we know are moving to florida and we love the summers when the water temperature in the Gulf of Mexico is 88 degrees. In fact, the state projects about 400,000 new residents will move here (again) this year.  Florida became more populous that New York two years ago and that trend continues.  So yeah, people are still moving here. A lot. There may be some growing pains along the way, but it'll be fine in the end.  Kind of reminds me of the family portrait we took this year, on Siesta Beach.  We aske

I've heard reports of a polar bear in the neighborhood.....