Alexandria questions

[BRMan]

Originally Posted by TexasMama

I have no idea where that is! There are other races besides black and white, but it's not a huge mix like what I'm used to in Fort Worth. There was a part of town I had to drive in on my way to work that had every other billboard in spanish. Haven't seen anything like that in Alex!

Forest Hill is about 15-20 miles SW of Alexandria on US 165 (Masonic Dr).

[exe1370]

Originally Posted by abayle

We just moved to Alex. from Florida (home) last year. We found a house to rent in Boyce (really Gardner out by the lake, but the post office calls it Boyce.) I really like it. We are big on outdoor stuff too. We have a 17 yr old son and a 14 yr. old daughter. Daughter is homeschooled and son goes to oakhill. My husb. and I do the youth group at the little country bapt. church down the street. Everyone is super friendly. Our neighbors are awesome, clean, hardworking, fun, friendly, inviting, goal oriented people. I love them. We do lots of crawfish parties, fishing, hunting, etc... Let me know if you make it over this way. Tracy

Abayle,

Do you know of any rent houses out by you? And if so can you give me any info on them? It is very hard to find anything deceit in this area, and I'm looking at moving here in two weeks with my wife and 3 kids.


Thanks,
Terry

[abayle]

Texas mama, what ages do you homeschool? I havent' met anyone else out by me that does it and were new in town too-dont' know anyone.

[TexasMama]

Originally Posted by abayle

Texas mama, what ages do you homeschool? I havent' met anyone else out by me that does it and were new in town too-dont' know anyone.

They are just babies - 3, almost 5, and 7. I recently learned that they do classes for homeschoolers once a month (I think) at the zoo. I haven't found any other homeschoolers either.

[Sweetlady71]

Originally Posted by abayle

I'm not sure how the schools do with special needs...I homeschool Abby, so I don't know....Sloan is a jr. this year. He wants to go to college next year to be a game warden. His main loves are hunting and fishing. He is a huge outdoorsman, (always welding, fishing, working on his boat, building something, always something!!!)
Abby loves the Jonas Bros. and takes a hip hop dance class. Typical Teen I guess, but probably a little more innocent from being home with me... She needs more friends here becuase all we do is neighborhood stuff, youth group and school at home -not a lot of oppty. for tons of friendships. Where did you say your husband would be working? Mine is re-building the military housing at Ft. Polk. Good luck in your move. I have found everyone to be super friendly-now I am a southerner so I guess I fit right in. It's like we've been here forever now...

Hey...sorry i didnt get back to ya right away...my mom passed away from cancer 2 weeks ago....so been working thru that, still hard.
omg...your abby and my rhianna would sooooo get along...rhianna is 13 1/2...and soooo loves the Jonas brothers....i must admit thou...i just dont see why, but i reckon my folks thought the same when i was into some new group to...lol
hubby is looking at some forest service jobs in area...we missed out on the last few, so still watching for next openings. otherwise, he is truck driver now(otr) and is a retired AF cop, so also looking at similar work with that. we are still waiting final decesion on current gov job he applied to, should know soon, he is in the final top 3.
if you want....im on myspace and facebook, ive also let kids have one, but its restricted access, if you want to PM me, i will give you my name to look up on those, and thru that, your daughter can get on my daughters, they could chat away, rhianna is bummed some cuz i restricted its access(hey...got to be safe!!) and she would love to have someone to chat to, most of her friends are away for summer, so she is bummed.
hope to see ya there and get to know ya more....well, been long day, best get going.....
back to subject.....how often do tornado warnings come up there? growing up in OK, ive been in 2 F4, thou im used to twisters, id hate to deal with them alot again, so are they a problem? sounds like electric bills will be about same as we pay here in TN, thats good, beats what we paid up north anyday!! im going to assume in winter...snow/ice isnt a issue normally? thats even better for me....could care less if i ever have to see it....lol
what kind of family things go on there, such as fairs, carnivals, ect. is there nice parks/walking trails? swimming holes? look forward to hearing more about the area, so far....still sounds like we will like it. take care all!!

[Sweetlady71]

oh....in regards to schools, its not so much special needs....both my daughter and youngest son had hearing trouble when young, but out grew it(problem in the ear)...so it put them behind in reading, rhianna has caught up and does great now, but cody is repeating 1st grade due to it, and is in title one and speech class due to he cant pronounce 2 sounds that mess up his reading. so basically, just need to know if schools have these programs and if they are good about making sure kids ge help when they need it. i dont want him to loose ground. thanks to anyone who might have thoughts on this there.

[abayle]

Sweetlady, not sure how to IM you personally.....I can tell you more about Alexandria, etc.. but dont' want to clog the loop up with it. Can you email me personally?

[onecross]

Originally Posted by abayle

We just moved to Alex. from Florida (home) last year. We found a house to rent in Boyce (really Gardner out by the lake, but the post office calls it Boyce.) I really like it. We are big on outdoor stuff too. We have a 17 yr old son and a 14 yr. old daughter. Daughter is homeschooled and son goes to oakhill. My husb. and I do the youth group at the little country bapt. church down the street. Everyone is super friendly. Our neighbors are awesome, clean, hardworking, fun, friendly, inviting, goal oriented people. I love them. We do lots of crawfish parties, fishing, hunting, etc... Let me know if you make it over this way. Tracy

My name is Zoe and I am checking into home schooling for my son who is 14 yr old what program do you use.