{Our Home In Lynbrook}

On June 1st we woke up in Akron, Ohio early and headed to our new home on Long Island. We were so excited to get there. It was about a 6 hour drive or more, but it flew by so fast. The drive was beautiful. We counted over 40 dead deer along the road. Dusk is very dangerous time to drive on the east coast and I guess that is why.

This is one of our first looks at the big city.

About an hour away from home I got the call from our movers that they weren't going to be there for a four more days. Those four days turned into six days and it was driving me crazy. But this was a positive experience so I will keep it that way from here.

GEORGE WASHINGTON BRIDGE

It's huge and a fun bridge to go over. The views are gorgeous as well.

Our Home in Lynbrook, NY

located on Long Island

When we arrived in the afternoon we immediately met our next door neighbors. They are the same age as us and they have two beautiful kids Emberlynns & Addison's age. They are wonderful. I left to grab something for dinner and when I returned there was a HUGE BLOCK PARTY right on my corner to find out ALL of my neighbors husband & wife and their families came out to welcome us to the neighborhood. I WAS SO AMAZED & HUMBLED AT THE SAME TIME. That night we had met 6 of our neighboors and their families. around bed time I saw a man come in my house with Jon with 2 matresses, towels, pots & pans, papergoods, pillows and bedding. It was our Branch President & his wife. This is when my emotions finally caught up to me and I cried when the Branch Presidents wife put her arms around me and hugged me. (They brought this stuff cause they knew our movers were going to be days late)

The thing that you don't know is before I moved to NY. I had been praying earnestly that the Lord would give me ONE ANGEL who would help me feel comfortable in NY. I HAD NO IDEA HE WOULD SEND ME AN ARMY OF ANGELS!

By the end of the week we had met (NO LIE) 13 of our neighbors & their families. And by now we have counted 16. Can you believe that? This is where I needed to be. My neighbors kept asking me how I found Lynbrook. I kept telling them I researched the schools & the area. I know it had to do with a little bit more then that ; )

I have been taking a Institute class out here that I love and to make a long story short. The lesson got switched in talking about ACCIDENTS OR DESTINY. Let's just say at the end of the lesson I KNEW I WASN'T HERE BY ACCIDENT. I'M SUPPOSE TO BE HERE and I hope that in the end I will know a few reasons why I was suppose to be here.

What things Cost Here

Lynbrook is a new upcoming neighborhood. Home taxes are insane here. Our next door neighbor pays 15,000 a year on taxes and his house is not even the biggest house around me. People here pay 6,000+ a year for private elementary schools. I'm not sure why cause we live in an award winner school district. Most of my neighbors own cabanas out here. Which are little row tent homes along the beach. They also own a second home in upstate NY, PA or a lakehouse in Jersey. This is just how they live and it's a normal life. Our house we rent is appraised at 400,000 and we pay 2,200 in rent a month. And I know that is a good deal cause we rent an entire home and have a backyard and we have a garage. Normally you would be paying $2,600 for my home or more.

Our home has 3 bedrooms, Eat in Kitchen, Dinning room, Front Room, Sun room, Family room. In the basement I have my craftroom, laundry room, food storage room and a huge cement crawl space for storage. We have 2 bathrooms which is good cause I thought we were only going to have 1.

To get off my island I have to pay $5.50 for the toll bridge and $13.50 to get back on. You go over two big bridges to get to the island if you are coming from up North.

The highways on the island are called Parkways. No commercial vehicles are allowed on them, so it makes you feel like you are on a race car track (Brett my brother-in-law would like that ) The Parkways beautiful but you can't get around by landmarks here. You really need to know your exits cause everything is hidden with trees. Rarely do you ever see something open up cause it's quite flat on the island.

Transportation

It takes us 40 minutes to drive to Manhattan if there is no traffic. Parking is very high. We know some people who paid $20.00 to park for only 25 minutes. Our Branch President owns a Luxury Car Service so he knows his way around downtown and told us a great place where we can park for 3 hours for $10.00.

We took the train in and then a subway to central park. We came back and probably spent $35.00-$40.00 for train and subway fees.

In conclusion NY is very expensive, but I have found a great website of all the free things to do in NY and I'm totally doing them it's www.mommypoppins.com

I have never seen more people in my life. Everyone out here is always on the go. Which is good for me cause I feel like doing the opposite. In NV I felt like go, go, go, go, go. Even though I still want to see everything and do everything here In NY I think I am finding a good balance of "going" and "relaxing."