Like you, I also have naturally curly hair & find not many stylists do. As you know, it is important because if you have a cut intended for straight hair, the next morning, your “new” style is back to your old one. Cuts have to go with the natural curl…
I can’t understand the difference in $ for your style. Like you, I would expect it would be cheaper.

For me, a new school for my mentally-retarded daughter would be the hardest to replace. Because of that, I wouldn’t ever move from this area. Even though I haven’t moved, so far, I’ve had 2 family doctors & 1 OB/GYN retire (&, eventually, pass away), & I felt as if I had lost family members. I’ve replaced them with a very competent Internist & GYN, but, don’t feel close to either.

How do the UB stores compare (love those for backlists)? In the greater L.A. area we have a terrible collection of UB stores, with 8 already closed in the San Fernando Valley. Always heard OR & WA were the 2 most reading states in the U.S.

Good luck on the move, & hope Don is liking his new position.

Patricia

A good library with friendly employees who make you feel welcomed and don’t make you feel like you’re stealing books when you check out.

Bookstore. No explanation needed.

A great mom and pop type diner. The kind that treats you like family and who don’t try to rush you out the door as soon as you sit down and order. And they must know how to make gravey and biscuits.

Bettye Griffin

Finding a doctor for my son was the worst when I moved here. I just went to the “Doc in a box” type place myself but I really wanted him to have a good pediatrician (he was 5 when we moved) and none of the people I worked with had kids. I ended up going to the largest group in town and loved them so it all worked out.

Glad you’re getting settled in!!!

Janelle, that huge move is hard when you have spent most of your life in one area. There is so much to deal with but it all does eventually get worked out. I’m really surprised that the stylist is going to cost you so much more. I hope she works out for you. It has been 40 years since I made that huge move from one state to another–I went from Oregon to California!! At the time it was a good move & l love the area I’m in. My oldest daughter has moved 7 times in the almost 20 years she has been married! She is an expert with all this. Her husband is in Construction Management & it sort of comes with the territory. They have enjoyed seeing each place they have lived but some of them ended up being short term. They have lived in two different places here in California, Oregon, Utah, Idaho, Colorado & now they are back in Oregon. I miss Colorado to visit but I am glad she is a bit closer. She wants to try to stay in Eugene where they now live but who knows what may come down the road.
Yesterday I went to someone new to have my haircut, it was so different than the person I had been going to. I wear my hair very short, wash & go, so I will have to see how it goes as the cut itself is the important part for me & I’m picky. It is after all my hair & I want it to look good even though most people would not think it is much of a style!!
You sound well organized and settling in Janelle, just relax & enjoy what comes. :flower4you:

Anyway, glad you are finding the right “people” to help you adjust to your new home!

And I just started with a new hair girl, I’ve been there 3 times and I love her!! :heart1: But like you, was scared to death the first time I sat in her chair and trusted her to “get me”.