Thanks so much for the warm welcome! My husband and I moved here when our daughter moved to Memphis to attend law school. We lived in a fairly large older home and wanted something new, that we could have a part of designing, but couldn't afford to do it in that part of Massachusetts(the Northshore). We are only 45 minutes away from our old town so it's not too difficult to visit friends and family. We are in the Nashua area, pretty cosmopolitan for New Hampshire. At some point, in a year or two we would like to move over to the NH coast, hopefully the Rye area. Of course, that depends on whether my husband could get a good job over there; he won't do more than a 45 minute commute each way and I don't blame him! I can go anywhere, have been in pediatric physical therapy for well over 20 years. Glad you have enjoyed vacations here in the northeast. We love to travel and our most recent trip (August) was to Napa Valley and Yosemite. This was my 5th visit to California and there are still areas I want to see! I immediately jumped on the menapause forums last night as it is something new that I'm experiencing and feel crappy/ tired/ sweaty so often. Have an appt with the gyno in November and hopefully it will be helpful. Thanks again to all of you responding. Hope to get to know you better!