Living in America 2013

[smartieknickers]

Howdy y'all! I was a long time lurker on the Living in America 2012 thread and in the spirit of my new year's resolution to 'get involved in more stuff' I thought I'd start a new thread, what with it being a month into 2013 and all that... So who's with me?

Link to previous thread

Brief introduction: I initially moved from Scotland to Houston, TX with my DH and DS (now 2) in 2011, but we moved to Dallas in September last year. We never really felt quite at home in Houston but for some reason we really like life in Dallas, even though it's pretty similar in a lot of ways. We have just today finally dispatched with the last of our Christmas visitors (we've had parents and in-laws here back-to-back for 5 solid weeks!!) so I'm feeling like I deserve a large and a medal

[Want2bSupermum]

You are a better woman than me! Happy to hear you got your belongings in time for Christmas.

[soundevenfruity]

Sorry for butting in but I am trying to find out about such American curiosity as integrated microwave with extractor fan. It would be an ideal space-saving solution and Americans seem to like them but I wonder how practical it is. Has anybody had any experience? Many thanks.

[PeppermintBark]

we had one in a house we rented, but I don't recall it being amazing. I don't know if they are vented to the outside, or just have charcoal filters in. I would think that if they aren't vented to the outside, they're not going to be fantastic, but it would be better than nothing. We currently have a hob with integral extractor fans and I don't like that as much as the traditional hood. Sorry not to be of more help.

[soundevenfruity]

Thank you, peppermint. I will check what's available in UK.

[Want2bSupermum]

We had the option to have one and decided against it. For having a proper extractor fan it would have been $700 against $100 for one in the pantry. You can get them cheaper but they recycle the air so I don't consider them extractors. Very happy with our decision as DD spends every morning watching her breakfast warm up. From a space saving perspective they can't be beat.

[rootypig]

I have made a new thread, should anyone be interested

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/living_overseas/2145347-Living-in-America-2014