Hello, Mr. Milton in Milton, Delaware

My son and I moved to Milton, Delaware in July of 2009. Six days after moving in I was in a fender bender and was out of work for 2 weeks. While I was back and forth to doctor's appointments and physical therapy, I got to/had to sit back and enjoy the little town of Milton that I had just moved to.

The weather wasn't extremely hot and I couldn't do any heavy lifting, so I sat on my front porch and side yard and looked out on the little town that I could see. Milton, Delaware is a quaint little place in my estimation. I love it. I've been here for seven months now and it continues to grow on me. I tell people that I now live between heaven and Nirvana. In other words, I live between the lake at my front door and the Milton Library at the other end of the street.

I originally moved from Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, the "Nation's Summer Capital". I loved going down to the beach and "walking the boards", and I loved visiting the library and bookstores in the area. I couldn't imagine moving somewhere where I couldn't be within a minutes drive from the water or the library. So, I figure I found the perfect place here in Milton.

In the last several months, I have walked around the town and made friends with many people. I've taken pictures of the lake, houses, people and anything of interest. I'm still taking pictures to capture my "move to Milton".

I have been intending to create this blog from the first month I moved in, and I'm just getting to it. There are so many little things I want to journal about my stay here and the things that happen to me in my life here before I forget them. I will no doubt be putting in entries from things I have experienced since moving here in July, so bear with me if I reminisce and write about past experiences. I don't know if anyone will find any of this interesting, but I'm doing a lot of this as therapy and documentation for myself and my son.

I invite anyone to comment, but please keep things "clean and decent" as my son will be reading this blog and possibly including comments also. He's 11 years old, has ADHD and is high-functioning autistic. He is a very intelligent child and very active.

I have to figure out how to put pictures on this blog, so when I do, I will include pictures I've taken from around the town. If anyone has been to Milton, DE, please let me know how your experiences were. I think for anyone who has moved to a new town, gotten to a new place in their lives, that it's a good think to document these experiences, and the internet/blog experience, makes it easy to do that now.

Right now, we are experiencing a 2-foot snowfall that started on Friday afternoon. The weather was just as predicted and of course, we're supposed to get another snowfall starting on Tuesday. The school my son goes to, Rehoboth Elementary School, has already announced that they'll be closed for Monday and Tuesday. As a State of DE employee, I just hope that we will get off time like that to. Not just to be off, but all the back roads are going to be snow covered and dangerous to travel on for the next week and getting a child to daycare so you can go to work is going to take 2-3 times the amount of time it normally would. It normally takes me 40 minutes to take my son to the woman who watches him and then get back to the spot that i started from to go to work, which is another 45 minutes away. I hate driving on the roads when it's like this because you usually have people who drive too fast and they can't stop.

Anyway, back to Milton. Less than 1 minute down the street from me, is the little park. There is a statue of "Mr. Milton", whom the town is names after. My son and I often wave to "Mr. Milton" on our way past to our house that we rent. I tell my son we should wave or beep our horn as we pass Mr. Milton. It makes us laugh.

Of course, this is Superbowl Sunday today and most people are in watching television. I'm not much for the Superbowl. Many people here, over 12,000, are out or have been out of electric for two days now. Our electric went out at 4:00 am on Saturday morning but it popped back on and has been on ever since. Many, including some of my family, have been out of electric and/or heat for over a day. I, unfortunately, didn't have the money to buy a kerosene heater, but I do have a gas stove, and if needed I can turn it on and block off a good part of the house. It has been fortunate that we haven't had to. With so many things happening in the world and catastrophes occurring, I still pray that this little town stays safe and all my loved one and family also, no matter where they are, realize that myself and others are keeping them in our thoughts and prayers. Be safe everyone.