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| Beemoosie |
Posted - Jan 18 2007 : 02:39:23 AM
Just curious, but I was wondering where you ladies settled down? NOT specifics, I just mean did you grow up and stay in your hometown or did you move away...far away or just down the road?
Though I dream big of living other places (always wanted to move down south) I have never lived more than 10 miles from home! I think it's the only child thing! My children go to the same school I did. It's a good place and I am happy here, although the "ruralness" is slipping away.
So how about Y'all? Where did you end up?
My soul magnifies the Lord, And my spirit rejoices in God my Savior. Luke 1:46,47
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| oceanfarmgirl |
Posted - Feb 05 2007 : 09:05:55 AM
I grew up in Roseburg, Or. My husband grew up just south of there in Days Creek. When we had been married for about 3 years, we moved to a town in the middle of those two called Myrtle Creek. My husband was a police officer for the city there. Then when he got a job with the county Sheriff's Dept, we were asked if we would consider a position on the Coast. Our county is very big, and there is an office on the coast here with a small number of Deputies. We said we would move, because he and I both grew up coming to the coast here in Oregon for family camping vacations. We have been here almost a year, and I still feel like I am on vacation. I love it. Our town is just enough off of the actual coast to be sheltered from the winds, and yet still be close enough to be less than a five min. drive from the waves, crabbing, clamming, and all the fun coastaly things there are to do here. I love it, and I want my parents to move here. My In Laws run a small family cow "ranch", so they won't be moving, but we are only a few hours away, and they come to see us lots.
rachel
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| theoanne |
Posted - Jan 28 2007 : 5:17:34 PM
Better late than never, I guess. Here I go:
I was born and raised in Akron,OH. After marriage we moved about 10 miles away to build and raise our family. We thought we would never move again. 4 sons and 9 yrs later we had to move due to his job. Carrollton GA was 800 miles from home. What a culture shock! The good part was my bestest friend since 6th grade only lived 50 miles from Carrollton. We were both far from Akron but had each other to raise our families with. 10 more yrs went by and I divorced. He moved back home(literally...back in with his Dad) The boys and I stayed here. Carrollton is small town,but not tiny. I love it. I have traveled many beautiful places in this country,but I'm always glad to come home. My boys are still here except one is stationed in ND. The best part about this town is that I met my sweetie here. We married 3 years ago when we were 50. If I had't moved to GA I would have never met him. |
| owwlady |
Posted - Jan 28 2007 : 10:23:14 AM
"the dog of my dreams"...made me chuckle |
| Annab |
Posted - Jan 28 2007 : 03:37:11 AM
I'm an Ohioan by birth. Lived in Cincinnati until 1994 then landed my first full time zoo job in Southern California. Stayed here for 5 wonderful years, then thanks to an abusive "marriage" went home until "The Mouse" called, then did 9 months "time" in Florida 1998-1999 working at the Animal Kingdom, then fianlly settled in NC, and won't ever look back. This is where I have always wanted to be. My dream was to live on a farm, marry a Southern Gentleman and raise the dog of my dreams. All have been accomplished, so the rest is just icing on the cake.
MY folks moved an hour away 3 years ago. I really miss the Cincinnati chili parlors and a few friends back home, but that's about it. |
| owwlady |
Posted - Jan 27 2007 : 9:35:27 PM
I've never left WI. Born in Milwaukee and have lived in various suburbs usually not more than 10 miles from my parents home. Moved last December about 200 miles north, but still in WI. I'm 54 now and don't see a lot of moving around in my future anymore. I hope to stay put for quite awhile, but who knows what may happen. |
| Tracey |
Posted - Jan 27 2007 : 07:34:00 AM
Born and raised in a state of confusion...
Moss-growing native Washingtonian. Wanted to move to Texas and marry a cowboy...stayed here and married City Boy (who grew up in Anaheim.)
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| abbasgurl |
Posted - Jan 26 2007 : 11:21:22 PM
How interesting this is! I have always lived within 20 minutes of my hometown, and Hubby's family still farm the same ground his family settled on as pioneers! We built a home on a part of their farmstead. Not where I would choose to settle maybe...but I am a "bloom where you're planted" type, so... 
Blessings,
Rhonda
I'm a one girl revolution. |
| Beemoosie |
Posted - Jan 23 2007 : 06:22:29 AM
I love hearing all of your stories!!! Amazing lives we all lead! Keep em coming girls!
My soul magnifies the Lord, And my spirit rejoices in God my Savior. Luke 1:46,47
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| blueroses |
Posted - Jan 22 2007 : 4:14:35 PM
How interesting all of our lives have been! I was born and raised in Westchester County NY (the suburbs of NYC) and moved to Boise ID with 1st hubby. Had 2 children, but he was rather bad at being faithful so back to NY. Met my wonderful present dh in NY and after 1 year moved to Bethel CT. Lived there for 5 years and we wanted a change, so moved to North Idaho and have lived here for 7 years. I am missing NY and New England, but I do love my friends and the small town atmosphere. I know the postmaster, store clerks, and many of the local business people and they know me. I never had that much when I lived back east. I was never really involved with my town before because I had to commute an 1 each way to work and back. Who had time or energy?
"You cannot find peace...by avoiding life."
Virginia Woolfe |
| gregs_lil_farmgirl |
Posted - Jan 21 2007 : 2:17:24 PM
I guess I am an east coast gypsy...or was. I was born in Washington, DC and raised in and around VA, and MD until I graduated. Never went to the same school 2 yrs in a row until 10th grade. I moved to West Virginia, gypsied myself to FL, MD, PA, but kept coming back to WV. The city was not for me. I did alot of research for 5 yrs on Maine...land, cost of living, jobs and so on. ( I visited there 20+ years ago and loved it) Anyway, I took the plunge...picked a spot in the center of the state, found a place to rent via the internet, gave my notice after 8 yrs at same place...packed up everything I owned, rented a uhaul and moved to Maine, without knowing a soul there. It hasn't always been easy, but all things happen for a reason. I have finally found peace on FourAcreFarm and have a wonderful soul to share it with. I just recently this week went to FL to see my daughter and granddaughter for the first time in 3 years...in the big city. I enjoyed my visit, but I wasnt gone 2 days and I realized that I was incredibly homesick. It certainly is great to have roots finally...Theres no place like home!!! And I am so glad to have one.
Anyone longing to just pick up and go...to follow a dream...should really not cheat yourselves of it. The adventure and fear of it all may be a stepping stone for something else...dont deny your heart.
-Simple pleasures make my heart smile- |
| Chix-N-Dirt |
Posted - Jan 20 2007 : 8:50:33 PM
I have lived with in sight of my current home all but maybe 3 or 4 of my 44 years. I was born while my dad was working in Ohio but they moved back here and built a house by the time I was about 2. When my husband and I got married we moved to a couple of places including town before coming back here. We lived at the bottom of this hill in a mobile home for a while and then built our house on top. These 10 acres were part of my grandparents land. We have the hilly end. My driveway is about straight up and in the winter it can be a challenge because the sun does not hit it in certain spots!! I always thought I would end up very far away from here but, as they say, sometimes the Lord works in mysterious ways! |
| sweetproserpina |
Posted - Jan 20 2007 : 6:30:33 PM
Well I haven't settled yet but I'm hoping to real soon.
When I was little I was an east coast girl, then the parents split and I became a west coast girl. All the family out here eventually moved back east, but I met friends here and met my handsome fella, so I stayed put. It's only now that fella and I are ready to get hitched and start a family that we have realized that while we love the mountains and pacific, home is rolling hills, leafy forests and the farm country back east.
"Isn't it splendid to think of all the things there are to find out about? It just makes me feel glad to be alive--it's such an interesting world."
http://theprimroseway.blogspot.com/ |
| Sweet Harvest Homestead |
Posted - Jan 20 2007 : 3:57:03 PM
I was born in Eastland,TX right outside of Abilene.
My parents(from Nashville, Tennessee) moved there right after they were married as my father was a disc jocky and he had a job out there. They only stayed for 3 months after I was born then they went back to TN. They missed the rolling hills. We lived in Waverly (outside of Nashville) for 10 years and then we moved to East TN (Pigeon Forge) I lived there until I was 22 and then I married and moved about 40 miles away to Talbott, TN.
Well, 4 years later. I was pregnant with our firstborn and my husband got a job with GM in Shreveport, LA. We moved down there ( much to the dismay of my folks) and then found our house right across the border in Waskom, Texas. We lived there for 5 1/2 years. All of our babies were born there and some of our best friendships were made there.
Then in 2005, after wanting to get closer to home and family we moved to Charlotte, NC. It is 4 hours away from our family. Close but not too close.
I can't say that I really feel at home here. We hoped to move to Nashville, TN but that job fell through so we chose NC. The folks are great here but I just don't feel rooted.
Oh well, we can't have it all. I am thankful for this farm that we found and this land.
Interesting Thread Bonnie!
Lindy
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| ddmashayekhi |
Posted - Jan 20 2007 : 11:06:24 AM
I have lived in Homer Township, IL for almost my entire life. My parents have a vacation home in Hayward, WI, and I always felt like I grew up as a IL/WI kid. Homer Township finally incorporated, and unfortunately developed from a beautiful, farming, rural area, to a bustling Chicago suburb. My husband is originally from Tehran and he immigrated to Woodstock, NY in 1975. I told him I am always opening to moving anywhere he wants, just no cities & someplace that has 4 seasons. Neither of us can do without our 4 seasons!
Dawn in IL |
| ArmyWifey |
Posted - Jan 19 2007 : 07:32:37 AM
Our movers love our boxes of books as well..............one caveat if you will, while it is hard to make deep friendships in the military it is possible. I have friends I met 17 years ago when we joined that are still my friends, and others I've known shorter but still longer than 2 years. It just takes a bit more work and willingness to be hurt. It is hard though, I pray that my children will see the benefirt of it and not be calloused. I've found that people who live in one or two places thier whole lives tend to take thier friends and families a whole lot more for granted than our family does/my children do. My daughter was mind boggled that one girl at camp had never even left the state of CA! There were girls from Germany there who the other girls were enthralled with and she was just happy to have someone to talk to who knew what she was talking about.
Blessings,
Holly
ps-- as far as WHAT we move that's also been one blessing of the military every two years I get rid of stuff! When you pay for everything over you weight limit (13,000 lbs for us )you tend to really evaluate what's important to keep and what's not!
As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord!
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| Beach Girl |
Posted - Jan 19 2007 : 05:12:00 AM
Hey, Nance in France, I was born in Norfolk and lived in Virginia Beach during the summers that I was in HS and college! My parents (step-dad and mom) had a boat at the Cavalier Yacht Club that we spent every free moment on.
People often ask me where I originated from because I don't have any kind of accent. I think that comes from being an Air Force kid. When I was born, my father was stationed at Langley AFB. We then went to Northern VA (NOVA) when he was working at the Pentagon, then to Luke AFB in Arizona, then to Homestead AFB in Florida (the one that was completely wiped out in hurricane Andrew in 1992). During this time he was flying with the Thunderbirds, the #4 plane. He was killed (my mom later remarried when I was in HS) while in Homestead in a fiery crash while waiting on the end of the runway to take off to go to Viet Nam. After he was killed, my mom then brought me and my brother back to NOVA where I stayed until I married. That marriage took me to Maryland's Eastern Shore, and then back to VA, first to Newport News, then to Williamsburg, then to Richmond. I hated moving around and unless God calls me to move somewhere else, I will NEVER leave Hatteras island! The worst part was that as a military kid I never had lasting friendships. As soon as I would get close to someone, either she'd move or I'd move (the whole transfer thing). I learned not to make friends, other than good acquaintances because as soon as you had a best friend, you were torn apart. Unfortunately, that stuck with me into my adult years. Between that and losing my father, I learned not to trust people staying in my life and did not get close to friends. Then my marriage fell apart, which didn't help that situation. However, when I moved here, God put me in an incredible church and I have very close friends that I love and trust completely. Healing and trusting is wonderful!
The other bad part of me and my boys moving is WHAT (LOL) we have to move. We have a lot of family antiques (big heavy pieces) but we also have 3000 books! The church members that moved us in STILL talk about that, saying that nearly everything that came off the truck was books, books, and more books! 
Vanessa
Farmgirl-by-the-Sea |
| Aunt George |
Posted - Jan 19 2007 : 04:45:24 AM
Oh, I have loved reading everyone's post here.....marvelous! I am a Midwestern gal by birth and in my heart. I was born in Indiana and moved to Illinois when I was two. My dad was a grocery store manager and we moved with his promotions and transfers, but stayed in Moline, Illinois from the age of 2 to 12. Then we moved to Burlington, Iowa for a couple of years and then to Jacksonville, Illinois where I met and married my first husband. We moved to Peoria, Illinois, of course with a job transer (he was a meatcutter) That is where my son was born and where I got my nursing degree. I also had a hand dug organic garden...Illinois is such a great place to grow things....vegetable and kidwise! *g* We then moved to North Carolina in 1988 and I stayed there through a divorce and married a Southern Gentleman. Gave birth to two lovely little girlie-Q's and then a job moved us the Richmond, Virginia area. It is such a beautiful Commonwealth (not a State! *g*) This is home to my little girls. The house we are now in is the one they call home and the only one they remember. It is a colonial sitting on three acres....but we didn't know when we moved that the three acres are a bird reserve sitting on the Chesapeake water shed, so we cannot clear the property. I loved this place for the thought of having my organic garden once again, and now I just keep dreaming. Our five year (perhaps retirement dream) is to have our little brick ranch over a basement in the country somewhere. I hope it will be in the Midwest, but my DH is a born Southerner and will never trade the sun for the snow.
http://auntgeorgeshouse.blogspot.com/index.html
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| country lawyer |
Posted - Jan 19 2007 : 03:37:49 AM
I have lived my whole, entire life in the state of Georgia. I now live about 60 miles from where I grew up. One day we'll gather the courage to move to Vermont or Maine!
"The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time."
James Taylor
www.ragstoroses.blogspot.com
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| therusticcottage |
Posted - Jan 18 2007 : 5:36:42 PM
I was born and raised in Virden, IL. Lived there until I graduated from high school then moved to Charleston, IL so my husband could go to Eastern IL University. After he left school we moved back to Virden. Lived there until 1975 when we moved to Chillicothe, IL. I lived in Chillicothe until 1985 when I moved to Vancouver, WA. I've been in this area ever since and married my current husband here. My dream is to go back to Virden one day. I had hoped to move there several years ago but it didn't work out. So I will probably have to settle for retiring there. My brother and sister both think I'm crazy for wanting to move back but since they've been in that area their whole lives I don't think they appreciate it. I love IL and miss it so much -- it's still home to me.
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Picture A Day Blog http://rcpicaday.blogspot.com |
| shelle |
Posted - Jan 18 2007 : 5:16:29 PM
I live about 18 miles from where i was born here in Oklahoma. When we move to the new place it will be about 9 miles from my hometown and about 30 miles from where I am now. I pretty much lived my whole life in the same county I was born in.
Shelle |
| jo Thompson |
Posted - Jan 18 2007 : 3:22:31 PM
Gosh, I just noticed that was my 200th post, wow........
north to alaska..... |
| jo Thompson |
Posted - Jan 18 2007 : 3:14:15 PM
I was born onto the back of a horse in eastern oregon, not far from "horse heaven hills" and within easy driving distance to the Palouse near Maryjane. I grew up eating fried green tomatoes and riding the barrels, team roping and raising mischief. Went away to college, married and then travelled for 19 years with a restless soul and finally couldn't face his sorrows anymore.... Flew as a flight nurse, loved a Canadian named Al who passed away from a brain tumor. Ended up back in Seattle as a flight nurse, then I married a crazy Alaskan named Paul, a fellow oregonian, it's hard to find a reason to leave my nest...... I am home now.
north to alaska..... |
| Ronna |
Posted - Jan 18 2007 : 2:27:19 PM
I was born in Reno, but when my parents divorced (I was 7), mother took us to Los Angeles, where she was born. My life has been between SoCalif and rural northern Nevada since. In '95, I was in the process of moving back to NV to take care of my 90 yr old former MIL when her son, my first husband came to see her. Two divorces later, we remarried, 26 yrs to the day of when I'd divorced him. Not quite the romantic love story like Nance, but we do love each other and are meant to be together. Our daughter lives 140 miles east and works at the same truck stop (she's the casino asst mgr) where we lived when she was little. Both of us had remarried twice and were married 15 years when we got back together. So, I'm remarried to the guy I started going with at 13 and married two days after I turned 16. He was born in NV also, so this is home and where we plan to be for the rest of our lives. Hold on to your dreams, they may come true! |
| wovenheart |
Posted - Jan 18 2007 : 09:59:20 AM
I was born in Orchard Park, NY-my dad's home town but then moved to Everett, WA to be near my mom's home town, Mukilteo, WA before starting kdg., a million years ago:) Both of those towns are about a half hour away from Seattle. I've lived a county north for almost 30 years after marrying my dh who was born and raised in our little valley.
"It's the beauty that thrills me with wonder...It's the stillness that fill me with peace." |
| Tina Michelle |
Posted - Jan 18 2007 : 09:15:17 AM
was born in Pahokee, but we moved all around Florida.
My folks finally settled in Arcadia when I was 10, but then when I met my husband at age 21 we moved here to North Florida , and have been here for almost 17 yrs,(a very hard adjustment for a small town gal/from a "blink and you'll miss it sort of town")
and nope, it's not really a place I can say that I have "settled" on. In fact I'm not terribly fond of the area at all and when I was 7 and my folks lived here and had it rough..I swore back then I'd never live in this town...ha ha, never say never, as after meeting my husband to be, this is where he lived and where I've been for 17 yrs!. I find it dirty, busy, and populated with folks that aren't usually very friendly(it's a rare occasion to have someone wave or smile, or even say "hello" to you around here).... and would like to find a small town with more rural setting...but in the meantime I grow flowers, watch birds and do things that make me happy even here. Because this town is such a transient town/military/..finding friends is very difficult because there are many families that come and go through the area.
So, basically I have not been succesful in the finding friends here.(one of the reasons why I probably frequent this site so much...:0) )
That is another reason why I crave a smaller community..a place where front porch sitting and saying "howdy" to your neighbor isn't such a stange concept. But anyhow..I work on trying to be happy wherever I am, creating my own happiness.
But "settled" here? no..wanting my kids to all finish being raised here?...no.Wanting to stay here ...no.
As for family..they are 500 and 300 miles away.
~Seize the Day! Live, Love, Laugh~ |
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