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Kind words Kathy, thank you...
We BBQ'd for the neighbors here over the weekend and had a ball. Some showed up on ATVs and others rode horses. A hitching post is in the works - whoda thunk?
At Christmas we had 30 people and seven dogs, I couldn't stop smiling.
I have a plow for my quad and when it snowed here a few weeks ago I plowed all of my neighbors' driveways and most of our road. It was the coolest thing ever.
My wife and I bought each other a woodstove for our bedroom for Christmas. It has a glass door and is amazing, all night long.
Nothing in Hawaii, or elsewhere that I have found, could compete with this in my mind. Love that you love it there, so happy for you. But to assume that "there" is everyone's paradise is more than a little bit icky. We tried it, found it was less than we wanted, moved on, glad we did, sorry for those who'd like to come back but can't, and trust there are more than just a few.
I'm where I want to be, you're where you want to be. As kindly as I can ask, have you sincerely done a standards check, or are you just enamored with the idea of living in Hawaii? Just sayin'.
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I do a standards check about every 6-18 months. One time for almost 3 weeks on the mainland - that was too long for us. Couldn't wait to get back home to Big Island. When that day changes, maybe I will wander and want to actually move instead of just think about it once every few years.
But for me, no offense, couldnt handle where you live.
My standards are:
*close to the ocean. Spent most of my life within 50 miles of it at the outside.
*Humid air. Cant handle dry dusty air!
*Small town <200,000. (So my 2nd choice - San Diego is out.)
*No really cold weather (leaves out anything on the West Coast above Santa Barbara).
*I am not a country/western girl either. Places that boots and jeans and horses are de rigueur are not for me.
*must have ethnic diversity. All white is a no-sale for me.
Brad, I agree we should not all want to be in the same place! nor judge others for not wanting that place. Your joy in your new place shines through.
I didn't move here because I was unhappy where I lived. (My husband did.) I couldn't go back now though, it's grown too much and in ways that don't sound good, in the time since I left it.
Like Cat, I need to be by the ocean. I grew up near it, and when I have tried being inland it didn't feel right. My parents cannot understand that. My dad chose the desert for his happy place, almost 50 years ago, but I like humidity (like Cat).
You have to find the spot ...
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I'm where I want to be, you're where you want to be.
Well, no, I am serious about moving to Ireland. The crashing housing market made it impossible, and my grandson who is here needs me right now, but I do have goals, started working on it a couple of years ago.
Cold weather is a tough one for me. I grew up where it never got below about 40 degrees, and although I have lived with snow (Los Alamos, Taos), I don't have that thing in me that loves snow. To me it's just a big hassle. I'm glad for you that you love plowing, I truly am! [  ]
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There are things here that are just plain wrong. but I'm glad i moved here instead of moving back to St Tomas
Think we got problems!
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Kathy, if you don't like cold weather, you do NOT want to go to Ireland. I lived in Dublin for a year and a half before moving back here a couple of years ago. It's true that it rarely gets below freezing, but the flip side is that it never gets warm. If you look at the monthly temperature averages, you'll see that the main difference between winter and summer is the nighttime low, while the daytime high hardly changes.
During the entire summer I was there (I had two winters, unfortunately), it got above 70 degrees on a total of three days. People were out sunbathing when it was 60 (you have to take advantage of every sunny day, because there are so few), while I was wearing long sleeves - and it goes without saying that no one went into the water. It's brighter here when it's cloudy, than when it's sunny in Ireland. London is almost the same latitude north, but is much warmer in summer because it's farther from the Atlantic.
Every place has problems. In some places, we feel called to be there and deal with those problems and let them make us stronger. But in other places, we find the best thing to do is leave those particular burdens behind.
The trick is to tell the difference between a problem that is an opportunity for growth and an obstacle that is a message saying this is not your spot and you need to move on. Still working on that.
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You guys make me smile. We are blessed with our differences, genuinely.
The beach. That's a puzzle for me; that wave that's just now rolling in looks remarkably like the one that just left. My wife loves it however, and so we go and I act like I'm having fun. She'll be coming back to the BI from time to time to visit friends there and enjoy the beach, so you all will probably unknowingly cross paths. I'll stay here and enjoy the good life plowing snow.
Ah I see all the waves as different.
MR, Dublin is not on my radar, due to the cold,although I found the June weather there perfectly pleasant, even at 1 am.
Part of the Irish coast has a Gulf Stream influence. But in any case, I will do my homework on the ground and in the winter. Maybe Italy, but I can only read Italian, can't speak it.
I just want to try living in another country before I die and want new places to see. The winters here do spoil a person. In a perfect world I would spend every winter here. Today is amazing!
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Ah, but how can you call it winter?
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St George brings back memories of Green Canyon, the Kiabab, the nearby Indian reservations, most notable were the dogs on said reservations - one having a nose full of porcupine barbs - and no one seemed to care.....
The most memorable memory however, one lone rainbird sprinkler making a 20ft high 150 ft long wall of ice as it was left running to keep the pipes from freezing - It came to me that this cowboy was way to old to deal with the potential for sub zero temps.
Then I chose Maui - grin
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