11/27
#4
15 min
Feels like a good time to try stretching out with a book.
#4
15 min
Feels like a good time to try stretching out with a book.

I seem to recall you posted the answer awhile back, but I forgot.11/26 #6
Sometimes (OK, a lot of times) I really miss being in Oregon. There was always some place beautiful to go to. Here is South Dakota, there is nothing for miles and miles but miles and miles of nothing. Boorrrrriiinnnngggg.
Looks like everyone is either still in the after Thanksgiving day stupper - Or trying to take advantage of the Black Friday sales and shopping away ( @rangerrobin, @angelphyre, & @Shawn Hoefer - YES "You" . . .
Welcome to the best thread on the forum where only the nicest people hang out.New here just saying hello!
Uh, money, or rather the lack of it. I got disabled (forceably retired) and trying to live in a Californicated state on a fixed low income wasn't possible. The house payment alone was eating my entire check. Sold my house (3.5 acres w/single-car garage and small pole barn) and found a depressed (economically) place to move to. Got 10 acres with house, double garage, huge shop, barn, chicken coop, sheds, large garden plot, etc., etc. for less than half the price of that smaller place in Orygun. So we figured we now had the space for cows and chickens instead of just the three horses. Of course, all these animals are keeping us poor, but with judicious spending (I am a real Scrooge now), we barely make ends meet. Could never have done that where we were before. Some days, the love for the critters outweighs the desire for the beautiful treks in Orygun and other days I have to suppress the yearning for exploring the great outdoors. Ya rolls yer dice and ya takes yer chances...What prompted your move from Oregon and how did you wind up living where you do today?