I would read the stories of those babies and how country living was the be all and end all and darn if I didn't think they were romantic at the time. So much so that hubby and I looked at country property many times only to have me go 'What do you mean if it's yellow let it mellow?' 'What's a sewage tank?' 'Where did all these flies come from?' 'I think I'd need a shotgun to feel safe this far from the city'.

Now I read those kind of stories and snort. I need to get out of our house on almost a daily basis and the idea that I couldn't get to a store (like that bookstore that is three minutes away or a grocery store)without a 1/2 drive pretty much put the nail in that coffin.

CindyS