Oh what have I done???

[Curmudgeon]

Originally Posted by ozarksboy

Meanwhile, the students call this place "the black hole" and talk about spending a lifetime here for four or five years.

Kinda sounds like spending a week in Bakersfield one night!

[lone sailor]

Originally Posted by Nexxie

It's almost like a miracle. I am here a year now and I actually survived. There were times when I actually contemplated checking out. It has been an experience and the hardest thing I have ever had to do in my life. It has been very difficult for me the last year living so isolated from family, friends, and good neighbors. If the cows, deer, and turkey could speak (maybe even some of you Missourians) I may have had an easier time here. At times, I relly felt imprisoned.

There are so many things I do not understand about the life of people here and do not care to find out, therefore I will not ask. What I will say is I do have great respect for you. It appears most have a very hard life here and if I did have a lot of money I know now what I would do with it.

I hope to sell this beautiful piece of land and gorgeous new home and return to an easy life, my cookie cutter neighborhood, starbucks, malls, great parks, beaches, shopping, sunshine, boating, diving, great HEALTHY dining, the arts, theatre, good conversation and most of all a better education for my son where technology is offered at a young age.

I thank you all again for all the posts, I have read them all. Please keep us in your prayers that we will be home soon.

Thanks,
nexxie

Good luck in your travels, where ever they may take you.

[Lake Junkie]

Originally Posted by Nexxie

...I hope to sell this beautiful piece of land and gorgeous new home and return to an easy life, my cookie cutter neighborhood, starbucks, malls, great parks, beaches, shopping, sunshine, boating, diving, great HEALTHY dining, the arts, theatre, good conversation and most of all a better education for my son where technology is offered at a young age.
nexxie

...that actually sounds like the part of SW MO where I live...

[xTheGeneralx]

When I was a kid, the old guys taught me how to whittle the little balls inside the box. It was always the highlight of the week, when my dad went into town to pay his taxes at the courthouse and I could sit on the bench and whittle.

[Darlynn0217]

Originally Posted by xTheGeneralx

When I was a kid, the old guys taught me how to whittle the little balls inside the box. It was always the highlight of the week, when my dad went into town to pay his taxes at the courthouse and I could sit on the bench and whittle.

I love to whittle! It's a lost art! I like carving on Table Rock Lake Rocks, too! They are just soft enough...

[Lake Junkie]

Originally Posted by Darlynn0217

I love to whittle! It's a lost art! I like carving on Table Rock Lake Rocks, too! They are just soft enough...

Now that's a tough gal...whittling rocks!