I made it! I'm here now. I live right above Table Rock Lake on the top of a hill. It is beautiful. I was planning on staying at one of the resorts until I found a place to buy. Now that I'm here, I'm toying with buying a couple of acres and building my log cabin dream. I'll write more about that later. In the meantime, I'll be renting and I love that I have a full-time place to be rather than a resort. Once those summertime rates kick in at the resorts, I'd have to find somewhere else to...

I'm sure glad I chose to do this blog. It's unbelievable to me that in just a few short posts, things could be so clear for me.

It's nice to sit around and not worry anymore.

I'm talking to a woman right now who works for the Missouri state government doing fieldwork. She always has the prettiest Ozark wildflower pictures in her blog posts.

Her blog is Ozark Highlands of Missouri and I discovered today she has an Etsy shop called ThreeStrands.

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It's pretty funny that three blog posts later, things have solidified so much for me. I guess it doesn't take long for some things to hit home.

I'm not sure if it's the blog posts or just reading the various forum posts and comments here and picking up on a few things, but never before has Kansas City so dropped off my radar.

The Ozarks always stood strong for me due to lifestyle preferences. I just have a lot more to do there and I enjoy my life there much more.
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The current plan is to buy in the Ozarks.

I will be staying in a lakeside lodge in the Ozarks beginning in October of this year.

I think what I'm dealing with is how to let Kansas City go.

I know the Ozarks suits my personality and lifestyle much better, but I feel so comfortable in Kansas City that it makes it hard to leave.

That's what I'm hoping this blog can accomplish for me is sorting through the conflicted feelings.

I keep going between settling in the Missouri Ozarks or Kansas City with a bit of Saint Louis thrown in.

I'm saving up for a house to buy outright. It'll be a couple of years before I have the right amount, although I could buy an inexpensive place in either KC or STL within the year.

This is the deal. Kansas City is home. Pure and simple. I feel at home there. That's a very important feeling. But I'm not totally a city person. I've lived in plenty of cities, but...