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Purgatory
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Posted 6/29/2013 7:51 PM (GMT -8)
redwing,

that is what inspired me to start these "finding out more about ourselves" threads. aside from all the medical advice, journey struggles, personal battles - we are all regular people, living our lives, trying to make the best of things, despite how PC has effected our very lives.

I have personally enjoyed all the variations and opinions and the lifestyles that we commonly share.

I for one, find it very GFMPH, in every sense of the word.

David
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Posted 6/29/2013 8:16 PM (GMT -8)
Hi to all the MI crowd! We're in SE MI between Detroit and Ann Arbor but spend time in the Oscoda area whenever possible. It's hard to day Michigan without that ahhhhhhh, feeling! Such a beautiful state it is.

Swim

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Posted 6/29/2013 8:39 PM (GMT -8)
ah swim, ltns. was hoping you would appear, knew you were from MI
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Posted 6/30/2013 12:04 AM (GMT -8)
Until I left home I used to live here:
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When I left home/university I moved to London and lived in the street to the left of this park:
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Posted 6/30/2013 4:26 AM (GMT -8)
Hi Swimom - we're in Michigan as well.  We have lived in our 3 bedroom brick ranch for almost 40 years.  It's relatively small and I don't know how we had room for three children!  With four Grandchildren, we have toys everywhere (except the bathroom).  I have set up an eBay store in the basement but have only started selling a few items.  It can be like a part-time job, and watching the Grandbabes keeps me (us :-) ) busy!

We aren't far from the expressway and most venues are within a 45 minutes radius.  The shopping centers are even closer.  Son lives 8 minutes away; daughter #1 is 15 minutes from here; and it takes 32 minutes to drive out to my younger daughter's home.   I had always wished for a bigger home, but we have no plans of moving (unless we win the Lottery). yeah

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Posted 6/30/2013 5:21 AM (GMT -8)
Redwing, Swim and Aimzee - I'll say a "shoutout" to you Michiganders - from a yooper!  yeah

Aimzee it's funny when you mention about having easy/close access to everything - when I'm "back home" sometimes I miss that - but then again most times I don't, if you know what I mean!  smilewinkgrin   (Although, they do have a Super Walmart over in Ironwood now!!!!)

Also interesting to hear you say how long it takes to get somewhere, in minutes and hours.  I find myself gauging that down here (between Milwaukee and Chicago), yet in the U.P. it's measured in miles.  You're more likely to see deer on the highway than any level of traffic!

 

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Posted 6/30/2013 6:17 AM (GMT -8)
Born in Portsmouth VA, yup Navy brat.
Raised in a tenement apartment in "Da Bronx" NYC.
Cruised around as a teenager, Georgia, Virginia, Alabama.
Now living in a 3 Bed 2.5 bath 2000 sqft split ranch in the Hudson Valley in NY.
Nice little 1/3 of an acre plot.
Trying to get the wife on board with the fact when I retire I want to head south, Outer banks or maybe North Myrtle Beach. Tired of the cold and snow.


A Yooper, I have been across the Mighty Mac. One thing I have to say is:
open deck bridge + Motorcycle = Vertigo in a big way.
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Posted 6/30/2013 2:10 PM (GMT -8)
Aimzee, 40 years in the same house? Impressed. We are coming up on year 8, the longest ever in the same house, and unless I win the Power Ball, we plan to stay in our home forever. We have more than enough house for the two of us, plus the occasional overnighters.

Steve, if you decide to come to SC, let me know, have lived in this state now for 25 years. Never would have picked it randomly, but at the time, the manufacturing plant I worked for in NH had build a plant in SC, and then shut down the NH plant after 20 plus years. I was 1 of only 4 employees that were asked to move down to the SC plant, and that is how I ended up here. Less than 2 years later, Hurricane Hugo destroyed our plant, and heavily damaged the town we lived in, and we were never able to recover as a company. So it went Chapter 7. It was then, that we moved 200 miles west across SC to end up in the Greenville area, and that's how I ended up over here.

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Posted 6/30/2013 4:16 PM (GMT -8)
Robert,

I loved reading your litty bitty life story, it was great. Been to Boone a few times, truly a beautiful little place of heaven for sure. Sounds like a nice log home you all live in. What a life.

David
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Posted 6/30/2013 5:15 PM (GMT -8)

We currently live in a little community named Valle Crucis located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina. We are 1.5 miles from the famous Mast General Store, and about 5 miles or so from Boone, NC. In 2012, Boone was listed among the 10 best places to retire in the U.S. by U.S. News. Its population was 17,122 in 2010 and is the home of Appalachian State University. Boone is named for the famous American pioneer and explorer Daniel Boone….enough about Boone.

My wife and I moved to this area upon retirement in the summer of 2011. There are a number of ski resorts about 20 minutes from us. We love the area and had been coming up on and off for 8 years while we were working to visit our home here. For a while, we had the home on a vacation rental program to help defray expenses. After moving permanently, we sold our small horse farm near Raleigh, NC but kept an old 1905 farmhouse that was actually next door to the farm we sold. We use the old farmhouse to go down to visit our 2 children and 7 grandchildren. Our son is in IT with a small software company, and our daughter is a teacher and a PhD candidate once she finishes her dissertation.

So, our home in Valle Crucis is a log cabin on 8 mountain acres. The square logs part of the house is the top half with stucco walls down and a wrap around upper deck. It has a metal roof that covers the deck and which keeps the rain/snow off the logs and us. The small lower deck has a hot tub that you had to have for vacation folks, but we love it too. The interior is in a southwestern style with stucco style painted walls upstairs. Square footage is about 1,500 including a loft with two log beds…plenty big for us two. My wife and I have 5 Alaskan Malamute dogs (I’m free kennel help). She/we trained the dogs and were in the dog show circuit for about 13 years. Most shows were within 4 hours drive from Raleigh, NC except two Alaskan Mal nationals we attended. Our kennel name “Inukshuk” is an Inuit Indian name that is also on our vehicle tags. I get asked a lot: “you gotta tell me what your tag means”. Life is good in this area, kind of laid back. Some stores don’t open until 10a and close at 5p. We really love it here. I asked God before we moved here to please give us just a couple of years of good health in retirement. Within 2 years we both were diagnosed with cancer – her breast, and me, you know. Our pastor said I didn’t ask for enough, so go back and correct itJlol.

I have moved a lot in my Human Resources career. We lived in Macon, GA where I was born, then, north GA, eastern NC, west TN about 70 miles from Memphis, and finally back to NC. My wife and I met in Germany. Her father was a fighter pilot in the USAF, and I was in the service too at that time. When I came back to the states, my wife and I were married in New Mexico at Alamogordo AFB. We headed out on our honeymoon across the states driving back to Georgia where I finished my last 2 years of college with the GI Bill while she worked. We both love animals. She is into our dogs and all the birds here in the mountains. She knows all the NC birds. I love music and played in a little band in high school and college to make extra money. I dabbled at recording in Nashville a couple of times. So, that’s most of our little bitty story after 43 years together. To recap, we live in a little bitty town, in a little bitty house, and drive a little bitty car….there ain’t nothing wrong with being little bittyJ.

David, this was an excellent idea to get to know each other better!! I have thoroughly enjoyed reading the posts. Thanks for the memories!! 

Robert

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Posted 6/30/2013 6:37 PM (GMT -8)
Robert, you litty bitty life and home sound wonderful to me. Have been to Boone, NC many times, not that far away from Greenville here in SC. Very magical country side where you are at, a little piece of heaven.

That must be one nice log home, must be like blending into the nature around you, sounds great.

Thanks for sharing this special part of your life with all of us here. If I head up your way again, will contact you ahead of time to see if we could meet up.

david
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Posted 6/30/2013 7:08 PM (GMT -8)
Hey hey to my fellow Michiganders! I meant to say "it's hard to SAY Michigan without that ahhhhh feeling. I love this beautiful state and have seen just about every nook and creek. My family is from NW Tennessee. While most still do live there, my folks settled here in the late 50's. I still spent a great deal of my childhood in Tennessee. Prefer to call myself a southern gal with a northern influence :)

Funny how we measure distances in time rather than miles. Never gave it much thought until someone mentioned it. We live 10 minutes from Metro Airport, 20 from downtown Detroit, 15 from U of M and of course, 3 minutes to the nearest IKEA ...If I liked IKEA that would be a good thing.

We love our small town life where diners enjoy music in the park on Friday and Saturday evenings from their street-side dining tables. Everyone knows everyone and locking doors is more of a habit than a necessity. Haven't locked a door in 35 years so I guess it's never become a habit for me.

Our home of 18 years is a modest 2160 sq. ft., 4 bedroom quad. It's a typical brick and siding subdivision house in a quiet neighborhood a mile from downtown. We were nearly the last family to move in here with kids and ours have since grown up. Now we're seeing a new generation arriving. It's nice. Though I would much prefer to live in the downtown area, Paul isn't interested in moving again, yet. We sold our last 2 houses and moved to get our daughter into the schools she needed. Now that that isn't an issue, I'm slowly working on my plan to make it his idea to move :)  Oops, I typed that out loud..... wink

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Posted 6/30/2013 9:01 PM (GMT -8)
Sounds nice, Swim.

My wife begs for an IKEA to be here in SC, there is none. Nearest is in Charlotte, about 110 miles from here, or in Atlanta, 125 plus miles. She went to the Atlanta one recently, and went nuts.

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Posted 7/1/2013 12:10 AM (GMT -8)
Hi Robert!  That is an interesting post of your many moves.   We have also lived in an apartment and a Townhouse.  If there will ever be another move, it would be to a Senior Citizen housing unit.

Michiganders, my husband lived in a little town outside Menominee, Michigan.  Quite close to Green Bay, Wisconsin.  It takes almost 9 hours to get there and lately it seems like such a long drive.  Flying was nice when they had lower rates and no luggage fees!  I agree Swimom, Michigan is a beautiful state with four actual seasons.

Oh, and we have the LARGEST Christmas Store in the world.  It's in Frankenmuth - a great place for a vacation!  Ooops,  now I sound like a travel agent!  smilewinkgrin

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Posted 7/1/2013 3:16 AM (GMT -8)
Hey David (Purgatory),

Yes, if you ever head up towards Boone, email me. Would be great for you guys to come by for a visit.

Robert
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Posted 7/1/2013 5:36 AM (GMT -8)
thanks, Robert.

I have met about 8 of the HW brothers (some with their wives) since I have been here, and would love to meet you too. Or if you ever have the need to pass through or visit Greenville. Either way would be nice.

David
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Posted 7/1/2013 6:52 PM (GMT -8)
I just got around to reading this thread and I was kicking myself for not reading it sooner. This was fun and it really helps to make everyone's acquaintance and get to know folks.

My wife and I live in the "South Bay" area of Los Angeles, which is essentially the beach suburbs south of LAX. Unfortunately, we're not on the beach...a good mile away. However, we're close enough to get the beach climate, which means just about the most moderate weather you can have on the planet. Our suburb was built in the mid-1950s and like many of that time, it's small--about 1200 square feet. In general, it suits us fine although we often talk about moving beachfront...I suspect that's more talk on our part than something we might do, although after my diagnosis I think it's somewhat more likely than it was before.
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Posted 7/1/2013 7:05 PM (GMT -8)
Michael, a mile from the beach ain't bad, I live 225 miles west of the Atlantic. So many here in this thread live in what is now called "Mid Century" homes. Many of the ranch or rambler style homes were made and sold post WW2. Sounds like you are in a nice area too.

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Posted 7/2/2013 7:09 AM (GMT -8)
My wife and I grew up in a Kansas City MO. suburb. When we married in 77 we lived in a small rental house close to where the sports complex is for the Royals and Chiefs. In 78 we had what at the time we thought would be a 5 year house built in a suburb out east of the city. It was out in the country and for years I could stand on my deck and see nothing but farmland and woods. An average size home, split entry, 2 car garage. I built a man cave with a wet bar in the lower level in 80 but some how let the oldest daughter when she was a teen turn it into a bedroom. Then the youngest had to do the same using it today as her bedroom. Ended up never moving on, at one time tried to get the wife to move farther east to another more rustic location but she was happy in this house. 
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Posted 7/2/2013 7:16 AM (GMT -8)
pepsi, never been to your part of the country. is it safe to assume its mostly flat country? that's a long time to live in the same place, can't imagine that, as we moved around so often the first 15 years of our marriage. I don't have a man cave *sniffles*, house not laid out well for one, but my command center is in the living room, works for me. My kids are finally at the age where its unlikely (not impossible) for any of them to want to move back home, they all have too much pride now, decent jobs, and busy lives.

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Posted 7/2/2013 7:33 AM (GMT -8)
David,

 The KC area is like most of Missouri, flat farmland mixed with rolling hills and woods. Where I live there are no less than  4 lakes within 10 minutes of my house. Of course the Ozarks are just a short drive south. It's when you jump on I 70 and head west into KS that the landscape flattens out.

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Posted 7/2/2013 8:06 AM (GMT -8)
pepsi,

SC is divided into 3 distinct areas. You have the Lowlands on the coast - completely flat, coastal, as one would expect, that is where Charleston is located. Then the biggest part of the state is the Midlands range from flat farm land to gently rolling small hills - that is where the state capital of Columbia is located. Then you have the Upstate, aka Piedmont, where I live. It's all hills, and mountains, and forests. That is where Greenville is located.

All the best lakes are in my region. We have Lake Jocose - the prettiest and most pristine, goes up against the mountains and NC border. Then Lake Keowee, also beautiful and clear, where I use to go boating, and finally the largest lake, Lake Hartwell, which borders GA. It has almost 1,000 miles of shoreline. All of these lakes are less than 45 minutes from where we live.

When one normally thinks of SC, you don't think of mountains, but they are there, we share the border with western NC, our highest peaks are around 3,800 feet. Not huge, but mountains none the less.

david
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Posted 7/2/2013 8:34 AM (GMT -8)
Hello all, and thanks for sharing your stories. It's sad to need to be here, but wonderful to have the support of others. I'm constantly impressed by the concern shown, the knowledge imparted, and the support provided by you folks.

I now live outside of Boise, ID, but I'm originally from . . . Michigan! I'm wondering if there is something in the water or air in Michigan, now, that has so many of us coming here. :)

My wife of 37 years and I have lived in 16 different homes in 5 different states, ranging across the country from California to New Hampshire. We moved to the Boise area six years ago to be near our children after a family tragedy. It's wonderful to have them so close and to be with our grandchildren as they grow up. I just taught my 9-year old grand-daughter to swim on Saturday. I seem to be the resident swim instructor for the whole family.

We have 4 children and six grandchildren. My hobbies are snow skiing, music, reading, and some online gaming with family members.

This area of Idaho is "high desert", meaning it's really hot in the summer and cold in the winter, though winters are usually much milder than in Michigan. The air is dry so you don't feel the heat or chill as much. We're in a subdivision outside a reasonably-sized town about 30 miles west of Boise. The area is surrounded by irrigation-watered farm land. There are mountains in the distance in most directions, though I'd like to be a little closer to them. I ski at a resort called Bogus Basin, just north of Boise.

Idaho has a lot of lovely places for those who like the outdoors. We're planning a white-water raft trip for family members over the age of 10 for later this summer, and there's lots more to do with hiking, camping, lakes, etc. Come visit some time if you have the notion.

We wish you all the best.

Greg.
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Posted 7/2/2013 10:49 AM (GMT -8)
Greg, You make Idaho sound nice, that's another state I have never been to. You mentioned NH in your post, where at in NH? I moved to SC from NH, not many of us ex Granite State folks here on HW to my knowledge. Sound like you got a great family there, and a good life.

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Posted 7/2/2013 11:20 AM (GMT -8)
We are about an hour North of Atlanta in the hills!
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