tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005324767450032096.post9206742901412132501..comments2024-03-19T03:49:08.149-04:00Comments on for the love of a house: A year ago today...for the love of a househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13151787635612708698noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005324767450032096.post-57737553449669684042009-11-02T11:43:57.710-05:002009-11-02T11:43:57.710-05:00Having grown up in a small New England town from b...Having grown up in a small New England town from birth till I left for college I can totally appreciate this. Brings the small town feeling back all over again :)LindsBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00548424318705008557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005324767450032096.post-42682120382036544212009-01-31T06:42:00.000-05:002009-01-31T06:42:00.000-05:00Hello back again, please check out French Essence ...Hello back again, please check out French Essence as I have included you in my post. Feel free to pass on the award or not. Have a lovely weekend, xvvicki archerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07847183975086900816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005324767450032096.post-38462965835619509082009-01-30T09:56:00.000-05:002009-01-30T09:56:00.000-05:00Sherry- I've heard of Aledo, but don't thi...Sherry- I've heard of Aledo, but don't think I've ever been there. Hope your build is going well!<BR/><BR/>Linda- I love that your NE experience was similar! Yes, the little towns & villages are really special. Until we started coming up here I thought places like that existed only on a movie set!<BR/><BR/>Karen- We do indeed feel very fortunate to have been able to make this move. And to be able to 'live' the four seasons was one of the reasons we wanted to live in the NE!! We contemplated a cabin for years too!<BR/><BR/>Hi Julia- Thank you!!<BR/><BR/>Meg- Wow! I'm so impressed with your move to the UK! I'm sorry about your father. Lake Sunapee is a beautiful area, do you make it back often?<BR/><BR/>Joni- you can get me back by going to eat Mexican food!!!<BR/><BR/>Jen- 200 miles a day?!! Oh my, I can't imagine. Yes, I think you did extend his life. It's funny you say that, as when the owner of the moving company drove up to our first rent house a year ago (it had a great view) he said "By moving here, you'll live 20 years longer." He could just instantly feel the peace of the place.<BR/>Yes, we frequent LaCarreta (usually stopping in when we make a Costco run!) The one in Keene was wonderful (they are indepently owned we were told) but sadly closed last month. It is good, but just not the Tex-Mex we left behind! No complaints though, I'm grateful to have it when I'm desperate for a fix!!<BR/><BR/>Hi Vicki- nice to see you! Thank you for your sweet comment!for the love of a househttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13151787635612708698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005324767450032096.post-32062914194719303562009-01-30T07:26:00.000-05:002009-01-30T07:26:00.000-05:00What a beautiful story and I am so glad you are ha...What a beautiful story and I am so glad you are happy with your move. Your photographs are gorgeous and I can so understand why you have moved there. xvvicki archerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07847183975086900816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005324767450032096.post-85964420631749454052009-01-29T17:30:00.000-05:002009-01-29T17:30:00.000-05:00I love this post! Your pictures are beautiful and ...I love this post! Your pictures are beautiful and It is so true what you say about living in OZ. My husband and I are Canadian and he used to commute 100 miles each way to work near Toronto. We feel like he extended his life by changing his crazy bumper to bumper journey to a drive along stone walls. <BR/><BR/>Oh! and you don't have to give up on Mexican food. There is an authentic (and very busy) Mexican restaurant in Nashua called La Carretta. You should try it.<BR/><BR/>Living on vacation, too...Nantucket YaYahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06640875412440924047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005324767450032096.post-39620259387527935162009-01-26T22:28:00.000-05:002009-01-26T22:28:00.000-05:00ok,ok,-we Texans are jealous enough - no need to r...ok,ok,-we Texans are jealous enough - no need to rub it in with gorgeous pictures of streams in the fall and the winter!!!!cotedetexashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06421509668956556785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005324767450032096.post-57645237262381505952009-01-26T14:24:00.000-05:002009-01-26T14:24:00.000-05:00I did a similar thing a few years ago. I just knew...I did a similar thing a few years ago. I just knew that it was time to move from the city where my family's lived for 300 years and go to the UK. I sold everything I owned and jumped, with no place to live or work. I have "right of abode" there, and so I didn't need permits.<BR/><BR/>It was the best thing I've ever done, but unfortunately, I had to move to the states because my father was dying. <BR/><BR/>New Hampshire's great - our family compound is on Lake Sunapee.Pigtown*Designhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13775512940294150252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005324767450032096.post-17557235360308817822009-01-26T13:45:00.000-05:002009-01-26T13:45:00.000-05:00what a lovely post. i love the northeast for all t...what a lovely post. i love the northeast for all the reasons you describe.... and it sounds like you've definitely found yourself at home in new hampshire. i admire you for making such a great leap- to leave one home behind to follow a dream. happy anniversary of that bold move and i'm looking forward to more house updates!!juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12476594268224172588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005324767450032096.post-36517751875498361512009-01-26T11:42:00.000-05:002009-01-26T11:42:00.000-05:00Sigh. I am green with envy. How fortunate you are ...Sigh. I am green with envy. How fortunate you are to make such a wonderful move. You are in a beautiful part of the country. One of God's little gifts - four seasons. Enjoy them all! <BR/>Maybe someday we'll get a cabin . . . who knows! <BR/>Congratulations!<BR/>KarenKarenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09434884248842943912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005324767450032096.post-48727528073315542802009-01-26T10:19:00.000-05:002009-01-26T10:19:00.000-05:00Oh Joan...Just love this post and your clear passi...Oh Joan...Just love this post and your clear passion and dedication to your new community! I happen to think that the New England small towns and villages are some of the most beautiful, authentic in the country. But I may be biased!<BR/><BR/>What you describe is exactly our experience when we lived in the Catskills (right down to the send a check part!).<BR/><BR/>You are lucky...and they are lucky to count you as one of them. Eyup.Linda@ Lime in the Coconuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04551293394719390382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005324767450032096.post-41281309793705245982009-01-26T10:16:00.000-05:002009-01-26T10:16:00.000-05:00Hi! I just wanted to contact you and tell you how...Hi! I just wanted to contact you and tell you how excited I am for you and your new home. It is and will be beautiful. My husband and I are in the middle of building our dream Farmhouse in KS. We were transfered back to KS in December of 2007 after spending 2.5 years in Aledo, TX. We are also in a rental house and much of my things are still in boxes! I am really glad to be back home in KS however I really enjoyed our time in TX too. We made some great friends that I miss. I truly loved the Mexican food! The weather was fabulous and so was the shopping! Since I was closer to FT. Worth I didn't make it to Dallas very often. I did get to take a trip to the Dallas Market and really loved that. I always wanted to go to all the great antiques shops but didn't get the chance. I had some favorite places to shop in Ft. Worth and plan on taking a trip back soon. It's comforting to see that someone else is going through some of the same things that we are. Oh and before I forget Texans really live up to there motto of being the friendly state. All the Best. SherryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com