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I am your typical housewife living in high maintenance suburbia. I have a handsome husband, 2 kids and a flock of pet chickens. I try and feed my family with $100 a month. With the help of coupons, gardening and bartering I am able to squeeze the most out of our grocery budget and still manage to have a little fun along the way.

Mavis’ 24 Days of Christmas Giveaways – Day 8

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Whew! A week’s worth of giveaways under my belt and we’re just getting started. Are you having fun yet? This elf totally is!

And it’s about to get a bit more exciting when you see what I’m giving away today! Remember when we took that family vacation to Washington D.C? I absolutely loved everything about Colonial Williamsburg: their gardens, their houses, their way of life. So today’s giveaway shares a little piece of that lifestyle with you!

colonial Williamsburg cookbook

Enter for a chance to win this Colonial Williamsburg prize pack that includes:

Vegetable Gardening the Colonial Williamsburg Way – This book is the bomb. It is chalked full of methods and advice for planting and growing a thriving vegetable garden in a colonial-style garden.

Monticello’s Kitchen Garden Seed Sampler-
This awesome seed sampler includes Brandywine Tomato, Cayenne Pepper, Cos Lettuce, Early Blood Turnip-Rooted Beet, Jersey Wakefield Cabbage, Prickly-Seeded Spinach, Thyme & White Eggplant.

6 Planting Markers from Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello

1 Pair Digz Garden Gloves 

All you have to do to enter this giveaway is leave a comment below and let me know where you’d pick your family up and move to right away if  you could {money and logistics are not issues in this scenario, so dream BIG}?

That was Colonial Williamsburg for me. I’d move my family there in a heartbeat. And you? Where to?

Just answer that one question and you’re entered to win. Life’s pretty complicated sometimes, so I like to keep things simple around here.

Rules

1 entry per person/ip address. If you cheat, you will totally be disqualified.

This giveaway ends Sunday, December 8th, 2013 @6 pm PST and the winners will be announced in the Monday, December 9th, 2013 edition of Mornings with Mavis. You will be notified via email and have 24 hours to claim your prize. If you do not claim your prize within 24 hours, the prize will be forfeited.

Good Luck! I hope you win!

♥ Mavis

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Comments

  2. We would move to the NC or VA mountains in a heartbeat! I love studying the 18th century so the seed packets would certainly come in handy!

  3. My husband and I are currently saving up to move to northern Idaho next year! It might not sound too exciting, but we’re looking forward to the chance to build a little homestead for ourselves. 😀

  7. It would be just me, and the dream destination right now…….IS……Salt Lake City, Utah. To go up and finish my Bachelors in Horticulture.

  11. OOOOhhhh….this is an easy one! I would love to move to Alaska…it’s been a dream of mine for YEARS. If time and money weren’t an issue (and I would be able to afford to come back to visit family in the Northeast) I would move in a heartbeat!

  12. Since it is just me and my dogs, my dream place would be the remote mountains of Southwestern New Mexico. Most of my kids are gravitating towards the Austin, Texas area though, so perhaps an area outside Austin would be nice as well (notice a trend? AWAY from civilization, lol).

  25. I don’t think I would, I love where I live, out in the country, deer in the field. Moose walking down the road, bald eagles flying over. I’m good.

  29. OMG PICK ME!! I would move my boys to Ireland. Rolling green hills where potatoes are grown and I can make an awesome garden!

  30. I actually grew up in Williamsburg, and it was a beautiful place to call home. But, I have to say that if money were no object, I’d move to a farmhouse on the water. That way I could garden AND play in the river!

  31. We are very happy where we are but I would love a Roadtrek Motorhome for traveling to see our kids and many places in this big old USA.

  32. I would move my family to Japan. Their advances in technology, great educational system, and beautiful cultural heritage has always enticed me to move there.

  33. I don’t think I’d want to move. I’ve got the house I built, my raised beds in, I know the soil & the well; if I could I’d buy more property around me to expand the gardens, woods & fields.

  36. I’d move to St. Augustine in a minute…if Charlottesville or Asheville were warmer, they’d be 2nd and 3rd.

  38. Merry Christmas Mavis! I’ve learned a lot on your site!
    Not sure where I’d move move – maybe somewhere not so cold……

  48. I would move my family to a little canal house in Amsterdam city center! Love the Netherlands.

  50. With so many options I am not sure what to choose. I think I would love the city life of NYC but my husband would hate it so I’m going to say a small place in Europe maybe Italy, Scotland, or England.

  53. I love living in San Diego but I would take a second home in Tiburon, Ca. so I could be near San Francisco where my children live. We have taken ten trips there in the last 18 months!

  58. I would move in a heartbeat to the Action Scott Estate in the South Shropshire Hills of England. It was the setting for BBC2’s series “Victorian Farm”. I loved the house, the farm, the countryside and they even have a piggery.

  59. I’d pack up and move lock stock and barrel to the West Kootenay area of British Columbia.. That’s where the grandbabies live…:) Family is everything.

  60. I would love to move back to the area I grew up in, Northern California on a big piece of land for a huge garden, a dozen chickens, and a couple of goats 🙂

  61. I would love to move the family to a village in England. Love anything British but the geek in me wants to do s real English flower garden. Hard to do in Ny.

  63. I’d move my gang to Port Angeles WA. We first visited there 36 years ago. I’ve been in love ever since. My son was concieved there and now he lives there. So I visit alot. BTW I love this prize- my garden is where I live.

  65. Because of money and logistics, husband & I are saving to move to Austin TX, which is not at all a bad compromise, but without real-life constraints, I didn’t even take a breath before hollering “San Francisco!” to this empty room! Haha, I wonder what husband’s answer will be…

  67. I’d offer any amount necessary to buy back my grandparents’ place in the Adirondack Park.

  68. I would move us to Wilson Creek, NC. I have been twice this year and it is absolutely beautiful and away from people.

  74. I would move to Wilson Creek, NC in a heartbeat. It is absolutely beautiful all times of the year and not a lot of people live out that way.

  77. I love living in SW Idaho surrounded by family. But I’d love to live on a little land.

  78. I would move to Cape Cod… but I would have to retain a home here in the Hudson Valley region of NYS… because I love it here as well. Hard questions!!! 🙂

  79. We always talk about what we would do with lotto winnings. I would move us to Portland, buy a house and start an urban homestead with chickens and bees and a backyard finally! No more trekking to the community garden in my dirt filled car. My fiancé wants his Malibu beach house so I guess I secretly hope we don’t win the lotto.

  81. Hawaii 🙂 That’s where the rest of my family and all my childhood memories are. We’d pick up and move in a minute if I could figure out how to do it and still not have to work 🙂

  84. San Diego, if I could afford not just to move, but to LIVE there. Perfect weather, no snow, no ice, yippee!

  85. Actually, I really love the area in Northern California where I live in now. I would just rather be out in the country a bit more in my own house and not renting a tiny little cottage.

  87. Talkeetna Alaska, it is where I homesteaded and raised my boys, A wonderful beautiful and challenging place to live.

  89. The Pacific Northwest. Not sure on exact location but we love vacationing in western WA/ OR and would love to live there.

  90. I would move to Crater Lake, Oregon….. most beautiful, peaceful place I have ever been! Loved the small (tiny) town we stayed in near there on our honeymoon!!!

  91. We moved 8 years ago from florida to kentucky to get away from the people and the heat but maybe we moved a little to far from south florida so somewhere in between the two would be great southern Alabama or mid georgia would work well.

  94. How fun. You make me want to go there. If I could move my family somewhere, though, it would probably be Italy, though, and maybe we’d instantly pick up the language too! *poof*

  96. I like living in the Pacific Northwest. My family lives in the area. Family is important and worth sticking around for! I would however like to move to a mini farm. I may not always want chickens, a garden, a milking cow, and horses, but that’s a bit much to ask of my little 1/2 acre plot. I want a place where my kids will someday want to bring the grandkids to ride horses and chase the chickens even if they choose the city life.

  98. So, I don’t have a specific place. If money weren’t an issue, I would build a house, high in the mountains where I couldn’t see any neighbors and the view would be amazing. It could be international or domestic. It would make us soooo happy!

  100. I’m so happy here in NC, but I LOVE Charleston, SC. I’d pick one of the beautiful homes in the historic district — one of the ones tucked away on a side street with a beautiful garden and lovely iron gates. We try to get to Monticello once a year, and I love historic Williamsburg, too. If you ever happen to be in Western New York state, I really recommend the Genesee Country Village. It’s one of the largest living history museums in the nation — super cool.

  101. I LOVE where I’m at (just moved here last year – it was my dream!) but if price weren’t an option I think I’d pick the northwest. I’ve been an east coaster my whole life and Washington/Oregon/Northern California sound like a gorgeous place to live.

  105. We currently live in Dallas Texas, but I would love to move closer to family. After having 4 surgeries this year it would nice to have family around. So Portland Oregon would be the place for us. I am tired of doing things without family.

  108. I love Michigan, so I’d stay in the state, but I’d buy a cozy house, on a few acres near Lansing or Ann Arbor.

  111. I would move to Belgium, somewhere near the Ardennes. I would grow all of my own vegetables, raise my own animals and brew my own beer. I would make a living repairing motorcycles and tractors and restoring WWII tanks and jeeps. (they have a lot in that area, google it) Then I would marry a wonderful woman who speaks very little english, has her own motorcycle, makes homemade cheese, doesn’t want any kids (I have enough), won’t tell my wife, and we would live happily ever after! Now give me some stuff!

  112. Torn between Solana Beach CA or Yountville CA. Either would be perfect for us and easier to get to one to the other than from the East Coast.

  113. Facing another lonely family-less Xmas, because my daughter lives in London (I am in New Zealand) I would mover there to be nearer to her. I miss her badly all year but its ‘heart wrenching’ missing that happens at this time of the year.

  117. I would move to the pacific northwest. My sis has 10 acres that we could totally take over. It would be so fun.
    thanks

  119. I’d stay in Idaho, but have some land to spread out and garden galore and shelter all sorts of stray animals.

  120. We just moved from Oregon to Las Vegas and I would love to go back. I’d love to live somewhere near the northern or central coast with lots of land for a garden and animals.

  121. I’d stay here in the PNW because I love it here and also I couldn’t bear to move away from my Dad.

  123. Since it’s been below zero all day, anywhere warm is sounding tempting. I’m a bit too practical though and wouldn’t want to move away from family, so I think I’d just move like 20 minutes away from here to a beautiful hilly, secluded area.

  125. I’d go to Scotland in a heart beat. Anywhere in the hills, but the Isle of Skye really calls to me!

  127. I have always dreamed of living in rural England/Scotland for a year after I graduate from college. Why not rack up a bunch of debt living my dream before I need to face the real world?!

  129. I love where we live here in California’s Mother Lode area, but for a dream place to move, it would have to be Prince Edward Island, (Anne of Avonlea).

  130. Not a specific place, but my dream is a spot in the country – not too far out, and not too much land! Just enough to have chickens, a large garden, and fruit trees and plants.

  131. I personally really like where we live, I would just prefer more sunshine & more 70 degree weather days! 🙂

  136. Alaska! I love snow and they grow so much of their own stuff and totally live off of the land!

  140. We’d stay in Texas but buy a big big ranch in desolate west Texas with few people and traffic!

  141. Sorry to be boring, but I actually like where I live! I like the four seasons and country life!

  143. My frist thought was Colorado!! I’ve lived in the South all my life, but we went to Colorado for two weeks when I was a child and I thought Colorado was beautiful, but I’d LOVE to visit Williamsburg, VA. It sounds absolutely charming! (The garden set is FABULOUS!! Great gift idea too!)

  144. I actually don’t think I would! Love our home, our land for gardening and everything else we have here. Traveling, yes!! Moving, no.

  148. I would beat feet back to Port Orchard, WA from southern Cali. Back to family, the best of friends, and beautiful WA!

  150. Oh, to return to northern Italy or southern Germany. The mountains and lovely lakes are so beautiful and tranquil. Life goes along a bit slower here. Love the outdoor café scene.

  153. Potsdam, Germany! But only on a big chunk of land- close to Berlin but I’d have to have enough space for the kids to run wild and to garden!

  157. I’d probably find a place in my area. I love the climate, I’d just like to own a small piece of land.

  160. That’s a tough one for me. I’m pretty happy right here where I am but would love to not have to work so I could stay home and take care of my cats, chickens, everything inside the house, yard work and gardening. Since it’s so cold right now and I can’t get warm I’d say somewhere in Texas close to some of my family. I know it’s cold there too now but it’s not as cold there as it is here. If I were to choose a different country I’d say France because that’s where a lot of my ancestors are from and the pictures from there are beautiful.

  163. I would move to the border area of Scotland. Dumfries area. Centrally located but not too far from all the neat things the whole island has to offer.

  164. I went to college in Williamsburg and call Virginia home although I no longer live there. I’d like to pick up and move to be near my sister in San Marcos Texas. Live the giveaway, thanks

  173. Pipe Lake, Washington. Only about 15 miles from our current house, but closer to our friends. Great little lake.

  174. I live in California. Why would I want to live anywhere else? I might want to live on a bigger piece of property where I could have some pigs, chickens and turkeys but still around the Sacramento area.

  175. I’d love to take over the family farm in Kentucky, fix up the old house and plant a big garden. Unfortunately fixing that house is wildly beyond my budget and there’s no jobs in my field anywhere in the area.

  180. Montana or Texas… I love all 4 seasons so I lean more towards Montana. My husband wouldn’t mind either.

  183. We’re pretty happy living within 30 minutes of Atlanta, but we would love to move a little farther out towards the country. It is our dream to one day have a small farm where we can have horses, a few goats, and a big garden!

  184. An island in the South Pacific. Big enough for two, plus random guests of our chosing. Also would have to have a prop plane, and a small boat, with a windmill and solar panels. Think ‘The Beach’, with less people.

  186. If logistics aren’t an issue, I’d choose Italy. However, I don’t think my husband would go but he would go to Idaho or Montana in a heartbeat.

  190. I actually just moved to Williamsburg six months ago, so ifyou need anything let me know ;). BUT, I would move to Monterey CA!!

  191. I love where we live here in Massachusetts, I would probably stay here and buy a house on The Cape. Maybe in a few years when the kids are grown I will head somewhere warmer year round but right now where we are is pretty close to perfect for me .

  195. Barbados- My hubby and I went there two years ago on a cruise and my hubby fell in love with the place. He can see himself in a shack on the beach there. I told him I would come and visit him during the winters. Virginia in the winter can be dicey-but summer in the Caribbean can be the verge of H-E-Double hockey sticks!!

  197. Northern Idaho for sure. The husband and I talk about moving there and living off the grid all the time. Maybe someday!

  199. This is very hard! In a perfect world (no political problems, no war, etc) and with no logistical challenges (we have all the money we need), the countryside of France, where we could grow grapes and cows and my husband could make wine and cheese with fresh ingredients (instead of store bought) and I could grow a garden with enough food to feed us all year long. And if I had some sheep to shear for wool to spin and knit, that would be an added bonus.

  201. Tough question because I love living in New England. I would stay put but visit London often!

  204. I’d really love to move back to NC! WE lived there for awhile when my husband was in the USMC and it was GORGEOUS!!!! Plus, no bitter cold winters like in New England 😉

  208. An estate in McLean, VA or Potomac, MD. Lots of land and a beautiful house..since money is no object I would also have lots of help with landscaping, gardens and the farm animals (all heritage).

  215. I would move my family back to California – either the Bay Area where I grew up and my brothers live or Napa Valley

  216. I’ve only traveled a little so my experiences of other places are limited. But, right know, I would move to the central coast of CA. A small town next to the ocean.

  218. Anywhere? I guess I’m not that exciting. I would move up to the mountains where our parents live.

  219. I’d move closer to family and buy a lot of private acreage in N.W. Oregon. However, if money were no object, I’d have a second home on Hawaii. 🙂

  224. Wyoming, no particular reason other than it’s beautiful, not as clogged with people and because I can!

  227. I would move to Yosemite national park! It is absolutely the most breath taking place I have seen.

  233. Dear Mavis: I’m in the home I was born in. Originally, the home of my grandfather, and father. Even all of our grown children (3) live within five miles of our home. Unlike most people, I’m exactly where I want to be. Very New England like, or as we would say “Swamp Yankees”.

  241. Kona Hawaii! My husband is a born and raised islander, his family farms Kona Coffee (best coffee ever). It would love to move there and lay down some roots (literally and figuratively). Beautiful beaches and country island life, ahhhh, that’s the life for me!

  243. I love my 1880s home but there isn’t enough land…so I’d move my family (8 plus “extras”) and my house to somewhere with mountains, pasture and woods along a river somewhere in Alaska!

  249. We want to go home to Michigan. We’ve spent 22 years in the military and we’ve never been stationed anywhere near our home state. We miss green grass, fall leaves, SNOW, cool springs, rain, the Great Lakes. Someday we’ll get back home.

  250. Stay in the Pacific Northwest, buy 100 acres, build an airstrip, self-sufficient living…..build a kitplane with my husband!

  255. We’d stay here in Charleston, SC! Best city in the world. Only thing we’d do is buy lots of land, build the farmhouse of our dreams, and start a small farm complete with chickens, goats, and a community style vegetable/fruit fields.

  264. I would soooo move to Italy! My husband and I had the privilege of vacationing there 2-1/2 years ago. I didn’t want to leave!

  265. Talk about the best gift ever!! But where to move to is a tough one — I love my 40 acre property, but after a week of -30 C, I’d love to change the weather. If I had to choose to move somewhere else, it would either be somewhere in Tuscany or Copenhagen … or Vancouver, Island.

  267. We love it here in New Hampshire so I don’t think I’d move out of this State so I would have to say that I would move to Franconia or Sugar Hill, New Hampshire ~ it is truly God’s country.

  268. My husband Jon and I would move to our own homestead on a historic property preferably here in VA or in TN. The real dream isn’t about the place but more the lifestyle…..not having to go to our regular jobs and just doing what we love…….

  270. I love living in Oregon so I don’t know that I would leave, but I would love to have a quaint cottage somewhere outside of London to have as a vacation home!

  271. Santa Clarita, California. Hey, that’s where I live now, and I love it, but there is no garden, yet!

  276. I would move my family to the Irish countryside with a cute cottage and lots of acreage to plant my vegetable garden.

  277. I would build a small homestead with some acreage for some vineyards, a garden, and some chickens in Italy!!!

  279. Hi Mavis, great prize idea. As I sit curled on the sofa in front of a glowing wood stove & surrounded by 6 sleeping sheepdogs & 2 cats here in the mid West of Ireland, I reckon I am very fortunate to live where I do. Like every other Irish person, the icing on the cake would be sunshine & real heat in the summer months, then perfection in a location. Many thanks.

  282. Back home to New Zealand. I’ve been gone over 20 years and sitting in the cold now that an ice storm has knocked out my electricity the warmth of a summer Christmas camping trip up north of Whangerei….. You said dream big!

  285. Back to Arizona, or Colorado. We have family and friends both places, but still getting settled here in Alabama after another Air Force move.

  286. I would move us back to Oregon where I grew up and buy a huge place in the country and start a farm.

  287. I’m just dying to move from California to Oregon. I want to live on a little farm in the middle of nowhere and self-sustain. No horrible news stories, no stupid celebrity news….just a simple happy life for me and my fam. I just need to find a hubby that can care for animals because I have a green thumb but can’t live as a vegetarian! Ha ha!

  288. I would choose to live where I am living, we have 5 acres, cats, dogs, chickens, bees, cows, a huge garden. What more
    could you ask for! 😉

  290. Any Place in the World??? I would pack my entire family up and make a return to the only place that has felt like home for me in my adult life, and that is Germany. In particular, I have a fondness for the Bavaria region. I spent time in Garmisch Partenkirchen, which is a beautiful small village in the foothills of the Alps, beneath the shadows of the Zugspitze.

  291. This is a question that has been ON MY MIND for the past couple months. I need a new start, I think… but money, unfortunately IS a factor. If it weren’t, my hubby has always wanted to live in Hawaii (doesn’t matter where). I think he also wouldn’t mind Ireland. 🙂 And wherever he is, I will happily be. (Sorry for the mush.)

  297. Northern Italy in the country. The food, the lay of the land, the people are all wonderful and I saw plenty of home gardens and small livestock on each parcel of land.

  300. We’d move to Cape Town, South Africa! My husband’s from there, and we went on our honeymoon: amazing! If we had to stay in the States? We’d move to the Oregon Coast, probably down around Newport or up around Manzanita. LOVE IT.

  301. The country. Just a couple acres, small orchard, big garden, maybe some animals like chickens, a cow, small cozy cabin in the woods. 🙂

  302. As I look out my window, I can see horses in the pasture, mallard ducks swimming on the pond and birds at the birdfeeder. Even though it’s cold outside, I am warm and toasty inside sitting by the fire. I have lived in the countryside of North Carolina most of my life and in the homeplace where my three children grew up. Two of my children have their homes next to me, the other lives nearby. My grandchildren are now growing up around me. I wouldn’t change one thing, and for this I am very thankful.

  304. my dream location is any place where I could have enough land to grow as much as I want in my backyard, and have sheep and chickens to boot! When I was growing up we had a house on the beach and I really loved that. Is there a place anywhere in the world where I can have a huge garden and sheep AND live on the beach? I would want to go there.

  305. We live in the home my husband was raised in in rural eastern iowa. I would never move. I love the four seasons and my small community. I love to travel and experience life else where but this is home even when it’s below zero.

  307. I already live about 20 Minutes fromWilliamsburg so I would have to say somewhere exotic like Australia!

  310. Tough question. We just relocated and for the first time I am satisfied where we are. I could always call 2 places “home” I suppose so let’s say south Florida.

  314. Lake Tahoe, swimming, skiing, and of course I’d want a yard big enough to garden in. What a life!

  319. I would move my family (my husband and I now) into an rv with pop outs and go on the road to see our Dad’s we spent so much time away from our kids of course and fiends we made over 20 yrs in the military. Would like to see them all one more time before we leave the planet! We’re at a point where we may make it happen. Yea WOW to much info. HA HA

  321. Italy! My kids have been there and it looks like the weather and style of life I’d like!

  323. I would move to the mountains of Colorado…….. probably around Telluride. Love it there?

  328. Monteverde, Costa Rica! I loved it there when I visited. Plus, if I can’t grow something there, with all their rain (I now live in the high desert in Arizona) , I’ll never be able to!

  329. This is a hard one, but I think it would be the front range in Colorado. It would be an entirely different gardening challenge from Iowa! 🙂

  332. We would move to the Puget Sound area to be near our grandson – and of course his mom and dad!

  333. Money not an issue, meaning there would be a job there? Hot Springs, AR near family. Thanks for the giveaway!

  334. Georgia I love the south the houses the Spanish moss in the trees…love southern cooking

  337. Somewhere in the Caribbean. A place near people but far enough away to consider it my slice of heaven.

  339. I would not chance communities (central MO) I would change house locations. I would move to a farm or buy a house with a beautiful lake view.

  340. Carmel, CA, Nederland or Boulder, CO, or a farm in the VA Shenandoah. I’m in a city in NC but fell in love with the West when I lived in CO. Actually, 20 acres in Orange or Chatham County, NC would be pretty awesome too.

  341. COLORADO!!! My husband and I love it. We’re hoping to take our 4 year old for the first time next summer. If we moved we would have to take all the cousins, grandparents and great-grandparents with us!

  342. I think I’d want to go somewhere by the sea…and somewhere warm enough that I could grow my own citrus and avocados. I’d love to be able to have lemons, oranges, and grapefruit just outside for the picking!

  343. I am a transplant Oregonian living in South Carolina. My fantasy place would be on the Oregon Coast (I actually miss the rain) with a beautiful view and a great place for a large garden and greenhouse! At least here in South Carolina, we can almost garden something outdoors year round which we are trying to do more and more. We had a cold snap just before Thanksgiving that I think ruined are broccoli. I am hoping the side shoots will rebound, but this is now an experiment! The cabbage came through just fine. The kholrobi now to much! Gardening is a wonderful adventure wherever you live!

  344. Mobile, Alabama. I have traveled around the world to many places but nothing beats good old southern sunshine. My sister-in- law grew banana, oranges , lemons, figs and always had a big garden out side of the city.

  345. Lopez Island in Washington. Or maybe Norway. Although actually, I think my corner of the Pacific Northwest is pretty much paradise…

  347. I would so love to pick up and move to Stehekin or Wenatchee, Washington…….O. M. G…….the scenery!
    The inspiration of nature all around! THAT would be my dream come true! 😀

  348. I really enjoy living in Texas, but would like it even better if I could be in the Hill Country — such beautiful scenic drives & the sunsets are spectacular! There are some awesome wineries in the area for great vino, too! I enjoy keeping up with your weekly gardening blog. Keep up the good work! Your chickens sure eat well too.

  353. We moved just this year to our dream location–into the wilds of Northeastern Pennsylvania surrounded by 17,000 acres of uninhabited land in our own little Paradise.

  354. I love where I am, but I would pick up the fir trees and move them so that my garden would get more sunlight. You know what I mean, you have them also.

  356. East, peasy, near Eugene Oregon where my beloved Grand Girl lives. I have only one and miss her so!

  357. I grew up in New Mexico. After a couple of vacations to Kentucky and West Virginia to visit my grandparents, I knew I eventually wanted to live somewhere green. After meeting my husband and moving here to Washington, his home state, I became totally happy here. Fast forward about 30 years when we were thinking about retiring. We took a road trip and hit several states, mostly in the west, to look for a location we would consider moving to in our retirement. But Mavis, when we drove back into Western Washington, we both realized that we didn’t want to move anywhere, that here, right where we are, is where we belong and where we want to stay.

  358. I LOVE where I live right now (Charlottesville, VA!), but none of my family are here… They live in Tidewater (Va), in western NY, and my sister and b-i-l just relocated to Granite Bay, Calif. Dreaming BIG? Relocate everyone closer to each other! (I’m biased toward Cville and its surrounding mountains and farmland… but if we had to become a traveling family circus, I’d be totally cool with that, too.) 🙂

  359. Well it is freezing today – so I’d like to move someplace warm – any place warm! Ha. But honestly I’d love to move back to my home town in Nebraska – it would be so wonderful to live near my family and have the grandparents nearby for my kiddos.

  360. I would move to anywhere it stays around 80 degrees year round if such a place exists lol! I heard Hawaii averages around that temp so that would just have to do 🙂

  361. I don’t want to dream big, I would dream myself closer to my parents in North Carolina. Oklahoma is just too far away from them! :-/

  364. Paris or Marseilles. Just long enough to learn some working French and attend culinary school!

  369. Okay here it goes! A huge old chateau in Paris with a large garden so I can plant every single vegetable and fruit I have ever wanted to raise! Size does matter. I will need plenty of room so the French Bulldog puppy we will get will have lots of space to run around. Oh, and his name would be Gaston and maybe we will get him a little girlfriend named Cozette!

  371. I’d love to move my family and hubby’s job (his dream job) closer to family in Texas, OR I’d move back to the married student housing at BYU; best memories of my life!

  376. I guess I would stay right here in Oregon, but move to a farmhouse with lots of land to garden and raise children and animals.

  377. I already moved to my dream country and my husband’s home, Canada. Now we are looking for a big plot with a nice house to have a hobby farm. We would love to move up north but possibly won’t because there are less job opportunities there.

  378. Tough call. It would be somewhere where all the kids and grandkids would want to be. I suppose someplace exotic might be Hawaii? Or stay in California and move to a better location, despite the politcal ruin we’re in? For fun, I’m gonna say Hawaii. It’s pretty laid back. And I’m sure I could find someplace on the outskirts with enough land to grow my own food too.

  381. I would move back to the valley I was raised in – Eastern Washington. Great fruit country, wonderful soil and love the seasons. The only drawback is I am used to the mild Western Washington winters and oh it gets cold where I came from. Even so – that would be my dream move. We could raise our own veggies, fruits and livestock. If I could have just a piece of my fathers land (he sold most of it in the 70s when he stopped raising beef) I would be in heaven.

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