tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post3007427570012745298..comments2024-03-16T10:37:09.839-04:00Comments on Life in Mathews: Escape from Mathews: Part OneChesapeake Bay Womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07187804072769932131noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-61874947245855475152008-09-17T19:52:00.000-04:002008-09-17T19:52:00.000-04:00mpm - A grand tour is yours whenever you want to v...mpm - A grand tour is yours whenever you want to visit. You have an open invitation, and there are no weight watchers meetings to be seen within a 50-mile radius of here. This is a good thing.<BR/><BR/>bn - You too should come visit, anytime. The Targets, Wal-Marts, etc. are a dime a dozen and pretty much the same everywhere...there's only one Mathews. (But no matter how many Cheesecake Factories there are, I will will be blown away by their menu and feel like I've died and gone to heaven when I can sit down and order from it. I've never once had their Cheesecake. The closest one I know of is in Richmond and I'm not averse to driving an hour and a half to eat there.)<BR/><BR/>bellalately - I think I went to college with half of the Garden State and most of New York state, so I know what you're talking about. <BR/><BR/>bhe - my children were the primary initial reason I wanted to move back here. SEcondary reason was to live next to my parents and help them out as needed. I could not see them growing up in the hectic suburbs when there was the option to live here. The children can always move to the city if they want to later in life, but I wanted them to experience the country life for as long as it's possible. Actually? I think if you were to ask either one, they'd say they love it here and prefer it to living in a congested urban area. (Well, they would not use the word "urban" but would say "city" instead.)<BR/><BR/>GJ- You are so right, and anytime you want to come here to reconnect (or connect) with your inner barn, Mathews awaits.Chesapeake Bay Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07187804072769932131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-27149197284635135272008-09-17T14:10:00.000-04:002008-09-17T14:10:00.000-04:00It's funny how our perspective changes over the ye...It's funny how our perspective changes over the years. Not only do we appreciate places that seemed boring as young adults, but I think we appreciate people who would have been deemed boring or geeky in high school and college. They seem to have more to say, all of a sudden are fun to be with.<BR/>As young adults we might be inclined to tear down an old barn, as we get older, we want to preserve the classic old.<BR/><BR/>Dear God, what am I rambling about...I think I need to go to Mathews to get in touch with my inner barn.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16036374022323687122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-16889629654209473422008-09-17T11:44:00.000-04:002008-09-17T11:44:00.000-04:00I followed the same path. Couldn't get out of...I followed the same path. Couldn't get out of K&Q fast enough. Then, I grew up and came to my senses. I wanted my daughter to experience THAT life. Of course, she hates it. She'd much rather live next door to Short Pump Towne Center! Give her 20 years. She'll thank me then!!<BR/><BR/>What do your children think?Big Hair Envyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13601542247789997344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-12511498354553669822008-09-17T10:16:00.000-04:002008-09-17T10:16:00.000-04:00Well, I think it's pretty normal in college to que...Well, I think it's pretty normal in college to question who you are and where you come from. I know I had roommates from New York and New Jersey that had me feeling like the biggest parochial piece of crap.<BR/><BR/>Wasn't until prob. the last 5-ish years it dawned on me what a privilege it was to grow up where I did (Mathews/Gloucester) and what a charmed childhood I had. I literally called my dad to thank him one day :)bellalatelyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14847523606814683525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-59719872310636742422008-09-17T07:53:00.000-04:002008-09-17T07:53:00.000-04:00Your descriptions and photos of Mathews have made ...Your descriptions and photos of Mathews have made me want to live there.<BR/>Since I have never set foot inside a Target or a Cheesecake Factory I imagine I would do just fine in Mathews.<BR/><BR/>Bear((( )))Bear Nakedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10911207797995309155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-11429792682699843892008-09-17T07:52:00.000-04:002008-09-17T07:52:00.000-04:00Ah perspective. Those fiddler crabs don't scare m...Ah perspective. Those fiddler crabs don't scare me one little bit. I would kill to live in a place like that again. You are so lucky.Mental P Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05957544840704376193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-33869409865067542182008-09-17T06:02:00.000-04:002008-09-17T06:02:00.000-04:00KD - Anyone who goes on a mission trip to South Am...KD - Anyone who goes on a mission trip to South America can only be but so bad. No, I don't live in a subdivision. I did that for way too long when I lived in Northern Virginia, and I can tell you subdivision living is not for me. Unless, of course, it's Grandma J's compound, in which case I'm in.<BR/><BR/>Foolery - I think you may have told me about the fiddler thing before but I can't remember, which is probably a good thing? Yes, you're right about appreciating the smaller things when you get older. The older I get the more I appreciate.<BR/><BR/>I am off to the paying job today so I won't be back on here until tonight. Have a great Monday, everyone.Chesapeake Bay Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07187804072769932131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-3783199274275341822008-09-17T02:09:00.000-04:002008-09-17T02:09:00.000-04:00I rolled my eyes about Orland when I grew up here,...I rolled my eyes about Orland when I grew up here, and I roll my eyes about it now. The difference, like you, is that I can now see the beauty in small things (you do have to look kind of hard, especially in summer), and the things I missed before are the things from which I run screaming now. We do grow up, eventually, all of us.<BR/><BR/>And I have to tell you what "fiddler" means in the LaGrone family some time. You'll never again say "fiddler crabs" without laughing, I promise.fooleryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14437690389824744691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-69438712221705587172008-09-17T00:28:00.000-04:002008-09-17T00:28:00.000-04:00it sounds perfect mail me a real estate magazine p...it sounds perfect mail me a real estate magazine please. how much does a place there cost? Are there any to buy? Any old abandoned stone churches or coll building to turn into a house? i'm not thinking subdivisons. You don't live in a subdivison do you? Aside from the fiddler crabs? I'm going to get some photos for you of Colombian fiddler crabs, ya know it's the perfect thing for you.<BR/>and ah if I see any gorgeous Carribean men without shirts, but um really I have to be cool it is a mission trip. Why they take a bad girl like me is amazing.Karen Deborahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05892103639142471595noreply@blogger.com