Feb. 28, 2008
You know you live in a small town when..... show and tell
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This is Show and tell hosted byCanadagirl. Today;s offering will show you just how small a town we live in How small you ask??? So small that I can list every shop on my fingers/
1. Holiday Market
2. The post office
3. The video store/ barber shop/ Hospital Lab and Physical Therapy Building
4. Susan's Coffee Shop
5, Happy Day Chinese Food
6. Pharmacy/ Dentist
7. Donut shoppe
8. Liquor Store
9 Fast strip Gas Station
And now after almost 5 years of planning, permits, county meetings on how this is going to disrupt the local merchants (all of which I listed) and about six months of actual building.
We loaded up the Mini van with the Grandkids, yelled "Field Trip!"
Listed it as Economics and off we went to the Grand Opening of.....
see our lovely pines reflecting in the glass
County Officals make statements for the newspaper
And they cut a ribbon!
How small a town is this that we actually went to the ribbon cutting for a RITE_AID????
Pretty small as you can see.
And the best pary of all...it has and ice cream counter like Baskin Robbins!
Life is good in the mountains of NorCal!
So now that you are totally rolling on the floor laughing at this lesson in Economics.....
Head over to CanadaGirl's blog and see what else everyone else is doing?
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Feb. 29, 2008 - <em>Untitled Comment</em>
Posted by Anonymous
Yep, that is definity a small town. Ours was about like that before Ol' Katrina hit New Orleans then all the sudden we grew...a lot. Growth is good I suppose, but I sure do miss the feel of this old small town US. Have a blessed day, a blessed weekend in Christ Jesus.
Stacy
www.homeschoolblogger,com/bygodsgrace
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We lived in a small town until Hurricane Andrew hit it, it was Homestead. I clearly remember the TV news guy saying "Homestead does not exist". Now they are back to normal for about another five years . They tend to be on a 20 year rotation.
because of Jesus, Bobbie
Edited by bubbebobbie on Feb. 29, 2008 at 11:42 AM
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Feb. 29, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Anonymous
Um...typo there I meant Small Town USA. Sorry:-)
Stacy
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Feb. 29, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by blessedwith2angels
Your town sounds a lot like ours. Very small!
Pam
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Feb. 29, 2008 - <em>Untitled Comment</em>
Posted by jenn4him
Congratulations. How far is it to your nearest WalMart?
Jenn
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Wal-mart is a little over an hour away, but Paradise is fighting for one so maybe next year we can go to their ribbon cutting?
Edited by bubbebobbie on Feb. 29, 2008 at 11:44 AM
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Feb. 29, 2008 - <em>Untitled Comment</em>
Posted by MoreLittleWilsons
Sorry, Small town is:
post office is located in the insurance agents office.
Grocery store doubles as a hardware store
we have a horse tack store - New this year!!
a butcher
a bank
a gas station/convenience store
and two places to eat - Dana's cafe - otherwise known as the bar - or the chinese food place - name unknown to me, I've never been in.
School - K-8 has about 200 kids in a GOOD year, Town has about 800 people, the RM (rural municipality - that's where I live) has about another 1500 people
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I forgot to mention, Susan's coffee shop owns the donut shoppe they are on the same property. And our bank is in the grocery store.And I did forget the hardware store. Did I mention they are all in House like buildings that became restraunts and stores? (except for the grocery store). The Chinese place used to be a doctors office! EEWWW!
Oh and we do have an elementary school K-5
Because of Jesus, Bobbie
Edited by bubbebobbie on Feb. 29, 2008 at 11:50 AM
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Feb. 29, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by blessinghill
That's too funny! Little things become very big things in small towns. Cool that you have an ice cream counter - we don't have that!
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Feb. 29, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by MamaArcher
Ribbon cutting for a Rite_Aid?? Yep that is a small town!
Kristine
www.mamaarcher.com
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Feb. 29, 2008 - ROTFL !!!
Posted by SuzyScribbles
I LOVE it! I burst out laughing when you revealed the final answer! Rite Aid!
Too funny!
I wish our town was that small. :-(
What is the population, BTW?
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This is a harder question because life here is as if there were 500 people, but we have become a bed-room community. It was a senior community when it was designed. our deed even said at one time that children under sixteen could not live here.
But The Bay Area discovered us, built homes after selling their apartments for millions and commute. They are the ones that refuse to let us build. The other half of the community, are aging hippies that never quite made it to Oregon.
So our population is hard to count they either are here on the week-ends or in la-la land!
Sterling City is just North has about 300 Inskip had 7 but they are down to two I think. to them WE are the big City!
Edited by bubbebobbie on Feb. 29, 2008 at 11:58 AM
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Feb. 29, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Training Hearts
Aww...I wish that my town would have remained this small. It grew and grew far too fast.
Hugs, Tamara
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Feb. 29, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by psalms16vs2
I smile and laugh because I just moved from a town like that, so I know exactly what you mean. So big chains like Rite Aid has made it in, because everyone fights it. I'm sure they will make it evenutally. :)
JoAnn
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Feb. 29, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Stef
I didn't grow up in a town this small, but we did shop at our local drug store for Christmas presents. In the summer we used to walk up for an ICEE and the latest Tiger Beat magazine, or maybe a Charlie Brown book. On the day after the Kentucky Derby, I'd buy a newspaper and cut out all the race horse photos. Ah, memories. Congratulations!
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Feb. 29, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by bakerswife
Wow! A Rite Aid!!! The ice cream sounds very yummy!!!
Mama Karen
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Feb. 29, 2008 - I'm from small town too
Posted by ThreeLittleLadies
Our little town that I grew up in had a grocery store, two gas stations, library, swimming pool, and a few antique stores. The "Blue Moon Saloon" was an antique store with a restaurant and old time ice cream bar. Neat, eh?
Carol
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Feb. 29, 2008 - I love it!
Posted by MrsIncredible
Looks like a sweet little town!
Blessings,
Jen
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Mar. 1, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Keri
You DO live in a small town!
My daughter, reading over my shoulder, keeps asking "What is a Rite Aid? What is a Rite Aid?!"
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Mar. 3, 2008 - S&T
Posted by BookwormMN
Hi,
How exciting!! Your town is really small, and we don't live in a to big town either!!! Sorry I skipped over your other post and commented on this one.
Thanks for the comment! Sorry I'm so late in coming to your blog to return the favor!
Blessings,
Amber
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Mar. 4, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by AcceptanceWithJoy
In Minnesota you can be considered a town if you have a Grain Elevator, a church and a local bar. My husband calls the bar St. Municipals... You know where everyone who doesn't go to Saint John's or Saint Andrew's goes on Christmas Eve. ;o)
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Apr. 22, 2008 - You know you live in a small town;
Posted by Carol
When an elderly person became disoriented and ended up behind the counter of the bank and no-one hit the alarm.
When the neighbor entered his golf cart in the annual parade and almost ran down some onlookers and no one sued.
When there are more people buried in the graveyard than alive in town - I know, I counted.
When one especially long winter 6 couples switched spouses – permanently.
You know you live in a small town when you feel blessed that your kids are safe because anyone who might pose danger avoids your kids because they know you will come after them and they will not live to tell the story.
Finally yet importantly, you know you live in a small town when you find yourself adding a comment to a blog about living in a small town.
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