Jen from SpaceSavers's Profile

I grew up in a small town and thought it was boring...now I work in a rural office near a small town and love it for all the reasons you state. It does tend to make you intolerant of traffic when you get someplace bigger and ruins all travel-time planning skills that need to take into account other cars actually going the same place you are.

I love that the woman who runs the Chinese restaurant knows what everybody is going to order and as soon as you sit down, but she's nice enough to verify before feeding you your usual.

I found a great sign the other day at one of our novelty shops that I just had to have. "Please remove your shoes at the door - don't take a better pair when you leave."

I don't really care what my guests do, I'm generally more comfortable in socks myself, but I thought the sign was too funny to pass up.

That rug is beautiful! I love the forethought you had to make it look aged. This sounds like a perfect spring project to add to the list to cozy up my front porch.