Why Not My-Not

So here I am, 32 years old and living in Minot, North Dakota. How does one go from living a few blocks from the beach in Santa Monica or living in a penthouse in Philadelphia to Minot, North Dakota? I am an accidental tourists living in a strange land. The motto for my new home town is "Why not My-Not". Now don't get me wrong there is very little crime here, the people are nice and the low cost of living is great but I actually have a list of reasons for why not Minot:

1. People here still write checks for everything- Burger King, Taco Bell, beer, groceries, gas, they even leave a check on the table at a restaurant which includes the tip

2. The cold weather- have you ever had to plug your car into an electrical socket? Well I do. There were days when it was -50 degrees here. . negative fifty degrees! It snowed almost every other day and yet my husband refused to buy a snow blower. He told me I could shovel the snow and workout for free.

3. The next closest town is 2 1/2 hours away and NOTHING else. You might think Gretchen there are other towns and houses you must mean there aren't other large towns close by. No- I drove 4 hours the other day and the only thing I saw were mosquitoes hitting my car and a few cattle.

4. Wal-Mart. This is where i have to buy my clothes, my groceries and home goods- enough said.

5. Did I mention the cold weather. . . .

I am still adjusting to my new life here and at the suggestion of Lauren (see I gave you a shout out now I have to give you royalties) I decided to write a blog. I am about 4 years too late on the whole blog scene- maybe after Twitter jumps the shark I will go on there too.