Karen, what a darling house! Just the cottage-y style I love.

I absolutely love our house in the woods, too, especially the secluded setting (11 acres), many birds, huge hardwood trees, deer, and trails all around us....but I have wanderlust as well. I'm kinda like Lisa says she used to be. Whatever lifestyle/setting I don't have, I crave. I live in a rural area now, so I crave city life, where I could walk everywhere and have coffee or a glass of wine in a quaint cafe along the street, or pop into a bookstore. I live in the woods, so I crave the beach, the islands, water all around me, blues instead of browns and greens. I'm content and happy where I am most of the time, but I don't want to die having lived in North Carolina for all of my days.

There's just too much more to see and experience, and a vacation isn't always enough time to really experience a place.

Emily