A couple of weeks ago I ordered 3 items from Amazon. The next week UPS delivered my order, plus a second package that contained a complete duplicate order of all 3 items. The UPS driver left the packages on the porch when I was out in the barn. Checked and I was charged only 1 time. Checked account ...

Mine is ready to go in, too. A fourth of this year's harvest gets planted today. The other 3/4 will be used.

Congratulations!

My response may not be what the original poster or others had in mind. However moving from a urban life style to a very rural one involved not only a life style change, but a change in my outlook on life and thought processes in almost everything I do.

Thanks for posting that!

I did. I left Chicago, bought 15 acres in the part of Illinois once referred to as Forgottonia, brought along my retired Lipizzan mare and her BFF, a miniature donkey, and here I am on my little farm. Not the retirement I thought I would have. My husband had Alzheimer's and he progressed to a level ...

I am here, too. First post, of what may be many to come.