Tonight - because I am enjoying the QUIET of my house as everyone but me sleeps, and because the lap top is sitting here, I will link up with Kelly's Korner to "Show Us Your Hometown" ...
Right now, I live in Mid-South, Missouri ... literally in the middle of nowhere - except that we have a HUGE Super Walmart. I am probably a medium-sized-city-girl at heart; I grew up in Knoxville, TN which is the PERFECT size for me - about 200,000 people - lots of malls, Targets & Starbucks, but also lots of country side ... I'd probably prefer to tell you about Knoxville (GO VOLS!!) instead of Dixon, Missouri - but this blog entry is supposed to be about WHERE I LIVE - and I'm guessing that means NOW.
First I will answer your question - WHY do I live here if it isn't the kind of town/city I really prefer?? Well, it's where GOD wants us to live for this seaons of our life. The Army brought us here - Ft. Leonard Wood, one of the growing-est Army posts in the US, is right beside my town - which means we do have a bigger population than it seems. We got stationed here while my husband was an Army Medical Service Corps officer back in October of 2001 ... and we found this little church that we just LOVED ... and things happened & doors opened & God moved - and my husband now works for that little church instead of for the Army.
But anyhoo - back to where I live. It's actually kind of weird where I live because my address is "Dixon, MO" (population - 1500ish - and for those of you who remember Hee Haw, I say "SAAAA-LUTE!") - but the town of Dixon is actually 11 miles away! I live in the county so we aren't really associated with the city of Dixon and hardly ever even go there ... in fact, my phone number has the prefix of another town, which is less than 2 miles away from our house. Weird, huh? It's a long distance call to actually call to the city of Dixon!
So, what do we do here in the Middle-of-No-Where, Missouri? Well, if you hunt and/or fish, you'd love it here. If you don't - like us - you just lead a very very very very quiet life. :) Excitement for us is going to the park, going to Super Wal-mart or Dollar General, and watching the kids grow up in probably one of the most wholesome environments I've ever experienced! To really shop the good stores, we drive 25 miles to Rolla - 65 miles to the Lake of the Ozarks (where the outlet malls are!) - 80 miles to Springfield - or 120 miles to St. Louis (and watch a Cardinals game if we can score cheap tickets!). OR for entertainment, we drive 120 miles the other way to Branson (where there's a neat place called Silver Dollar City). :)
And btw, apparently, if you are a true Missourian, you call the Show-Me state "Mizz-ur-ah". Not sure why or how they get that from the obvious Miss-our-i spelling - but that's the tried-and-true test of a native. They even call their state school Mizzou (phonetically "Miz-zoo"), so there ya go. A little Missouri trivia for you - for the next time you go on Jeopardy.
Well, that's an intro to my current home town: Dixon, MO ... but I'm thankful my eternal home is in Heaven - and my earthly home is wherever my family is.
9 comments:
i am from mtn .grove ,MO and i know EXACTLY where you are located.. Our family LOVES silver dollar city and are goin on sunday.. im your newest follower..
SAAAA-LUTE!
When I first moved to Missouri, someone told me that everyone laughs at it, calls it "Ft. Lost-In-The-Woods"...but that actually, it was a quiet place, a place to grow. Looking back on our three years there, I truly believe that. Our kids grew in that wholesome enviornment, and so did we!
I'm a Missouri native myself (now living in Kansas!). I actually visited Ft. Leonard Wood for work a while back and you certainly ARE in the middle of no-where! Oh, and I grew up about 2 hrs north of you and I don't say "Miss-ur-ah" either ;-)
I live in West Plains, I know exactly where you are and have cheered at the Waynesville school and had to go through your town! :)
I lived in Dixon for awhile in elem/middle school. My Dad was stationed at Ft Wood. We lived on HWY 28 about 8 miles from town. And your right, the only store pretty much is Wal-Mart. :)
Hey I live in North MO, have my whole life, and 90% of people say it Missouri not uh. :)
I grew up in TN and now live in GA...and all the old folks I know call y'all's state Mizz-ur-ah...too funny! ;o) LOVE Hee Haw!!!!
Hi
I know exactly where Dixon Mo is.
As a youngester(now age 62) I spent many summers at my Great Grandparents home..Dixon was a small small town back then even for a 11 year old..
My best friend sent me a link to your blog as my family just moved to the area from... Knoxville! We are here short term with the Army. I am originally from Southeast Missouri and do say Missourah, which usually causes most people to look at me funny. I just can't help it!
Really enjoyed reading your blog.
Laura
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