If there was one thing you could have (without it costing you any money) what would it be??? It has to be a physical item, not peace or long life or things like that!!

I would like a nice 4-wheel drive tractor with all of the attachmens available. It would be so great to brush-hog, dig holes, rotovate new gardens, I could just think of a million things to do with it!

Cale would like a new truck!! Will his make it one more year??? Who knows, stay tuned for the continuing saga!!

Well, lets pretend, you only get one thing, what is it???

-- Melissa (me@home.net), January 19, 2002

Answers

Living right where we are now without winters!

-- Anna in Iowa (countryanna54@hotmail.com), January 19, 2002.

Be able to sell the properties we have now & be able to buy the property we like which is close to hubby's work & start a business there---for our retirement-- Does that count?????

-- Sonda (sgbruce@birch.net), January 19, 2002.

a 20 acre homestead and the knowledge to run it with only a few problems to keep it interresting. Jenn

-- jenn (normaj3@countrylife.net), January 19, 2002.

OOOH, a frivolous question ! My immediate answer would be a completely restored, mint condition Model T Ford with a big OOGA horn..I've always wanted one of those..man, I'd hop in that thing and drive all over these back roads in the hills.....wouldn't go very fast up those hills, but sure would have a GREAT time doing it!On a more pragmatic note, I want a herd of goats.

-- lesley (martchas@bellsouth.net), January 19, 2002.

I wish I had a real barn! One of those big ol' things with a hay loft, feed storage, tack room, dairy room, workshop, lots of stalls and an indoor arena for everyone to play in.

If I had one of those, our animal chores would be cut in half and our enjoyment of them would be tenfold.

-- Laura (Ladybugwrangler@hotmail.com), January 20, 2002.

I would be happy with a 5 gallon bucket of white plastic and a blue bow on its lid packed with neatly lain $100.00 bills.

-- mitch hearn (moopups@citlink.net), January 20, 2002.

I guess if I answered selfishly, it would be a restored 1947 Chevy Pickup truck with little stakes on the bed. That is MY dream vehicle. However, since I am part of a family, I go with Melissa's tractor!!

-- Marci (Marci@amazingrazefarm.com), January 20, 2002.

A dumptruck full of dimes.

-- Cindy (SE. IN) (atilrthehony@hotmail.com), January 20, 2002.

I've had a lot of fun with this and can't decide....My husband says "sailboat" no question. Me? Tough-gift certificate to several needlework catalogs? A new greenhouse? (I'd take an old greenhouse) a swing set for the kids? Maybe I'll just have Mitches bucket of money, and then decide.

-- Kelly in Ky (homearts2002@yahoo.com), January 20, 2002.

To have the machine shop where Mike works at night. It's a small family company but makes a very good profit.

-- Sandy(N.E.FL.) (REDNECKGIRL32@prodigy.net), January 20, 2002.

I have always wanted a team of clydesdale horses, My dad had a team when I was little, and they were so sweet.

-- Irene texas (tkorsborn@cs.com), January 20, 2002.

Ooooh.... fun question! I'd have my own entertainment room, where I could watch movies with great surround-sound, and lovely cushy recliners to relax in. Of course, I'd need a really good popcorn popper as well. And then I'd have one wall completely filled with books from my favorite authors, and another wall full of CDs with every kind of music. Yeah, baby! :-)

-- Cheryl in KS (cherylmccoy@rocketmail.com), January 20, 2002.

House really finished and a nice big shop. One day I KNOW I'll get this, too. It just takes time and $$$$$$$.

-- DW (djwallace@sotc.net), January 20, 2002.

A nice SUV or van to go to dog shows, and the money to stay in nice motels while on the road. Preferably ones that take dogs with no hassle! In case you can't tell, I just got a new aussie pup and I'm hoping to show her in a few months.

-- melina b. (goatgalmjb1@hotmail.com), January 20, 2002.

I was thinking of my own homestead until I read Lesley's thread. I would die for a Bera Cuda(spell?) You know, like the kind Nash Bridges drove. Yellown and black.OHHHHHHHHH. Can I have both? Please!

-- Micheale from SE Kansas (mbfrye@totelcsi.net), January 20, 2002.

Hey Micheale, it's your fantasy, make it as big as you want to!!!!

-- Melissa (me@home.net), January 20, 2002.

Right now I think our whole family just wants a larger van. We have a 7-passenger mini-van, to which Tom added an extra seatbelt to keep from having two children buckled in together. A nice, older model, Ford 15-passenger would be really great.

-- Cathy N. (keeper8@attcanada.ca), January 20, 2002.

I dreamed for the longest time about owning an old pickup- finally treated myself last year to a 1954 Chevy. Next project is to get it restored!! But it sure is fun to drive around town in.

-- Elizabeth (ekfla@aol.com), January 20, 2002.

My first thought was to have our property re-fenced, but since we're going to do that this year anyway I decided to think of something else.

If I could have anything money could buy, I would buy a good sized acreage out where the mustangs run, something with trees and a year round stream on it, and build a small cabin. This would be a place dh and I could go to get away from the homestead, where we could go out riding each day and indulge in our favorite hobby, photographing mustangs in their natural habitat. Only problem is, we can't leave all our horses, goats, etc., so we'd probably have to take them with us. Dh has figured a double trailer, 2 tier cattle truck MIGHT be able to fit them all in. Of course, then we wouldn't really be "getting away", would we, LOL! I'm fortunate as even though owning something like this is a wild dream, we are able to get out and do this once in awhile.

-- Lenette (kigervixen@webtv.net), January 20, 2002.