Where do you live?

[Sophie, The Romantic Moderator :)]

Not asking for addresses just country :)
Let's see how worldwide we are ;)

England :)

[Nicole D.]

USA in the state of New Mexico

[Sophie, The Romantic Moderator :)]

Oh little more precise for me -

Uk - England (an hour ish away from capital city London :) )

[Nicole]

I live in Alberta, Canada.

[Caity, that crazy moderator]

TEXAS!!!! howdy! ;D

[Caity, that crazy moderator]

(good job, btw, Nicole lol)

[[deleted user]]

Eastern USA. :)

[Nicole]

Texas. Hey, Alice! ;P

[Sophie, The Romantic Moderator :)]

Yes Stephanie !!!

[Caity, that crazy moderator]

Steph, where did you think I was from?? lol

[LadyDisdain]

^ I guess at heart, you're from Ireland, huh, Crazy Mod?
I'm writing from little New Zealand :) Hey everyone *waves spastically from the bottom corner of the globe*

[Caity, that crazy moderator]

Exactly, ladyD!!! Lol I was born to apreciate my irish ancestors!!! XD that's awesome Theresa. Uuuhmnsure, iv never been to Austin TX lol

[Sophie, The Romantic Moderator :)]

HEEELLOOOOO LadyD :D
*waves spastically from the top of the globe ;)*

[Caity, that crazy moderator]

LOL oh soph you crack me up. :')

[Sophie, The Romantic Moderator :)]

^.^ <3

[Caity, that crazy moderator]

lol like that face. and *_* LOL crazy.

[Caity, that crazy moderator]

AND- ~.~ or ~_~ lol random

[Sophie, The Romantic Moderator :)]

Haha - yeah!! >.< ;)

[Caity, that crazy moderator]

lol

[LadyDisdain]

^ Haha, that is one of the stereotypical images projected around - 'clean,green NZ'. There are lots of hilly cities, and great scenery, but it's not like it's right outside the door. Several hours' drive I'd say :P

[Caity, that crazy moderator]

Stephanie wrote: "Alice wrote: "Steph, where did you think I was from?? lol"

I don't know but I would have never guessed the south westish area...ha ha

I think Lady D's right....I visualize somewhere lush and gre..."

yea; I wish I were from Ireland, but nope. yes, I was misplaced. ;D jk.
very...brown here...lol and HOT! and YES, we still wear cowboy boots/hats! LOL ;D

[Reianna]

I'm from Texas - born and raised. :) And Alice is right, it's brown and hot. Especially after that horrible, awful summer. Worst drought we've had in decades. They're already predicting all the black outs we're gonna have. >.<

I'm proud of my Texan roots (as all Texans must be), but I'm not a huge fan of the heat or the country. I'd love to move at some point.

And at Theresa; yes, Austin is.[:

[Caity, that crazy moderator]

Yes. I am proud to be Texan too. But I'm not a don't mess with Texas fanatic! Lol. Like the country personlly, but not so much the heat lol

[Sophie, The Romantic Moderator :)]

Cool name - Texan ;)

[Caity, that crazy moderator]

LOL thanks, Soph! ;D

[Carissa]

United States- Kentucky

[Anna]

Kanawha, Iowa: USA.

[DJ =^^=]

Nashville, Tn. My boyfriend lives in Ireland so I visit as much as I can-going for my next trip the end of August.
Anyone in the group actually from Ireland? :)

[Caity, that crazy moderator]

I wish I were, but no. :/ that is so awesome! does he just live there, or is he actually Irish!!?!? (welcome, btw!)

[DJ =^^=]

Thanks. He is 100% Irish. He has the accent & charm but not the red hair. ;) In fact, I saw just a handful of redheads on my last visit. haha

[Caity, that crazy moderator]

AAAAHH!!!! THAT IS SO AWESOME! LOL go you!

[Sophie, The Romantic Moderator :)]

Ohhhhhh yes if you don't mind - I'm such a romantic!! ^_^

[DJ =^^=]

haha thanks :) Well it's kinda unique. My old college roommate is from Ireland. Since she graduated we still kept in touch by email and skype. She brought Dave and I together. He is a good friend of hers and I guess she thought he & I would get along well. I got to know him better for a year by skype and then Abbey invited me to Ireland for a " holiday visit to her" but I left Ireland with a boyfriend. haha I don't like setups but She did well when she planned this.

[DJ =^^=]

And after meeting him, spending time there with his family and friends. I have grown to love everything that deals with Ireland. I've always been into Irish ChickLit but now I am trying to learn everything.. Even their formal language-Gaelic.
The Distance isn't too bad now because we visit each other often. He is 6 hours ahead so we have to plan our talks and such but we have been making it work for almost 2 years :)... Hasnt been that hard well it's hard on us financially but that is the only drawback we have had.

[Nicole D.]

Deb that is so neat and a very lovely story.

[Caity, that crazy moderator]

thats such a sweet story! hope all goes well for you! :D
and Gaelic, *SIGH*

[Reianna]

That's a great story, Deb! It's amazing that you've kept a healthy relationship with such a distance between you. :)

[Caity, that crazy moderator]

Ditto reianna!!

[Sophie, The Romantic Moderator :)]

Awwww!!! That's amazing!!!!! <3 <3 <3

[DJ =^^=]

Thanks everyone :)

[Emily]

I'm from Canada, eh! Although, that "eh" is not in the right context...it would be somewhere like this "So you like sleigh dogging, eh?"...but I figured because I'm Canadian I had to put our apparently quintessential expression in somewhere. ;)

[Sophie, The Romantic Moderator :)]

haha!
WELCOME!!! this is a great group and really fun! lovely to have you! as you will see, there are many Jane Austen fans, are you one?

[Caity, that crazy moderator]

lol love it, Emily. I find myself using "eh" all the time but Im Texan sooo i put it everywhere it shouldnt go probably! lol XD

[Emily]

Yes, I'm a HUGE Janeite :) I find I am among amazing people here :D

[Sophie, The Romantic Moderator :)]

Yay!!! So, which have you read? All?

[Emily]

Yes!! :D All of 'em! Have you read them all?

[Sophie, The Romantic Moderator :)]

All but MP - next read and would like your opinion of it (ok I will move this conversation to inbox :) )

[Caity, that crazy moderator]

Lol we are all Janeites here so wlcome Emily lol

[Caity, that crazy moderator]

And btw soph, feel free to talk about book opinions in the group. U can move to inbox if u like, just wanted to let u knw I won't get mad at u lol

[Emily]

Alice wrote: "Lol we are all Janeites here so wlcome Emily lol"

Yay us Janeites!!! Knew this was a good group. Thanks for inviting me, Alice!