But instead of that stuff you get relationships with people and neighbors that you would never get in a city. People in small towns are a lot more open.

Like I said, TLC has enough of my life. I have to keep some of it for myself.

I'm so used to talk-show hosts just giving you a sound bite and not really being interested.

I'm opening a store at the end of the month in the New York meatpacking district. I'm launching a line of bedding this summer, and I am writing a book that will be out next January.

But instead of that stuff you get relationships with people and neighbors that you would never get in a city. People in small towns are a lot more open.

We worked out a lot of bugs and figured out who was working and who wasn't and how this beast functions. It was a lot bigger than we actually thought, and now we have a well-run ship where it feels I can actually have time to imagine and not just stress out about everything.

You need to have a home to go back to, whether it's a hotel room or a barn. It's only home when he's there.