Farm House Monthly - May
I really love our house and little farm. If anyone had told me 2 years ago that I would be here now I would have told them to have their head checked and may have even called them a liar. I honestly never thought I would leave Georgia and all that I ever knew behind me.
I am not one who adjusts well to drastic changes. I like things to remain as they are. I like living in one place and having order to my days. There is an odd feeling as we work and work and work some more to bring this place up to par. All the cleaning, cutting, hauling that comes with back aches and muscle pain and cramping hands and legs at the end of a weekend like this one leaves me with an odd sense of comfort knowing that in a few years all the really hard stuff will be done and it will be a matter of maintaining what we have accomplished.
This is home. God willing and the creek don't rise this is were we will live out all the days of the rest our lives. We have put down roots and claimed this place as ours. It has taken me 38 years to get here. I like the here and now. I love the promise of the future in this place of snow and cool springs. I like knowing this is where our children will grow up and grandchildren will come to visit. It's a good life.
Are you still traveling to your dream home? Have you settled down and sunk your tap roots in deep? If not, where do you think you will settle and stake your claim?
As promised you can find the photo's of the house here: Farm House Monthly - May.
P.S. I will be updating my reading list this week. I have discovered MORE great journals I like to read. An apology for the future - I may read your journal but I am horrible about commenting. Honestly sometimes I have nothing to say. LOL
Wow! GORGEOUS!! We're in our first single family house..and it was/is a fixer upper every time I get frustrated I just make list of all the things we've done in the past four years and it makes it all worth while ;0) I'd help you unpack if I were closer! Good luck...
I wonder who coined the phrase "God Willin' and the creek don't rise" one of my pondering this past weekend actually...;0)Great minds think alike!
This is great stuff, Angie -- both the pictures and the writing. Telll me: is there a "usable" third floor, or is that some kind of attic? Fine looking house, and I can see you will take extra good care of it.
(I was always under the impression that Virginia got very little snow. Hmmm. Maybe it's a northern state after all.)
Can you please email me to tell me how I can help ol' Kate with $ for the walkathon? I'm at mbenditem@msn.com. Thanks,
Gene Maudlin/Horsetail Snake
Your home is so beautiful, It's the place those wonderful daughter's of you will marry at, bring babies too, and always know where their true home is. It's the place that the grandbabies will grow up at too. It is certainly a dream home.
My husband is a general contractor, who's company has done high end remodles in San Fransico for over 25 years- he is now able to build his dream house, and our wish is the same as yours- a place our childern will always see as their home.
I moved to my (90%) dream home in 1982. There were a few things missing, but mostly what I wanted. Fast forward to 24 years later: it needs updating, painting, landscaping, and more - and we will never be able to do it all. Lesson learned: take care of the maintenance as it is needed!
I am not in my dream home, and I am convinced my husband is part gypsy. We talk about moving, we look at homes, but what keeps me here is my children. No mansion 3000 miles from them would make me happy. I worry they won't be able to afford a home in this state. You are lucky with all that land, at least yours can pitch a tent.
PS- A part of me knew you would find the happiness you deserved and sought. You just had a tougher row to hoe than most.
Oh my god! Your house is beautiful! I love it! Can I move in with you?