This is the first morning since before Memorial Day that we've woken up at the apartment. It's amazing how much stuff we accumulated at the in-laws house since we began our stay there! So, over Monday and Tuesday (yesterday), we brought back our stuff and de-Roberts their house :) Two busy days of packing, cleaning, and moving. It was an awesome stay, and made us realize how much we really, really want our own home...more specifically, our mini-farm barn home. The apartment is a harder place for us to be now, as more people move in - the type of people who want to party and leave the remains of their party in the front yard. The type of people who seem to have low expectations of themselves and their lives. Our apartment is even more temporary now, and we are more anxious to move on now than ever before. Destiny is pushing us into the ready position, against a door that has yet to be opened, making us claustrophobic and restless. We are hoping for an upgrade in Shelby's job that will promote her or put us in a more thriving area, and give us the "go" to settle into our new home and my new job. We talk about it, we dream about it, and we even prepare for it. We have several potted berries: raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, and strawberries. We also have our potted trees: apple, pear, and even nectarine. We are ready. SO ready! In the meantime, we will stay busy with summer, I will continue to work on my job search, and we will pack what we can to prepare for a move because, no matter what, we will not be staying here for much longer. Many thanks to Mimi and Papa for loaning us their haven and letting us live the life that we're shooting for, at least for a little bit!
I love our Christmas and New Year's break because it gives us time to celebrate, time to relax, and time to take inventory of life - the past, the present, and the future, or at least hopes and direction on what we want our future to be. I feel like this past year was a deep breath to prepare for our future home...we had our share of projects, but there is so much to do to make our home what we want it to be. Things that did happen in 2014: We bought our pellet stove and had it installed! This old house is drafty and cold, but our stove keeps our parlor and living room the warmest, and gives us a toasty place to warm up in when winter is its coldest. This is now our primary heat source and, so far this year, our only heat source. We've had some animals give birth and some animals pass. We lost Steve our sheep and Josie our alpaca, and Ollie the fall prior. We sold some of our non-producing goats to a land owner for clearing brush, a life I'm sure they will enjoy. S...
Peach tree too! YAY!!! Baby, I feel it...I feel the anxiety of wanting to move but being a little stuck in this place. I'm hoping that very soon we will get the word from work and blow this joint :-)
ReplyDeleteI LOVE YOU - We are <-THIS-> close!!! I can feel it!!!!!