We're getting a home. Soon. Like, first half of 2011 soon! It all seems a little surreal and, as usual, I am cautiously optimistic, but very excited nonetheless. Extremely excited! We have been working towards this goal for so long and it feels so good to be so close to the dream. We have an idea of what we want, what we don't want, what we are willing to, and not, tackle to make our home...well, our home. The hardest part is telling people about this venture. Somehow the news turns on the lecture in people, like we haven't been discussing this for the past fifteen years. We are 46 and 36 years old, people - we value your opinions and advice, but what we really want is your excitement. We're happy to talk about our dream - we welcome the opportunity to share! But please don't try to give us a reality check by telling us how hard it is to own a home or what we should buy or how we should buy it. We don't care about resale. I know, it's crazy! We want this home to be IT - the home that makes memories and we can call home for the rest of our lives. We want the farm and we will make it ours, one step at a time. It is an exciting time, and we will be so happy to breathe the air of our land, sink our hands into the dirt, and build a home for us and our animals. We will work through, persevere, adjust, and live our lives as we feel works for our family, not blindly, but with the care and diligence that we give every moment of our lives for our family. We're getting a house...soon...and we are SO excited! Please be excited with us and ride along with our dream :)
I love and appreciate this post. Just once I wish we could say...finally, after all these years of credit building, reading, researching, family raising, etc we are getting a farm...and some one say OH MY GOSH I'M SO SO EXCITED FOR YOU!! Instead of a 45 minute lesson on why we shouldn't buy a house and if we do, make sure we concern ourselves with the resale value and realize that there is no way we can get the things that we want. I've been researching homes. I've found homes with enough bedrooms, bathrooms, acreage, outbuildings to meet all of our needs - some for far less than we are qualified for purchasing. I'm excited. I wish I could find someone to share my excitement with.
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