Really, it is!! As our move gets closer and closer we are turning our thoughts to our future in this little town we will soon call home. We have always rented and so look forward to settling down and maybe, actually...hopefully owning a home!! I know, I'm in shock too.
We have looked around at the current home market and there are some possibilities but our list of "must haves" is a hard one to complete. We want something that is big enough, but not a monster (I don't want to have to clean all the time), it needs to have room to spread out, land (at a minimum 1 acre). Needs to be close-ish to town and in our price range. Easy peasy, right? We're not asking for much. :0)
With all of this in mind we have yet to find THE house. So our thoughts turn to property and possibly building. Land is pretty cheap out there and well so are building costs. It's actually a possibility, as scary and exciting as that is.
We have found a property that suits most all our needs and has the perk of nice neighbors! My bro and sister in law purchased the plot next to the one we want, lol.
It's five acres of relatively flat prairie land. It has enough of a rolling hill affect to make it interesting. And its golden, sigh, so pretty. I love the colors out there. The sky is so big!! The biggest I have ever seen and the land just stretches out around you. The air is clean and crisp you feel healthier just for having been there.
As with everything in our lives it comes with a catch. We have to wait (we all know how good I am at that) because since we will be getting out of the military we will be technically jobless, or newly employed, SO we have to wait to get financing before we can stake our claim on a little piece of earthly heaven.
Until then we have pictures and memories. And the excitement of where we would put what.
In this picture we are chattin with my bro and sis about the pros and con's of the property. The girls were bug hunting I believe.
The view of the closest neighbor. He is about 15 acres away. Not bad considering we haven't lived in a house without sharing at least two walls with other families in about 10 years.
Standing at the back of the property looking down the slope to the cars that are parked on the gravel road. Mind you the truck? ya its huge!!! So that will give you an idea of how much room there is on 5 acres.
Another shot from the back, the cars on the left and in the distance the black/bluish smudges are the downtown area. Its about 10-15 minutes away from town I think.
Rosie running around, enjoying the outdoors time and the bug hunting adventure!!
A little pond situated on the property behind us. They run seasonal cattle through this area but the pond is full of water year round.
The cool old fence line. Its useless when you have kids or dogs... or wild animals in the area (which you would be surprised how many roam that area) so it will have to be replaced, but I think its pretty.
The road up to the property. Da Bro's is straight ahead and ours would be to the left of it, at the end of the road of course.
Pretty view up from the road, nice gentle slope, pretty grass, ahhhh sigh, happiness! This would be the Bro's property.. ish. Its hard to tell when there are no real markers. Now imagine a sprawling lodge with huge windows, a nicely manicured forest of green and a shop to rival Top Gear's... yep that's our neighbors!!
More goodness. This would be our property. Cant you just picture our Victorian farmhouse with greenhouse and big shop? our orchard of fruit trees? my lilac lined driveway??? I can, just squint your eyes and use your imagination, its there I promise!
