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There are so many changes going on our little homestead, like for example, not having a homestead!! It all happened in less than a month. We weren't even thinking about moving (although we knew we couldn't stay where we were forever) but some property struck our fancy and we started talking. We went and saw the property, talked to a realtor and had our house on the market in a week, it sold 3 days later. The property we liked got sold in that amount of time too but we ended up finding some property that was ideal for us and now we are building!! We are currently staying at my aunt's house while she is out of town and while all our paperwork gets finalized on the new property. We are just thrilled!! It was hard to see the old house go, it was our first house, we brought our first (and only so far) child home to it and it had such charm and so many memories. It was just getting tight though (and no way to add on as we only had .11 acres with houses surrounding us). I really feel this is what was supposed to happen for us, it just felt right, I prayed about it and always said in my prayers that if it is supposed to happen to let it happen and I was at such peace with everything that has been happening. I am not normally someone who can give things up (although I've been trying hard lately) and I always want control. So this was a great experience for me in just trusting God. Another benefit to this experience is that we are able to get rid of ALL of our debt (minus the house payment). We were not in horrible shape but we got married young and got caught up with keeping up with what we though we should have and what everyone else had. Luckily we had opportunities to get rid of the debt and now this final opportunity. DH and I have had long discussions about not spending unless a necessity and not EVER buying anything on credit again. Not that it is such a horrible thing but we tend to get suckered into it and are not as smart as we should be about it. Now, the downfall. In Oregon (especially in our area) house prices are HORRIBLE. To give you an example we bought our 1100 square foot home on .11 acres in 2000 for 89,000. We just sold it for 179,900 and we could have gotten more but it didn't feel right to us and we wanted to sell it fast. It is almost impossible for young couples or single working families to afford to buy their own house. So, our dream of 5 acres and a house big enough for the children we hope to have is going to cost us dearly. It's not ideal but moving out of the area isn't an option and I feel like at least with a big house payment we are investing in something instead of throwing it away to interest rates and things that depreciate. Plus I will be able to grow more of our food, keep animals that we can eat, dry my laundry outside and all kinds of other frugal things I couldn't do before. However, it is does prove to be too much for us our house, when finished, will have a lot more equity so we can sell it and start over with something smaller. However, I have prayed about it and I feel like this is what God wants for us and I am going to take full advantage of it. In the long run it may just be a learning experience for us but at least I am following my heart and what I feel God wants which is all I can do, right? So if you got this far and I am totally grateful! That was a long post but something I have been wanting to write about lately. Stay tuned for more to come, and pictures of our property and plans on what I am going to starting in about 2 weeks! Have a great day everyone! |
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