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For as long as I can remember I have dreamed of living in the country, ever since I was a little girl visiting relatives in Arkansas. I've always wanted horses, chickens, cows, you name it - I wanted it! My children also want this, and fortunately, my husband shares our dreams as well. In fact, we have looked for a place for years, but we have never been able to find anything that we could afford. We figured we would either try to find someplace where we could build ourselves (hubby is a carpenter/homebuilder), or find an old farmhouse that we could restore. We may have finally found it. From looking around on the internet, I found a place about 45 minutes from here. It has 18 acres, an OLD farmhouse, and a near acre pond stocked with fish. We went out to look at it, just ourselves, on Tuesday night but by the time we got there it was growing dark so we didn't get to see very much. I wanted Keith to see it before we called the realtor to see if he thought it was worth working on. He thinks maybe it is! He wants to see the inside, so I called the realtor this morning and we are going out tomorrow morning to see it. The kids and I are so excited! The house was built in 1925, has three rooms and two baths, wood floors all throughout. It also has no insulation that Keith could see, no central heat or air (which is really no big deal to us), the paint is peeling badly, and it will take a LOT of work to restore. Supposedly the interior is in better condition than the exterior, but we'll have to check that out for ourselves. To be honest, it is not the place I have always dreamed about. There are very little trees except in the front along the fence, and there is another house built very close beside it. But I know that we may never find, much less afford, what we consider the "ideal" place, and we are all more than ready to move! I would love to hear stories of anyone restoring an old farmhouse. I know it can be done, and I have all the confidence in the world that my husband can do it, just not sure if we have the resources to do it. I'm excited, but trying not to get my hopes up at the same time. The kids love the house and are ready to move in yesterday, lol. The girls desperately want separate bedrooms, so I am hoping we can turn the attic into a room, but the attic would take a lot of work just in itself from what we can see on the outside. So, say a prayer for us! It would mean a lot of changes - since I am the main transportation for my mom to the doctor, to church, store, etc., we will definitely have to make some kind of plan for this. My van is getting old, and making the 45 minutes drive several times a week would be pretty hard on it. We would either have to live with my mom while we fix it up or buy a travel trailer to live in while we work. Lots of details to work out! Well, I may be putting the cart before the horse here, because we really won't be able to know anything until we go and see it tomorrow. But the possibility of maybe being able to finally move to some land is just so exciting! Blessings, Carol |
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