This is the first posting on what will hopefully be the diary-of-process as we work towards our current dream. Leaving the city and becoming homesteaders. We've loved the suburbs for many years now, but after awhile, we started really longing for a little more elbow room. The past year has been a rather rough one for the whole family, so Jenn and I both decided it was time for a change. Apparently a drastic one. We really began our search about 6 months ago looking for land, 10 acres or more. Our families have been supportive but remain a little skeptical at times. Our oldest teen wants nothing to do with the move while our youngest teen is practically packed and waiting at the door. So now with our house on the market, it's a only a matter of selling the house and finding THE place.
Jenn found a place to start with and was the first of several properties our realtor showed us. We both liked it and decided to keep it in mind. Since then we've looked at several more properties but continue to go back to the first one. Now by the way we talk, you'd think we already owned the place! Sometimes we'll drive out during the week just to check on the place or see what it's like at different times of the week or weekend, or to see if anything has developed, such as a "Sold" sign.
I tend analyze things (Jenn thinks I tend to over-analyze things) and wanted to be a b s o l u t e l y sure we don't miss out on something else, so we trucked out once again yesterday to look at two more properties. Where did we end up afterwards? Yep. Right back at place number one. That's it. Let's do this. We decided to officially open the gates of conversation with the current owners in an effort to stake our claim.
And so it begins!
