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| therusticcottage |
Posted - Aug 10 2007 : 12:47:15 PM
We made an offer last week on a place in La Center. After going back and forth with the sellers we told them we would not accept their final offer. Last night our realtor called and said that the seller's had decided to go with our last offer which was $11,000 less than they were asking. This morning we told the realtor we would accept that offer.
Our new home will be a manufactured home in a residential park here in La Center. We will be buying the land as well as the home. We will have a very small backyard but it does have two trees, room for me to plant lots of flowers and a place for raised garden beds. On the south side of the house is a huge deck that runs the whole length of the house -- so more room there for pots of stuff.
It is not a farm but that's ok. I have come to the realization that my husband will never be interested in a farm. But he is willing to help me fix up this place. For that I'm grateful and willing to compromise. I can be a farmgirl without my farm -- it truly is a condition of the heart. I can live my life simply, organically, and do all the things that Farmgirls do on my little slice of this earth that I'm buying.
So if everything goes ok -- inspection, appraisal -- in about a month I'll be moving into my very own home. I'm excited!
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| cinnamongirl |
Posted - Aug 20 2007 : 10:18:42 AM
Congrads and goodluck Kay! |
| katmom |
Posted - Aug 20 2007 : 09:46:12 AM
"When the going gets tough, the Tough go shopping"  ....so go shopping for your dream cottage, don't let this little "hick-up" discourage you.
It's out there & you will find it. 
hugz
>^..^< Happiness is being a katmom.
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| therealshari |
Posted - Aug 19 2007 : 09:57:23 AM
Hmm, I thought it was "when the going gets tough, the tough get going"... a quote from my way-back-when high school football coach.
Shari Thomas
farmer, web copywriter, blogger
Shari's Gone Country
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| Utahfarmgirl |
Posted - Aug 17 2007 : 9:04:54 PM
Just remember, Kay, when the going gets rough, the tough get FRUIT!! See you Sunday. We'll talk.
love,
P
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| Phils Ann |
Posted - Aug 17 2007 : 1:55:03 PM
Kay, I'm disappointed for you but so proud of your positive attitude, which I totally, wholeheartedly agree with. There is a better plan for you.... got to keep trusting. Will be praying for the very best.
Ann
Sairy Hill Thicket
There is a Redeemer. |
| celebrate2727 |
Posted - Aug 17 2007 : 11:22:04 AM
Kay- dear friend, another door opens for you I am sure of it. You have been such a great support for me- I am sending you positive prayers and thoughts to you today and every day.
blessings
beth
I Can
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http://lifeatbnbfarm.blogspot.com
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| KYgurlsrbest |
Posted - Aug 16 2007 : 1:59:43 PM
FHA is VERY weird, for sure--since it's government money being loaned, they are super picky! That's how I bought my little cottage. They even made the previous owner put up a hand railing on the front steps (which I took down after I moved in!), but they sure failed on my leaky basement inspection!!!!
Good way to look at it--now that you've gone through all the pre-approval stuff, you'll find something even better, for sure.
Chin up!
"She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian. |
| Alee |
Posted - Aug 16 2007 : 1:54:12 PM
Kay- look into the USAD Rural Development program- they might be able to help you.
http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/wa/
Alee
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| therealshari |
Posted - Aug 16 2007 : 08:43:08 AM
Kay, there's all kinds of things going on right now in the mortgage business. Like you said... God has better plans for you!
Even if the mortgage company comes out with some kind of "creative option", be extremely careful as the last thing you want to do is to put your shining future at risk.
Hugs to you!
Shari Thomas
farmer, web copywriter, blogger
Shari's Gone Country
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| therusticcottage |
Posted - Aug 15 2007 : 7:43:21 PM
We just found out this evening that the house sale is not going through! We have an FHA loan and evidentally they won't loan on a mfg home in the type of park it's in. Whatever that means. We'll have more details from the mortgage company tomorrow. But I'm ok with it. It just means that God has something even better for us!! I'm excited to find out what that is!
http://therusticcottage.blogspot.com |
| paradiseplantation |
Posted - Aug 14 2007 : 06:32:46 AM
Bouquets to you Kay! I'm really happy for you! Keep us posted on how everything goes! |
| blueroses |
Posted - Aug 13 2007 : 4:23:01 PM
kay,
so happy for you. it will be wonderful to have your own place. you'll make it beautiful.
"You cannot find peace...by avoiding life."
Virginia Woolfe |
| Carol Sue |
Posted - Aug 12 2007 : 10:51:20 PM
Kay,
I love how you have planned the gardens in your head already. Wouldn't it be great as fast as we figure out what we want to do if we could actually do it.....LOL
I like the process. We live in a mobile park on a small piece of yard which I have stamped with our flavor. I love it and am glad there is dirt to play in. Glad you have a home and stamp away.....Carol Sue
Enjoying life. |
| queenofdreamsz4u |
Posted - Aug 12 2007 : 5:54:12 PM
That's wonderful Kay! You are right...just having a spot to call your own is enough Raised gardening is the way to go. I love it! We are getting ready to place our home with 5 acres on the market here in Alabama and move to the Nashville, Tennessee area. Maybe Murfreesboro but we have decided to ride the whole circle around Nashville before deciding and also we've decided not to close any doors on what we want to buy.
It may be a small cottage with a few acres or it may be a Patio home with a "garden style" tiny yard. We are excited about the future move so I can feel your joy
Congrats on your new home!
Talk to ya later, Stephanie aka queenofdreamsz
"hold close your inner child and always listen to the gentle whispers" ~queenofdreamsz
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| Buttercup |
Posted - Aug 11 2007 : 9:44:35 PM
Congratulations!!! And it may not have a million acres, but it will be the sweetest and most wonderful little farm around!!! I am so thrilled for you and I am looking forward to hearing more!! Happy times!!
Hugz!
Talitha
"If we could maintain the wonder of childhood and at the same time grasp the wisdom of age, what wonder,what wisdom,what life would be ours" |
| therealshari |
Posted - Aug 11 2007 : 7:26:40 PM
Awesome news, Kay! You're totally deserving, and just because you've only got room for gardens doesn't make you any less of a farm girl.
Shari Thomas
farmer, web copywriter, blogger
Shari's Gone Country
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| therusticcottage |
Posted - Aug 11 2007 : 10:30:40 AM
You all are so sweet!!! Ever since we got the news I've been planning gardens in my head!! The backyard is almost done. LOL!
http://therusticcottage.blogspot.com |
| FarrarFarmgirl |
Posted - Aug 11 2007 : 09:55:41 AM
Hi, Kay,
Congratulations on your new place. It will be so nice to call it home; right now it's a house, but when you get there, it will feel just like home. Your neighbors have no idea yet how blessed they will be to have you in their midst. I'm really happy that you will be able to settle in and know it's your slice of heaven. Enjoy it to the max! Blessings on all your packing and moving that it may go smoothly.
In His hands,
Lynda L.
Pray in faith and you will not live in doubt.
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| frannie |
Posted - Aug 11 2007 : 09:00:39 AM
congratulations, kay!
i have enjoyed peeking in at your blog and i know that where ever you are will be wonderful....you bring that with you.
also truly believe that we are all farmgirls no matter the size or whatever of our farm.
including those gals that have a mindfarm.
i think unless you are born into the farm life, many of us have carried the farm in our hearts and minds until we get to our farm, no matter where that is.
i was a farmgirl as a little child, and when i lived in a big city and now on my little farmette that im sure some farmers would scoff at.
i will look forward to your new home and watching you turn it into your place...and will peek in on you from time to time.
....and you stuck to your guns and made, i think a great deal on your offer. a farmgirl and a savy business woman to boot!
best of luck and enjoy enjoy your new home.
love
fran
(http://farmfolks-frannie.blogspot.com/) |
| Huckelberrywine |
Posted - Aug 11 2007 : 08:39:06 AM
Great news! I'm sure you'll have a lovely place all fixed up where your condition of the heart can bloom. :) Good for you!
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| KYgurlsrbest |
Posted - Aug 10 2007 : 9:58:58 PM
 How very exciting for you, Kay! I remember the day I signed (all) the papers at my closing, and they handed me keys. I remember thinking....well, should I have these? I mean, I can't go there yet, right? Such a strange feeling, but lemme tell you, I wouldn't trade my little "farm"  for anything. I bought a fixer upper 1929 cottage for a song, and though it's taken me many years to get even where I am, it's worth it every time I hear the rain on my metal awnings, or see the deer in my backyard.
Congratulations, and feel blessed with your new home!!!
"She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian. |
| katmom |
Posted - Aug 10 2007 : 9:43:45 PM
Kay,
what a blessing. Enjoy, & rememeber, it's not the size of "the farm" but rather how much you enjoy it.
Pot gardening (& I don't mean the illegal stuff!) is such fun. From 'maters, to herbs you can have fun & enjoy the goodies that you reap. "Sow" go have fun! & Congrats on the new home.
>^..^< Happiness is being a katmom.
www.katmom4.blogspot.com |
| Alee |
Posted - Aug 10 2007 : 5:09:46 PM
Oh Kay! I am so excited for you!
Alee
The amazing one handed typist! One hand for typing, one hand to hold Nora!
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| Mumof3 |
Posted - Aug 10 2007 : 3:53:06 PM
Yay for you, Kay!! What happy news!
Karin
Wherever you go, there you are.
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| Marybeth |
Posted - Aug 10 2007 : 3:40:57 PM
Good for you Kay. Home is where the heart is as someone once said. You will just have your own farm with neighbors---which can be nice. MB
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