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| Patsy |
Posted - Jul 07 2008 : 08:26:50 AM
We were talking about big and small homes. I would love to have a house but can't afford it. Here is my little abode.
May God bless those who love the soil,
Patsy
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| Sandra K. Licher |
Posted - Aug 11 2008 : 11:03:50 AM
Hey Patsy....I LOVE your trailer and you gave me a terrific idea! I am trying to get back to Illinois and found a house in my hometown but not sure I can afford it or afford to fix it up whichever the case may be...but your place is so cute and cozy that it made me realize that the reasons I want to go home are not about what I live in but where I live and the people that are close to me and that small might indeed be better! I really don't want the maintenance of a large place anymore plus I really want a view and I might be able to get a perfect one if I just get the land and then I could put a trailer on it! TaDAh! I never thought about it....DUH! No wonder I have such a hard time finding a place in the country...I think with this new pespective it might make things a lot easier! thank you! It is so darn cute and homey....show us the inside next...Please? I'd show you mine but it is "under construction" Ha! Ha! Not really but it looks that way!
Sam in AR..... "It's a great life if you don't weaken!"
Farmgirl Sister #226 |
| Suzan |
Posted - Aug 11 2008 : 09:55:21 AM
You girls referring to EIU, I assume that means Eastern Illinois University? Just wondering, I'm in PA but my daughter did her master's degree at WIU in Macomb. I loved it out there! Just outside of Macomb, I think the name was Roseville(?) there was an antique store I'd love to go back to! |
| Patsy |
Posted - Aug 11 2008 : 09:50:56 AM
Hi Marian!
Glad to see you here! How is Elvis? He is such a cute little guy.
I think that if a mortal ever heard the voice of God, it would be in a garden at the cool of the day. (F. Moore)
Patsy
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| dutchy |
Posted - Aug 09 2008 : 11:19:07 AM
HIYA Patsy!! Here is Dutchy3 from Mitford, hehe.
WOW fancy seeing you here, hehe
Love the home you have, looks cute and you did a wonderful job!!
Hugs from Marian/Dutchy (3)
"As you become secure in God's love, you will discover that you need not surrender to the opinions and judgments of others. GOD IS FOR YOU!" ~
Unknown
http://just-me-a-dutch-girl.blogspot.com/
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| Lainey |
Posted - Jul 29 2008 : 08:42:01 AM
I love your home, it looks very welcoming!
Farmgirl Sister #25
http://countrygirldreams.blogspot.com/ |
| clux64 |
Posted - Jul 29 2008 : 06:56:48 AM
I love this home. Has anyone seen the show Mobile Home Disaster on CMT? They do home make overs for trailer homes--you know, move the family out and re-do their place. It's super fun, super funny, and the results are excellent! Makes one long for a trailer home...
Celeste
"No matter where you go, there you are"
--Confucious
www.urbanprairiehome.blogspot.com
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| Mommyswanson |
Posted - Jul 27 2008 : 12:33:31 PM
Patsy
I love the looks of your trailer. I think a small home is very comforting & welcoming.
Laura (Magsmom from Mitford)
"That which does not kill us makes us strong!" "I cast all my cares upon you Lord." |
| kimberly renae |
Posted - Jul 25 2008 : 8:02:26 PM
i live in a trailer too!!
http://simple-needs.blogspot.com/ |
| Miss Bee Haven |
Posted - Jul 24 2008 : 10:47:01 AM
Patsy - I'm set on painting mine a color close to yours next year. I want a little more color and that's just what I'm looking for. :)
Farmgirl Sister #50
"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?"
'Br.Dave Gardner' |
| miss wilma |
Posted - Jul 24 2008 : 10:41:02 AM
Patsey your trailor and grounds are so pretty, Its not how big HOME IS ITS WHAT IS INSIDE .
Farm Girl #96
http://www.picturetrail.com/misswilmasplace
http://misswilma.blogspot.com/ |
| therusticcottage |
Posted - Jul 23 2008 : 11:03:30 AM
I know where Marshall is. My Ex graduated from EIU in '74. It truly is a small world.
Handmade Soap and More! - http://therusticcottage.etsy.com
The Rustic Cottage Blog http://therusticcottage.blogspot.com
PROUD FARMGIRL SISTER #100 |
| Patsy |
Posted - Jul 23 2008 : 05:06:44 AM
Kay,
I live in Marshall. But I also went to EIU in the early 70's! Graduated in 1972. What a small world it is.
I think that if a mortal ever heard the voice of God, it would be in a garden at the cool of the day. (F. Moore)
Patsy
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| therusticcottage |
Posted - Jul 22 2008 : 9:02:39 PM
Patsy - your little abode is adorable! The yard looks so pretty. Where are you in Clark County, IL? I used to live in Charleston when my first husband went to EIU in the 70's and worked in Mattoon. I was born and raised around Springfield.
Handmade Soap and More! - http://therusticcottage.etsy.com
The Rustic Cottage Blog http://therusticcottage.blogspot.com
PROUD FARMGIRL SISTER #100 |
| Buffalomary |
Posted - Jul 22 2008 : 7:54:15 PM
What a cute place! Owning the ground is a huge plus!! I was in a mobile until a couple years ago, but I was also sitting in a trailer park, paying monthly lot rent. My grandmother has been in one for over 15 years now. Her trailer was paid for a long time ago but she has been paying rent for the land all this time. I didn't like the math at all! The idea of spending that much money on land I couldn't do anything with got me in gear to find a different place. It is not exactly where I have dreamed of being but the land is mine to do with what I want (huge garden!! little yard!!) versus what the landlord want (what's a garden?)
You can take the farmer's daughter off the farm but you can't take the farm out of the farmer's daughter!! |
| Bear5 |
Posted - Jul 22 2008 : 2:15:17 PM
patsy:
your home is beautiful. I love the flowers. Home is where the heart is. Happy day to you.
Marly |
| iloveprims |
Posted - Jul 09 2008 : 2:55:29 PM
I think your home is very nice. DH and I were thinking of getting a doublewide and putting in on a 5 acre lot.... I want to be able to have chickens and maybe a goat or two but who knows.
http://wantingtobeme.blogspot.com |
| jpbluesky |
Posted - Jul 09 2008 : 05:11:54 AM
What a cozy home. I was born and raised in Springfield, and there were many home parks that had homes like yours. I think it is as cute as can be, and made me think of my hometown. And it is neat as a pin!
Farmgirl Sister # 31
www.blueskyjeannie.blogspot.com
Psalm 51: 10-13 |
| mrsmorgen |
Posted - Jul 09 2008 : 05:03:20 AM
It is so inviting! I'd love to sit on your front porch and chat about farmgirl stuff!
morgen
I am beginning to learn that it is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all..
laura ingalls wilder
www.laubers.blogspot.com |
| KYgurlsrbest |
Posted - Jul 08 2008 : 6:25:11 PM
I grew up in a trailer from birth to 7 years of age, Patsy...and my mom still talks about the double ovens she had inset into the wall of the kitchen, and the bay window in the breakfast nook area. I loved our lot, too...and our neighbors. Now I know they were all retirees, to me they just seemed like "extra" grandparents :)
I think it's adorable, and home is where you are. Whether you own it, or rent it, or it's an igloo, it's home.
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."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.
http://www.buyhandmade.org/ |
| Bridge |
Posted - Jul 08 2008 : 12:07:30 PM
I wanna join too!! Mine is a 80 something......I'll have to take some pics!!
It is a 3 bedroom, 2 bath, it is almost too big really.I have a big pole building/garage also.
I need new underpinning to, the people before me weed-wacked it too many times ;P
I also have to coat my roof this year.I would like to have new bottom kitchen cabinets(((dream)))
The only thing I can say that I do not like is the way the windows sweat & ice up in the winter. Otherwise I love it!! LOL
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| City_Chick |
Posted - Jul 08 2008 : 07:21:52 AM
Patsy I love it! Some of my fondest memories of my first Christmas with my husband were while we lived in a trailer. I loved everything about it but the kitchen. It was so small. Home really is what you make of it. It is what your heart makes of it.
Christina
Farmgirl Sister #195
Although no one can go back and make a brand new start; anyone can start from now
and make a brand new end.
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| Alee |
Posted - Jul 08 2008 : 07:11:03 AM
I really like your home! It looks so pretty and inviting! I don't think there is anything wrong with having a trailer. Our living spaces are what you make of it! I would get a big smile at coming home to a place like that. It is obviously well loved! I would like to think that if walls could talk our homes would be happy ones!
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
www.awarmheart.com
Please come visit Nora and me on our new blog:
www.farmgirlalee.blogspot.com |
| Mumof3 |
Posted - Jul 08 2008 : 04:36:15 AM
You have made it so cozy and inviting! Sounds like the perfect home to me. :)
Karin
Farmgirl Sister
# 18 :)
Wherever you go, there you are.
www.madrekarin.blogspot.com
www.madrekarin.etsy.com |
| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Jul 07 2008 : 10:16:02 PM
paatsy .. your trailer is really cute! it looks kinda' WESTERN to me .. how do you have it decorated inside?
True Friends * Frannie
adopt a 'rag-chile'
http://sistermercysfoundlinhome.blogspot.com
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| ruralfarmgirl |
Posted - Jul 07 2008 : 3:59:24 PM
I think it is one of the things that helps to qualify me as a farm girl.. that ability to make any house a home.. I once lived in a quonset hut..and I have some of the best memories from it.....
Rene~Prosser Farmgirl #185
" Plant goodness, harvest the fruit of loyalty, plow the new ground of knowledge. Hosea 10:12 |
