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| alterationsbyemily |
Posted - Apr 05 2011 : 4:55:40 PM
I am very excited to let all of you ladies know that we have gotten our Pre aproval for a mortgage. So now the question is, do we want to live in town close to my husband's job, in Suburbia with our two kids and dog, or do we live in the middle of nowhere.
I will try to keep everyone updated on what is going on
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Currently renting-farmgirl wannabe |
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| Lieberkim |
Posted - Dec 23 2011 : 6:45:39 PM
Being without water is a huge trial. So glad you have it back on in time for Christmas!!!
Excuse the mess & the noise, my children are making happy memories |
| Sheep Mom 2 |
Posted - Dec 23 2011 : 5:24:47 PM
Emily having been there and done that with water problems in winter (did not have to drill a new well but replaced a pump, all the electrical under ground and water tank a few years ago) I do sympathize. I am glad that you got the problem dealt with and are back on track. Merry Christmas! There is nothing like a hot shower and clean dishes, clothes etc. to make one appreciate the emenities.
Blessings, Sheri
"Work is Love made visible" -Kahlil Gibran
http://farmsteadfripperies.blogspot.com/ |
| alterationsbyemily |
Posted - Dec 23 2011 : 4:05:02 PM
Update!
So ladies, I have been busy spending ALOT of money. Last week December 12th, a puddle appeared above where our buried well was. I called the plumber who put in the new jet pump and he came out right away. He turned off the power to the pump and said he needed to dig up the well the next day. So the next day he came at 7:00 AM and started digging. He found that the pipes were cracked going to the house. He then said he would be back the next day with a digger because the tree roots around it were so thick that he couldn't hand dig to the house. The next day, Wednesday, the digger came and pulled out lots and lots of dirt. The plumber then noticed this GIANT tree root growing out of the well through a big crack in the top. He pulled off the top and the entire thing was FULL of roots. He then suggested pulling the pipes to pull the roots out. Well, they had to used the digger to pull the pipe out and it didn't pull out a single root, just the pipe. Now I had no water.
RotoRooter then came out the Monday with a contraption to grind up the roots... The roots were so thick that it didn't even scratch the surface. Finally it was determined that the well had to be abandoned and we needed a new well drilled.
After many phone calls we got a well drilling company to come out and drill the well. People take pity on the mom with two kids and no water for a week, especially with Christmas coming. Tuesday the permit went through the township and the drill was out that day. And they started digging immeadiatly. So far the well had cost us 1259.10 so that the man from the plumbing place could condem it. The digging for the well was $8.50 a foot. I was standing outside in the rain biting my nails, the average well in our area is 400 feet. Easy math, that is 3400 just for the drill and not the materials. Suddenly tons of water started shooting like a geiser out of the ground. I had never seen anything like it in my life. The men started rushing around and doing stuff around the drill. Wouldn't you know it, we had 20 gallons a minute at 100 feet down. I almost could have danced... actually I did once I got into the house.
The men put the PVC pipe down and were going to grout and seal the well the next day. They came and found that the well did not seal around the bedrock so they had to bring the drilling rig back out so they could pull the PVC pipe and replace it with steel. That was my wednesday, getting the new pipe.
Thursday came and another crew came to put the pipe from the new well to the house. The well was getting hooked up and the new plumber man tested the bladder in my water tank and it was dead, we now needed a new water tank in the house. If they would have tested that before digging up the well and discovering the roots, it would have saved us. GRRR
I now have a new well, new pump, new water tank and I have taken three showers. I love the early american lifestyle but I praise them for their patience. It was very hard relying on bottled water and other friends for taking care of personal matters.
$7000 later I have water. So on this Christmas I will kiss my water faucets.
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Farmgirl #2951
No longer renting, offical farmgirl. |
| ClaireSky |
Posted - Nov 01 2011 : 06:18:03 AM
Emily, I would love to hear an update. I hope you got the home you wanted.
Julie
Farmgirl Sister #399
West-Central WI Farmgirls
"Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful." Herman Cain |
| paradiseplantation |
Posted - Nov 01 2011 : 05:27:57 AM
Sayin' a prayer, Emily. And definitely look into the Backyard Homestead. It's one of my favorite books on my bookshelf!
from the hearts of paradise...
1Thess. 4:11
http://thefarmwife.com
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| Dusky Beauty |
Posted - Oct 29 2011 : 4:15:58 PM
My Hubbykins (he just loves it when I use these names for him on my forums!) Is getting his EMT and we're hoping for a rural posting :D We will be lucky in that EMTs can work in Emergency rooms in any hospital, for companies as on staff medical personnel, or an an ambulance that could be staffed by a hospital, a fire department, or a private ambulance company. Our plan is to apply for every opening in a wide area we would be ok living in and hope for a rural position and accept the best employment package. Then it's farm-hunting within a 40 minute commute.
"The greatness of a nation and it's moral progress can be judged by the way it's animals are treated." ~Gandhi
http://silvermoonfarm.blogspot.com/
"After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he started roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him. The moral: When you're full of bull, keep your mouth shut.” ~Will Rogers |
| Annika |
Posted - Oct 28 2011 : 2:50:41 PM
That's a hard one. I want to live rural, but my hubby needs to be close enough in to get to his job and to go in if there is an emergency
Annika
Farmgirl & sister #13
http://thegimpyfarmgirl.blogspot.com/
http://pinterest.com/annikaloveshats/
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. ~Leonardo DaVinci
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| sondrak |
Posted - Oct 28 2011 : 2:28:23 PM
Hi Emily,
Were you able to close on your new house? I sincerely hope so.
I think you were smart with the compromise. If your DH is spending all of his time commuting, he wouldn't be able to help out much or enjoy the more rural place.
You can take the girl out of Texas, but you can't take the Texas out of the girl.
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| Dusky Beauty |
Posted - Oct 12 2011 : 10:14:09 AM
Here's hoping for you Emily!
"The greatness of a nation and it's moral progress can be judged by the way it's animals are treated." ~Gandhi
http://silvermoonfarm.blogspot.com/
"After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he started roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him. The moral: When you're full of bull, keep your mouth shut.” ~Will Rogers |
| alterationsbyemily |
Posted - Oct 11 2011 : 2:51:01 PM
So the bank finally came back and we are almost to the end of this crazyness. Friday, we had some men clean and service the furnace, heat and air conditioning work great, then there were problems with the well... we could not locate it. Today we brought in some people to locate the well and they got water into the house. Tomorrow is the Home inspection and the septic inspection.
Keep us in the loud prayers because if it all goes through tomorrow, we close on the 19th!
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Farmgirl #2951
Currently renting-farmgirl wannabe |
| Lieberkim |
Posted - Sep 14 2011 : 3:12:45 PM
Emily,
Hope it works out! Sounds like you found the right set up for you. Everyone is so different. I'd be miserable in such a location but others would be beyond miserable in my situation - the middle of nowhere!! The key is finding what makes you happy and works best for your family. Happy for you!!!
Excuse the mess & the noise, my children are making happy memories |
| Sabrena Orr |
Posted - Sep 14 2011 : 2:43:24 PM
Good luck on your new home! Sounds wonderful!!
Sabrena, Olympia |
| alterationsbyemily |
Posted - Sep 13 2011 : 6:53:14 PM
The offer is in ladies! I am on pins and needles, keep the prayers up!
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Farmgirl #2951
Currently renting-farmgirl wannabe |
| alterationsbyemily |
Posted - Aug 31 2011 : 07:28:21 AM
I am praying and praying for this to work out. Thanks for all the support ladies.
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Farmgirl #2951
Currently renting-farmgirl wannabe |
| Room To Grow |
Posted - Aug 30 2011 : 4:55:31 PM
I too vote rural. I love being out in the middle of nowhere....And doing whatever i wish. I could not let anyone tell me what color my mailbox had to be or that I couldnt hang my cloths out on a line.
Deborah
we have moved to our farm...and love it |
| CMac |
Posted - Aug 29 2011 : 8:18:48 PM
I'll be thinking positive thoughts for you!
Connie
"I have three chairs in my house: one for solitude, two for friendship, three for company."
Author: Henry David Thoreau |
| laurentany |
Posted - Aug 29 2011 : 8:07:19 PM
Good Luck Emily...and remember as hard a it may be....If it is meant to be it will be!
Prayin it works out for you!
Smiles,
~Laurie
"Little Hen House on the Island"
Farmgirl Sister#1403
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.. |
| Dusky Beauty |
Posted - Aug 29 2011 : 5:43:07 PM
foreclosures usually run cheap, GOOD LUCK!!!! sounds like it could have been made for you!!
"The greatness of a nation and it's moral progress can be judged by the way it's animals are treated." ~Gandhi
http://silvermoonfarm.blogspot.com/
"After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he started roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him. The moral: When you're full of bull, keep your mouth shut.” ~Will Rogers |
| alterationsbyemily |
Posted - Aug 29 2011 : 5:26:13 PM
UPDATE!!
Well ladies, our compromise has been found, sort of. He was fighting for the city of York and then he found out that the school district was give a rating of 2 out of 10, ended that argument of living in the city limits. Then we found a house DOWN THE STREET from our rental. Right in our price range with two out door buildings (in poor to medium shape) a 2 car garage, 3 bedrooms and one bathroom, front porch that has a swing, flat large driveway (prefect for kids to ride a bike), small fenced in dog run, basement, oil heat, air conditioning, and a HUGE cold/fruit cellar. The property is just under a half acre. When it comes to the school district, it is the second best in the county.
It is in transition right now for forclosure, the bank is taking ideas of what the price should be and we will know in about a month exactly what they want for it. I am praying daily it is not above a certain number.
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Farmgirl #2951
Currently renting-farmgirl wannabe |
| LeighErica |
Posted - Apr 30 2011 : 06:16:44 AM
The book sounds very good..going to have to look for that one to read. Thanks for sharing:) Erica
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| Dusky Beauty |
Posted - Apr 29 2011 : 3:52:58 PM
Oh, HOA's are a no go. I was listening to someone tell me that she had one palm tree in her front yard when she moved in. A storm blew it over and she received a bill in the mail from her HOA instructing her that she had to plant TWO trees or face the wrath of the fee bat. I don't think a farm girl could ever be happy with a homeowners association.
"After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he started roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him. The moral: When you're full of bull, keep your mouth shut.” ~Will Rogers |
| OwnSelf |
Posted - Apr 28 2011 : 10:05:52 AM
We live in suburbia, thanks to jobs and my DH wanting to be close to his daughter from his previous marriage. But we did buy in a neighborhood on the edge of town. And we picked a house whose yard doesn't have any backyard neighbors. I mean, we have side neighbors, but the back yard is a field and then corn or soy.
For us, it's a nice compromise. We can't be as far out as we'd like right now, but we didn't want to be smack in the middle of a bunch of cookie-cutter new homes either. Our house is about 30 years old.
The other benefit of an older neighborhood in suburbia is that you can often avoid homeowner's associations that would prohibit clotheslines and large gardens and such.
Let go or be dragged |
| CMac |
Posted - Apr 27 2011 : 1:52:36 PM
It depends on where you are in your life. I have lived in them all. Where I chose to be met my families needs at the time. I moved to the city for my support network when my husband died. Best place for me at the time. It was nice to live near other children when mine were in the social tween years. Soon as they left home it was back to the country for me! I have kept my city house for my very late golden years when the farm gets to be to much. It is near doctors, hospital, grocery etc and has an excellent bus route and elder bus. I can easily live on one level of the house and it is an easy maintenance home. I say be flexible and know that nothing has to be forever if your needs change.
Connie
"I have three chairs in my house: one for solitude, two for friendship, three for company."
Author: Henry David Thoreau |
| Bonnie Ellis |
Posted - Apr 27 2011 : 1:37:21 PM
Emily:I like the saying "bloom where you are planted". But having said that I vote for a rural area closer to the job. If you plan to stay there a long time, talk to your closest city and see what their growth pattern plans are. Sometimes the city moves to close to you and then it's not rural any more. The country is great too. Good luck. Keep us posted.
grandmother and orphan farmgirl |
| Heather B |
Posted - Apr 27 2011 : 07:39:25 AM
I agree with Jen "The Backyard Homestead" is a must read. I live in town still, on a 1/4 acre lot, and it's amazing what I grow. I have apple trees, grape vines, raspberries, a LARGE garden, assorted planting beds and vessels, four chickens and honeybees. The neighbors think I'm nuts sometimes but they don't seem to mind when I share with them. I used many ideas from the book and tweeked them for my area and lot size.
Good Luck in your search!
Heather
http://homesteadincity.blogspot.com/
http://littlehouseonthebumper.blogspot.com/ (My "glamper" page)
"Only your real friends tell you when your face is dirty"
Farm Girl Sister #662 |
