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| Alee |
Posted - Dec 04 2011 : 5:13:14 PM
Doug and I moved all the furniture in on the 10th and now we are just unpacking and cleaning the other place. I am so happy out here and I think Doug is adjusting really well. Tala got to come home yesterday and I am really glad because this winter has been hard on her. I hadn't gotten to see her for a while due to school and such and I am glad she is now under my direct supervision because she is a bit thin. I am feeding her lots of high quality hay and some Purina Strategy. I expect to see her get back into condition relatively quickly.
Wow! The landlord put up an electric fence for Tala! Isn't that nice! What a difference from our current landlord that took 2.5 YEARS to get a simple 30 foot section of the yard fenced!
Oh Lord! Moving is hard work! If this doesn't help me shed a few pounds- I don't know what will! I feel great though! Nora, Stormy and I went to the new place today. We first walked around the immediate property and decided where we are going to fence in for Tala. Then we walked across the hay field to go say hello to the cows. Stormy was running around like her wildest dreams had just come true. Lucky dog doesn't know they really have! She is going to love living out there! Nora was glowing with happiness. It was a perfect morning! Then we moved in the little load that we had brought with us- mostly some cleaning supplies and toys for Nora. We got all the upstairs floors mopped and the bathroom cleaned then got Nora's new cardboard playhouse all set up so she can have fun playing while the rest of us work. LOL The place has lots of closet spaces and most of them are huge. One of them is going to be a play house for Nora and it has a light which is great. I'll post pictures this evening once we are a bit more moved in. We are going to take one or two more loads out today and then we will have the movig truck on Monday!
We Got it!!
Doug talked to our landlord yesterday and we are in!! Yay! The only thing I am a TAD nervous about is that he wants a professional guy to come out and put up the electric fence for Tala. I am not sure how much that is going to cost but I am worried that he will want us to pay for it. I had been doing some research and was going to put up our own fence for around 300 dollars including the Solar electric generator. I hope this part of the deal doesn't get too expesive for our budget!
So...the great clean up has begun! I think I will swing buy the used box store today and pick up some packing boxes and tape. We can start getting our "storage" stuff packed up and ready to go. We have a month so if we go slow and steady it shouldn't be too bad!
We just went and looked at a house today. It is an old style farmhouse with original wood floors. No fireplace (darn!) but it does have a screened in front porch and central heat (Yay!). Two beds upstairs with a sitting room in the upstairs area (Huge closets where the dormers are) and a "master" bedroom downstairs with the only bath. Outside is premium alfafa hay fields that the landlord actively harvests, three loafing sheds/barns and a creek.
Clothes line and room for garden are encouraged.
For only $100 a month more I can have my horse and a steer to raise for butcher. Possible chickens! I am so excited! I really want this place!
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
www.farmgirlalee.blogspot.com
www.allergyjourneys.blogspot.com
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| 25 L A T E S T R E P L I E S (Newest First) |
| Alee |
Posted - Jan 12 2012 : 2:53:55 PM
Hi Marly! Still moving in! We should be out of our old place by Sunday. We have all the furniture and are living here but still have things at the old place and it needs a good scrub. I stayed here all day because UPS was delivering my books. Thankfully they just arrived. I was worried that they wouldn't be able to find the place. Now I am going to get into some "cleaning" clothes and spend the evening cleaning the old place I think.
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
www.farmgirlalee.blogspot.com
www.allergyjourneys.blogspot.com
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| Bear5 |
Posted - Jan 12 2012 : 09:51:57 AM
Hi Alee: Like Amy Grace, I just found this thread. By now, you must be moved in and loving it. Is Tala in her new barn yet? You'll have to post a picture of her.
So happy for all of you.
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
| Penny Wise |
Posted - Dec 30 2011 : 12:03:25 PM
excited for you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Farmgirl # 2139
proud member of the Farmgirls of the Southwest Henhouse
~*~ counting my pennies and biding my time; my dreams are adding up!~*~ |
| graciegreeneyes |
Posted - Dec 28 2011 : 08:19:04 AM
Hey Alee - Just found this thread - so excited for you, the place sounds like heaven. My dad's whole family homesteaded in Montana and on my sales trips through there it always feels so familiar, like home. I always take the smaller highways when I can.
Anyway - congratulations and good luck with the move!!!
Farmgirl #224
"use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without"
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| Ninibini |
Posted - Dec 27 2011 : 8:08:28 PM
Congratulations, Alee! I'm so, so happy for you! I had to laugh when I read about your packing and purging... I probably will never move just because the thought of dealing with two storage rooms in my attic is thoroughly overwhelming! LOL! Hang in there - just think how liberating it is to get rid of all that stuff you don't really need or use. It's a good thing. And when it's all done you can start fresh in your new home. I'm so excited for you all! :) Hugs - Nini
Farmgirl Sister #1974
God gave us two hands... one to help ourselves, and one to help others!
www.papercraftingwithnini.myctmh.com
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| Alee |
Posted - Dec 27 2011 : 7:52:14 PM
Moving... And purging quite a bit. Geez...Why do we collect all this stuff in the first place?!
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
www.farmgirlalee.blogspot.com
www.allergyjourneys.blogspot.com
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| Alee |
Posted - Dec 27 2011 : 11:10:38 AM
Julie- well my front porch- while on the Southern side of the house is still bitterly cold. Let's wait till the wild flowers bloom!
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
www.farmgirlalee.blogspot.com
www.allergyjourneys.blogspot.com
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| paradiseplantation |
Posted - Dec 27 2011 : 06:08:07 AM
Wow, Alee! I am so excited for you! So, do we move the virtual porch to your house now? Send us pictures when you get a minute! I miss you, friend.
from the hearts of paradise...
1Thess. 4:11
http://thefarmwife.com
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| Heather B |
Posted - Dec 24 2011 : 5:59:06 PM
Congratulations! It sounds like a piece of heaven. What a way to start the new year!
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 |
| Alee |
Posted - Dec 23 2011 : 8:47:00 PM
It is amazing! Now if we could get decent internet out there it would be sublime- but we will learn to operate at slower speeds again. :) I wish we were sleepig out there tonight!
Over the next 15 days or so they are going to install an outlet vent for the dryer in the basement and install a shower for Doug. There are a few other little things- but nothing too major. I am going to order the electric fencing stuff and we will get a nice pasture set up for Tala. She is going to enjoy having trees and such plus hopefully she will be happier seeig us more frequently. :)
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
www.farmgirlalee.blogspot.com
www.allergyjourneys.blogspot.com
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| Lieberkim |
Posted - Dec 23 2011 : 4:05:08 PM
Sounds like a little patch of heaven on earth! How wonderful. I'm excited for you.
Excuse the mess & the noise, my children are making happy memories |
| Kim L. |
Posted - Dec 23 2011 : 3:35:33 PM
Alee, I can't tell you how happy I am for you! What wonderful news! It sounds amazing and I am sure you can't wait to take Tala and start exploring :) Keep up up to date -- Merry Christmas.
~Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.~
Mother Teresa
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| Alee |
Posted - Dec 23 2011 : 1:45:54 PM
Today we did the walk through on the house and tonight Doug and I will sign the lease. The Landlord said that we are OK to start moving things in whenever we want as soon as he has the lease in his hands. So I will mail it off tomorrow and next Friday which is a day off for me I will start taking loads out! :) He gave Nora and I a tour of the property and it is MUCH more extensive than I had originally imagined. Tala and I will get lots of riding and exploring done! It is going to be great! The creek that runs by the house is very shallow but clear and there are lots of places where we can stop and get a drink if we are out riding around. We have about a half mile or more of river front where we can go have fun and picnics and such. It is amazing. Simply amazing!
There is going to be some adjustments that have to be made of course but there is tons of storage and I think the trade offs are going to be well worth the sacrafices! :) I can't wait!
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
www.farmgirlalee.blogspot.com
www.allergyjourneys.blogspot.com
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| Alee |
Posted - Dec 20 2011 : 07:12:02 AM
Trish- for me- yes it does- for my husband- it's just torture. But he is being a good sport. We are really going to have to kick it into high gear after this weekend to be ready to move!! I still need to get boxes!!! Eeek!
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
www.farmgirlalee.blogspot.com
www.allergyjourneys.blogspot.com
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| one_dog_per_acre |
Posted - Dec 20 2011 : 03:33:39 AM
Being so excited must help the pain of moving. Congrats!
“It always looks darkest just before it gets totally black.”-Charlie Brown |
| Alee |
Posted - Dec 19 2011 : 9:54:36 PM
Theresa- I am so over joyed! I can't hardly wait! And I found a place in billings that gives free saw dust and will let me borrow their trailer. Now I just need to find or buy a truck that can tow a trailer to get the sawdust out there on a semi regular basis!
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
www.farmgirlalee.blogspot.com
www.allergyjourneys.blogspot.com
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| farmgrlchick |
Posted - Dec 19 2011 : 7:34:52 PM
Alee! I just read your email! Thanks for keeping me posted! Can't wait!
http://withlovefrommontana.blogspot.com/ |
| Alee |
Posted - Dec 19 2011 : 06:31:27 AM
Exactly, Judith! I am SOOO excited! We are cleaning up and purging so much unwanted junk in our lives- this feels great!!
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
www.farmgirlalee.blogspot.com
www.allergyjourneys.blogspot.com
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| forgetmenot |
Posted - Dec 18 2011 : 9:56:20 PM
Congratulations, Alee! "Onward and Upward"..a new adventure for the new year!
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the belief that something is more important than fear." Ambrose Red Moon |
| laurentany |
Posted - Dec 18 2011 : 8:20:31 PM
Congratulations Alee! How exciting! A wonderful early Christmas present for the whole family!
Please keep us updated and of course PICTURES once you are in!
Merry Christmas!
~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.. |
| Alee |
Posted - Dec 14 2011 : 5:08:06 PM
Okay! So Doug called the Landlord tonight because I begged him to and the landlord is fine with us putting up our own fence (Phew!) Looks like I get to start ordering supplies tonight! YAY!
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
www.farmgirlalee.blogspot.com
www.allergyjourneys.blogspot.com
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| Heather B |
Posted - Dec 14 2011 : 1:13:58 PM
Congratulations Alee! I keep looking and hoping to find my special place!!
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 |
| Amie C. |
Posted - Dec 14 2011 : 1:07:30 PM
Congratulations on the new place, Alee! Can't wait to see/hear more about it as you move in. The fence thing might be a hassle, but I'm sure you'll work it out. |
| Annika |
Posted - Dec 13 2011 : 10:16:52 PM
Oooooooo! Yippee! I'm so happy that you got it! Congratulations!!
Annika
Farmgirl & sister #13
http://thegimpyfarmgirl.blogspot.com/
http://pinterest.com/annikaloveshats/
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. ~Leonardo DaVinci
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| Alee |
Posted - Dec 13 2011 : 10:10:27 PM
Yes- I feel confident in setting up my own electric fence and have friends that could help with the finer points but he expressed to my husband albeit obliquely that he wanted a professional fence. I think he wants to protect his alfalfa crop and doesn't want my horse to get bloat or founder on the spring growth. So we will see.
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
www.farmgirlalee.blogspot.com
www.allergyjourneys.blogspot.com
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