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brightmeadow
True Blue Farmgirl
2045 Posts
Brenda
Lucas
Ohio
USA
2045 Posts |
 Posted - Dec 24 2009 : 6:07:06 PM
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I am sitting here on Christmas Eve, in a house that has only two rooms with furniture, waiting for DH to come home and help me finish wrapping gifts for the grandkids tomorrow, but it's all OK because we finally have our NEW HOUSE in MICHIGAN!!!!
All of our furniture except the dining room and spare bedroom is in a warehouse somewhere, it will be delivered on December 28 to the new place.
Which, has 4 acres! Plenty of room for a garden in the way back of the house. Next door is a farm with lots of outbuildings and we're on an unpaved road for 1/2 mile East-West and 1 mile North-South (we'll be drifted in whichever way the wind blows) We are WAY out in the country but still close enough to Metro Detroit to be able to take advantage of all the city living "stuff".
Our new house is near orchards and farm markets - we got here too late this year to know what that will mean during the summertime but I'm looking forward to finding out.
Yesterday we spent driving a trailer with a 1943 Ford 8N tractor across the state to the new house so we would be able to plow the drive if it snows. We had two tire blowouts on the trailer an hour apart, (major bummer) so the 4-hour trip took us about 8 hours, but we made it, and the tractor is now safely ensconced in the new pole barn. The delay put a damper in my Christmas shopping but I think it will be OK.
The house is beautiful, 10 years old, huge windows, lots of cabinets in the kitchen, lots of walk-in closets... I love it.
You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands - You shall be happy and it shall be well with you. -Psalm 128.2
Visit my blog at http://brightmeadowfarms.blogspot.com ,web site store at http://www.watkinsonline.com/fish or my homepage at http://home.earthlink.net/~brightmeadow |
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maggie14
True Blue Farmgirl
6784 Posts
Hannah
Washington
USA
6784 Posts |
Posted - Dec 24 2009 : 6:10:39 PM
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That is wonderful Brenda!!!
Hugs,
Channah
If you can dream it, and if you are willing to put forth the work and effort, you can have anything you envision. |
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2quilter
True Blue Farmgirl
127 Posts
Patricia
Greenwood
IN
USA
127 Posts |
Posted - Dec 24 2009 : 6:38:01 PM
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...it sounds absolutely fabulous! Congratulations!
When life hands you scraps, make quilts! |
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Marybeth
True Blue Farmgirl
6418 Posts
Mary Beth
Stanwood
Wa 98292
USA
6418 Posts |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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momshopsalotta
True Blue Farmgirl
232 Posts
Connie
Hertford
NC
USA
232 Posts |
Posted - Dec 25 2009 : 07:13:38 AM
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Brenda,
Congradulations on the house and land. WE need pictures!!! |
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paradiseplantation
True Blue Farmgirl
1277 Posts
julie
social springs community
Louisiana
USA
1277 Posts |
Posted - Dec 25 2009 : 09:23:53 AM
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Brenda! It sounds like a piece of Heaven on Earth!!! Contrats!
from the hearts of paradise... |
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Cindy Lou
True Blue Farmgirl
2325 Posts
Susan
Lonsdale
MN
USA
2325 Posts |
Posted - Dec 25 2009 : 5:50:54 PM
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Congratulations, how great to celebrate Christmas in your new home!
That sounded like a bit of an ordeal getting set up with the tractor for snow plowing, but will be well worth it when you really need to get out.
Get busy planning that garden! That is a favorite winter pasttime around here. Spring will be here before you know it.
Happy New Year in your Happy New Home!
"You can't roller skate in a buffalo herd.....
But you can be happy if you've a mind to. All you've gotta do in knuckle down, buckle down and do it, do it, do it!" |
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brightmeadow
True Blue Farmgirl
2045 Posts
Brenda
Lucas
Ohio
USA
2045 Posts |
Posted - Dec 26 2009 : 09:39:12 AM
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Actually we spent Christmas in the old house, we left the guest bedroom furniture there. It is weird to be here with none of our stuff in the house. I go to get something out of a cabinet, open the door, and the cabinet is empty! But there's no furniture at all in the new house yet, and we wanted to spend Christmas with the grandkids.
Here's a couple of the listing photos of the new house:
You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands - You shall be happy and it shall be well with you. -Psalm 128.2
Visit my blog at http://brightmeadowfarms.blogspot.com ,web site store at http://www.watkinsonline.com/fish or my homepage at http://home.earthlink.net/~brightmeadow |
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knittingmomma
True Blue Farmgirl
106 Posts
Tonya
Vermont
106 Posts |
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knittingmom
True Blue Farmgirl
665 Posts
AnneMarie
Edmonton
Alberta
Canada
665 Posts |
Posted - Dec 26 2009 : 10:46:21 AM
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Congratulations on the new home! I hope you and your family have many, many years of happiness and memories.
"There is no foot so small that it cannot leave an imprint on this world" |
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tea_lady_tammy
True Blue Farmgirl
1485 Posts
Tammy
NE
USA
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Posted - Dec 26 2009 : 2:06:39 PM
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Congratulations...how wonderful to start the new year in a new house.
Blessings
Tammy
Tea is like being in the stars with God.
http://breathsoffaith.blogspot.com |
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Cindy Lou
True Blue Farmgirl
2325 Posts
Susan
Lonsdale
MN
USA
2325 Posts |
Posted - Dec 27 2009 : 08:20:21 AM
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Very nice! I can imagine sitting at the table, enjoying the beautiful outdoors. This should be a wonderful and exciting new year for you. I just noticed how Psalm 128:2 fits with your gardening plan, very appropriate!
"You can't roller skate in a buffalo herd.....
But you can be happy if you've a mind to. All you've gotta do in knuckle down, buckle down and do it, do it, do it!" |
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gr8tfulmom
True Blue Farmgirl
143 Posts
Sarah
South Haven
MI
143 Posts |
Posted - Dec 27 2009 : 12:58:54 PM
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Very beautiful home Brenda! You are going to have so much fun exploring your area and making it yours :D Congrats!
Farmgirl sister #779
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weaverchic
True Blue Farmgirl
362 Posts
gerri
Largo
Florida
USA
362 Posts |
Posted - Dec 27 2009 : 4:28:37 PM
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Congratulations Brenda! Sending you many blessings and happiness in your new home!
gerri
Happiness is in the comfortable companionship of friends.
-Pam Brown |
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Diane B Carter
True Blue Farmgirl
1270 Posts
Diane
Blasdell
N.Y.
USA
1270 Posts |
Posted - Dec 27 2009 : 5:41:37 PM
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Thats a beautiful house you have and soon it will be a beautiful home. You have 3 more acres than I do and I had deer in my back yard and now coyotes..I'm not happy about them moving into my neighborhood but my DH says they'll move on in the spring, I hope he's right.
Hope all your days are Sunnydays.
dianebcarterhotmailcom.blogspot.com |
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5 acre Farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1007 Posts
~~~*Terri*~~~
WA.
USA
1007 Posts |
Posted - Jan 01 2010 : 6:24:59 PM
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BEAUTIFUL!!! I am soo happy for you.......
Farmgirl Sister #368
~~~**Terri**~~~
My blog is up again, please go and read....
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - Jan 02 2010 : 8:38:30 PM
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Congrats on your new house. It is absolutely beautiful!
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 |
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brightmeadow
True Blue Farmgirl
2045 Posts
Brenda
Lucas
Ohio
USA
2045 Posts |
Posted - Jan 04 2010 : 10:00:20 PM
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Thanks for all the good wishes.
I hope there are few deer here, but maybe that's too much to ask in Michigan. One of the movers was talking to his buddy on the phone and he told him we live so far north that he saw a moose in the backyard!
I was alarmed, but he was only joking....
You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands - You shall be happy and it shall be well with you. -Psalm 128.2
Visit my blog at http://brightmeadowfarms.blogspot.com ,web site store at http://www.watkinsonline.com/fish or my homepage at http://home.earthlink.net/~brightmeadow |
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RaspberryBee
True Blue Farmgirl
291 Posts
Karen
Montrose
Michigan
USA
291 Posts |
Posted - Jan 06 2010 : 6:23:39 PM
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Welcome to Michigan Brenda! Beware - Deer are everywhere :-) No moose down this way but you never know. Twenty miles north of Warren...does that put you in the Romeo area? Pretty landscape over that way. I spent a lot of time there a few years back at a sheep farm and loved the drive over and back. Enjoy setting up home - Karen
I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.
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Forrester Farm
True Blue Farmgirl
703 Posts
Ann
Belmont
MI
USA
703 Posts |
Posted - Jan 08 2010 : 11:26:15 AM
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Brenda,
Congratulations! Am I remembering correctly that there is also a family farm in MI that you go to? Good luck with your unpacking and making this house into a home! It is beautiful.
Ann
Forrester Farm
www.forresterfarm.com
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brightmeadow
True Blue Farmgirl
2045 Posts
Brenda
Lucas
Ohio
USA
2045 Posts |
Posted - Jan 08 2010 : 10:44:50 PM
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Karen - Yes, I am equally distant from Romeo and Armada. We are only a couple of miles from Wolcott Mill Metropark, which I have contacted to do some volunteer work. There is a historic farm learning center there. I understand they have a fiber fair in the spring and some vegetable gardening/canning workshops in late summer, I hope to meet my neighbors by volunteering there as well as educating the general public about farming, and hopefully making some new friends in the community. Where was the sheep farm you spent time at?
Ann, wow, I am impressed that you remembered that. DH is at the farm on the other side of the state tonight, I am missing him. Tomorrow I have assigned to unpacking more boxes... Lots and lots of them to finish. I just took a look at your link - love the photos. And the music! Where exactly is Forrester Farm? I'd love to stop in next time I'm in GR area.
You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands - You shall be happy and it shall be well with you. -Psalm 128.2
Visit my blog at http://brightmeadowfarms.blogspot.com ,web site store at http://www.watkinsonline.com/fish or my homepage at http://home.earthlink.net/~brightmeadow |
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Forrester Farm
True Blue Farmgirl
703 Posts
Ann
Belmont
MI
USA
703 Posts |
Posted - Jan 09 2010 : 2:13:14 PM
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Brenda - I thought that we had chatted about that before. Sometimes my memory impresses me too - LOL! We are just about 15 min. North East from the Frederick Meijer Botanical Gardens in Grand Rapids. Belmont address, Rockford schools, just beyond Ada. Call anytime that you are in the area, I'd love to show you around or simply relax with a cup of coffee and chat.
Happy unpacking.
Ann
Forrester Farm
www.forresterfarm.com
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RaspberryBee
True Blue Farmgirl
291 Posts
Karen
Montrose
Michigan
USA
291 Posts |
Posted - Jan 18 2010 : 1:54:58 PM
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Brenda, Wolcott Mills is a wonderful place for many reasons. When we first moved to the state we lived in Lake Orion and then Ortonville and I was able to get around to all the cool places there. Now, living in Montrose your neck of the woods is a bit of a jaunt. Here is the link for the farm - http://www.sheepstuff.com/ - a wonderful place to visit anytime really but it comes to life during the fall festival...a show not to miss really if you like old farms, sheep, dogs, fiber, nature and so on. I know where you are there are probably other fiber sources but there is a great store in Lake Orion if you are looking for yarn and other materials :-) Take Care
I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.
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brightmeadow
True Blue Farmgirl
2045 Posts
Brenda
Lucas
Ohio
USA
2045 Posts |
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amomfly
True Blue Farmgirl
658 Posts
Angie
LaGrange
IN
USA
658 Posts |
Posted - Jan 19 2010 : 2:27:39 PM
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A Farm of My Own: Only 4 acres, but it's ours! Finally! |
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Only 4 acres, but it's ours! Finally!
