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A Farm of My Own:  The standard "wish" request  |
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Dusky Beauty
True Blue Farmgirl
1108 Posts
Jen
Tonopah
AZ
USA
1108 Posts |
 Posted - Jan 04 2012 : 2:15:57 PM
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It's a familiar story on this board... I stumbled over a beautiful farm that DH and I can quite unexpectedly swing financially. It's an owner carried 20 acre missouri farm with a barn-chicken coop/dairy setup, large established garden, small but doable house, and an amazing orchard.
I just sent an email about it, so as far as I know I may not even be in the running for it, but I'd appreciate any prayers to guide us along the decision if we progress that far. Our "plan" would change dramatically in regard to DH's career and continued education, and he'd be faced with finding a new job from scratch if we went this direction.
What's that expression? "God laughs at man's plans?"
"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 |
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ruthie218
True Blue Farmgirl
1425 Posts
Ruthie Ann
Indiana
USA
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Posted - Jan 04 2012 : 3:05:56 PM
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fabraholic4
True Blue Farmgirl
55 Posts
Jan
BURLINGAME
KS
USA
55 Posts |
Posted - Jan 04 2012 : 3:44:32 PM
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Originally posted by ruthie218
Prayers sent.
Sending prayers that it all works out for you and your hubby.
Oh for the simple life: family, quilts, corgi's, horses, homemade everything. |
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forgetmenot
True Blue Farmgirl
3602 Posts
Judith
Nora Springs
IA
USA
3602 Posts |
Posted - Jan 04 2012 : 3:46:47 PM
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Praying for your wish to come true.
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the belief that something is more important than fear." Ambrose Red Moon |
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - Jan 04 2012 : 4:49:33 PM
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Jen: Prayers to you and your hubby. You must believe it'll work out. I believe y'all get work it out.
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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artfulsister
True Blue Farmgirl
155 Posts
Terri
Raleigh
North Carolina
USA
155 Posts |
Posted - Jan 04 2012 : 7:57:55 PM
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Oh how exciting! Best wishes on how this goes for you : )
Hugs,
Terri
Every day is a new opportunity for joy! |
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graciegreeneyes
True Blue Farmgirl
3107 Posts
Amy Grace
Rosalia
WA
USA
3107 Posts |
Posted - Jan 05 2012 : 06:14:40 AM
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Thoughts and prayers are with you Jen - keep us posted!!
Farmgirl #224
"use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without"
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Dusky Beauty
True Blue Farmgirl
1108 Posts
Jen
Tonopah
AZ
USA
1108 Posts |
Posted - Jan 05 2012 : 12:21:33 PM
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Hi Girls!
I've exchanged several emails with the sellers now. It appears that we are not only in the running, but we are the preferred pony. :D
I broke the news to my mother today that this could happen sooner than planned and showed her the place. She agrees we have to jump on it. This was an important step as my mom has been living with us and paying partial bills and she knows now she should plan for her own place soon.
DH is putting in for paid vacation time today so we can go see it early feb. The owners have already moved to Texas so it will take some schedule finesse-- I'm waiting to hear back a confirmation for our "inspection appointment." If all goes well we would start the paperwork for the sale on that trip. Our tax refund is officially on the way and gives us more than enough to make this happen.
We figure even if someone sweeps them off their feet with more money down or a full cash offer we can still use the vacation time to get to know the area... it's still where we plan to move eventually, so I will reserve my excitement for that-- just in case.
If this part comes together, the next order is going to be securing a new job for hubby and finding a local school to continue his medical education. General prayer is still appreciated. Maybe even a pay upgrade (he's been told many times that he's worth so much more to the company than he gets paid.) The payments would be less than 150$ more than our rent now, but its still a huge leap of faith, we don't often have an extra $150 in our budget at the moment (would probably even out with our insanely high utility bills.)
"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 |
Edited by - Dusky Beauty on Jan 05 2012 12:25:44 PM |
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MEWolf
True Blue Farmgirl
358 Posts
Margaret
Byers
Colorado
USA
358 Posts |
Posted - Jan 05 2012 : 12:52:29 PM
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How exciting!!!!
I will be praying really hard for you Jen! I hope this is in the Universe's plans for you **HUGS**
Margaret
Kind hearts are the gardens, kind thoughts are the roots, kind words are the flowers, kind deeds are the fruits. Take care of your garden and keep out the weeds, fill it with sunshine, kind words and kind deeds. ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1808-1882)
Farmgirl #3020
www.grey-wolf-farm.com |
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laurentany
True Blue Farmgirl
3259 Posts
Laurie
Patchogue
NY
USA
3259 Posts |
Posted - Jan 05 2012 : 7:54:55 PM
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Oh it does sound exciting Jen and I will be praying it all works out just that way you and DH want it to :). I give you alot of credit for taking the leap of faith. Please keep us posted!
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.. |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22941 Posts |
Posted - Jan 06 2012 : 06:52:27 AM
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Oh Jen! I hope that the local economy could give you husband a better job and that you get the new house. I am sure with fewer people in the house you would have less utility and food bills to pay and I know the co-living situation has been stressful for you. I wish you the best of luck!
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
www.farmgirlalee.blogspot.com
www.allergyjourneys.blogspot.com
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fabraholic4
True Blue Farmgirl
55 Posts
Jan
BURLINGAME
KS
USA
55 Posts |
Posted - Jan 06 2012 : 07:09:48 AM
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Jen, saying prayers that you get your place and that hubby gets a job with higher pay. Good for you for taking this leap of faith.
Oh for the simple life: family, quilts, corgi's, horses, homemade everything. |
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Dusky Beauty
True Blue Farmgirl
1108 Posts
Jen
Tonopah
AZ
USA
1108 Posts |
Posted - Jan 06 2012 : 1:08:23 PM
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Thank you so much Alee. On the one hand it's a relief to be getting away, on the other I feel like I'm abandoning my family and screwing them over, but she's not worked in 2 years, and my sister has no reason not to get a job now. It's time they stood on their own. I should know that my mom does fine when she has to solve a problem on her own.
At least she agrees it's an important opportunity and she's not trying to talk me out of it like many passive aggressive mothers would.
"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 |
Edited by - Dusky Beauty on Jan 06 2012 1:09:51 PM |
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Dusky Beauty
True Blue Farmgirl
1108 Posts
Jen
Tonopah
AZ
USA
1108 Posts |
Posted - Jan 12 2012 : 09:50:55 AM
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Still looking good, BUT- a gal from Iowa was also looking seriously and had a carpenter out to the property for an estimate last week according to the realtor about to lose the listing at the end of the 6 month contract. Apparently her old property is sold and she is a "cash buyer". For us, it's the only farm we can consider, but she can buy anything she likes-- crossing my fingers hoping she likes something else better! (or that the realtor is trying to BS his way into keeping the listing active.)
"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 |
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prayin granny
True Blue Farmgirl
1874 Posts
Linda
Kansas
1874 Posts |
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Dusky Beauty
True Blue Farmgirl
1108 Posts
Jen
Tonopah
AZ
USA
1108 Posts |
Posted - Jan 13 2012 : 09:15:58 AM
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As an act of desperation, I decided to post sever "farm wanted adds" on the local craiglist, ebay classified, and lands of america, and I actually got a reply!! A gentleman bought and began renovations for a farm as a wedding gift to his son but the couple divorced before the house was finished. It's a very promising lead and
I requested more information.
A good thing too! Because I feel a little silly driving 22 hours one way to look at ONE property and coming back. It would be nice to actually have a choice besides buy "this farm" or nothing.
"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 |
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acairnsmom
True Blue Farmgirl
1319 Posts
audrey
cheyenne
wy
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Posted - Jan 13 2012 : 10:20:41 AM
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Good luck Jen! Missouri is nice but a far cry different than AZ! Things will grow better there but geeze! it's humid in the summer. Hope you haven't grown too used to AZ dryness! You'll be posting here in a couple of months wanting to know how to wring yourselves out, LOL! What ever happens have a good vacation!
Audrey
.jpg) Good boy Hobbs! I love and miss you. |
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Dusky Beauty
True Blue Farmgirl
1108 Posts
Jen
Tonopah
AZ
USA
1108 Posts |
Posted - Jan 13 2012 : 2:26:26 PM
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You know how the geezers say the "winter makes them creak"? Well when I lived in Oregon (quite humid itself actually), all the old spots I had broken bones never phased me no matter what the weather did.
Once I got here where it's arid all the time, I am in AGONY without ibuprofen whenever the barometer fluctuates. You can't tell me that it's just "age" when the difference was between being 25 and being 26.
A couple weeks of humidity sounds a lot more manageable than 3 months of temps around or above 110. Thats what my energy bill says anyway.
"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 |
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Dusky Beauty
True Blue Farmgirl
1108 Posts
Jen
Tonopah
AZ
USA
1108 Posts |
Posted - Jan 17 2012 : 12:23:42 PM
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Still looking good as far as I know, no "developments" from the realtor. I think the "cash buyer" is probably a fabrication of the agency-it's just *too* convenient. Found the online add for the place from the realtor, and it looks very unappealing, just a little square house on a winter-time lot with barren trees. They don't even mention any of the good points of the property. Only "incomplete 2 bedroom house on 20 acres".
Good for me as a potential buyer stuck in waiting for a month to get out to it, bad for the owners who wanted to sell the place more than 6 months ago.
"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 |
Edited by - Dusky Beauty on Jan 17 2012 12:25:29 PM |
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Dusky Beauty
True Blue Farmgirl
1108 Posts
Jen
Tonopah
AZ
USA
1108 Posts |
Posted - Jan 21 2012 : 1:28:14 PM
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Oh my, just clicked on the Realtor page and listing has been taken down. Just the address and map ping on the bookmarked page and says "not for sale" looks like the realtor's contract has expired or it sold (but not likely since I got an email answering a question about the kitchen sink yesterday.)
"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 |
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sjmjgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
566 Posts
Stephanie
Mt. Vernon
Iowa
USA
566 Posts |
Posted - Jan 21 2012 : 4:16:40 PM
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Originally posted by sjmjgirl
Keep the faith, Jen. Hopefully, there is a new realtor. I would start making phone calls on Monday just to be safe. Who knows, this may work out to your advantage! 
Farmgirl Sister # 3810
Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.
- Dalai Lama
Farmgirl Sister # 3810
Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.
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Dusky Beauty
True Blue Farmgirl
1108 Posts
Jen
Tonopah
AZ
USA
1108 Posts |
Posted - Jan 21 2012 : 5:44:19 PM
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I'm actually in contact with the owner, not the Realtor and she informed us it was simply expired. Seems like my competing pool narrowed considerably. I think she can tell I'm serious when I say I was looking at kitchen sinks for the house...
3 weeks of waiting left till I can go see it in person, then it's all about paperwork. I will take tons of pictures both for myself and to share. If we get to that step I will immediately commence enough project planning to provide forum fodder for quite a while. ^_^
"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 |
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Dusky Beauty
True Blue Farmgirl
1108 Posts
Jen
Tonopah
AZ
USA
1108 Posts |
Posted - Jan 25 2012 : 11:15:18 AM
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One more hurdle... and it's looking like it's not meant to be. Another party put in an offer and put their own house up for sale. Unless it's dependent on them selling their house first, or the offer isn't enough to please the owners. I'm pretty sure this is the end of the line though. Guess we will sink our savings into improving our credit for a mortgage later.
As long as they don't string us along for the next 2 weeks and make us waste money on a cross country trip just to look, I'll be OK with it.
"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 |
Edited by - Dusky Beauty on Jan 25 2012 12:10:05 PM |
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laurentany
True Blue Farmgirl
3259 Posts
Laurie
Patchogue
NY
USA
3259 Posts |
Posted - Jan 25 2012 : 7:54:07 PM
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Oh boy Jen :(. I am sorry to hear that you have encountered yet another hurdle, but happy to see that your attitude is right and then you can see that if it is meant to be it will be. Good for you. When the right one comes along you will see it and know it and feel it.
Continued positive thoughts coming your way!
Hugs,
~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.. |
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Dusky Beauty
True Blue Farmgirl
1108 Posts
Jen
Tonopah
AZ
USA
1108 Posts |
Posted - Jan 25 2012 : 8:40:35 PM
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Don't get me wrong, It kinda ruined my day. I am sick of this house (the one I'm in), and I am sick of this state but at least I have some spendable money I can use to improve my current quality of life and still chip away at the ultimate future goal. >_< Goodbye bad old debts. Hello new mattress and front load washer.
Oh, and critters. I can get a few new barnyard buddies now too and don't have to be in a worried rush about selling off most of my birds.
"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 |
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A Farm of My Own: The standard "wish" request |
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