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Past Blessings
True Blue Farmgirl
1083 Posts
Brenda
Orchard Prairie
WA
USA
1083 Posts |
 Posted - Nov 20 2006 : 07:50:28 AM
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If you remember a few weeks back I posted about a run down farm I wanted to buy but that my hubby was dragging his feet due to the amount of work it needed. But I could only see the great potential! Anyway, we had agreed if it was still there after the 1st of the year we would make an offer on it. Well it just sold! I am so sad. In my mind I had already remodeled it and redecorated it! LOL! I know if God closes one door He opens another, but in the meantime it hurts when the door swings shut on you!
Brenda
Past Blessings . . . Celebrating Life as it used to be . . . when people loved God, loved their families and loved their country. |
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Marybeth
True Blue Farmgirl
6418 Posts
Mary Beth
Stanwood
Wa 98292
USA
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Posted - Nov 20 2006 : 08:00:39 AM
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Aw, too bad. But as you said 'one door opens another'. My husband was a foot dragger too. I always told him that if God called and said you got 5 minutes to me me at the corner because the world was ending--my husband would say 'I have to have another cup of coffee and think about it'. He'd a missed the bus. We missed out on a few places because he couldn't see the potential but as I look back it seems he was mostly right. I think we women tend to think with our hearts. Which is a good thing.
www.strawberryhillsfarm.blogspot.com
"Life may not be the party we hoped for...but while we are here we might as well dance!" |
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blueroses
True Blue Farmgirl
1323 Posts
Debbie
in the Pandhandle of
Idaho
USA
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Posted - Nov 20 2006 : 08:58:05 AM
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Brenda,
If it wasn't meant to happen, I bet you'll find an even better one soon!!
"You cannot find peace...by avoiding life."
Virginia Woolfe |
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Nance in France
True Blue Farmgirl
1438 Posts
Nancy
St. Laurent de la Salanque
France
1438 Posts |
Posted - Nov 20 2006 : 09:20:58 AM
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| Hugs to you, Brenda. I am sure you are feeling 'lower than a worm's wallet' as an old yarn goes.... Your positive outlook on life will serve you well in house hunting and the other avenues in life we wander along. One day you will be so happy with a dream home that this will be only a vague memory of a momentary disappointment. Onward and upward! Nance |
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Past Blessings
True Blue Farmgirl
1083 Posts
Brenda
Orchard Prairie
WA
USA
1083 Posts |
Posted - Nov 20 2006 : 09:57:45 AM
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Thanks Girls! I am not normally a whiner, but for some reason I had already claimed this one with my heart! But I've already been looking and have seen a couple new ones come on the market, so who knows. God has the picture in mind already, I just got to get out of the way! Sorry I got whiney!! Now time to dust myself off and move on!
Brenda
Past Blessings . . . Celebrating Life as it used to be . . . when people loved God, loved their families and loved their country. |
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sunshine
True Blue Farmgirl
4877 Posts
Wendy
Utah
USA
4877 Posts |
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ThymeForEweFarm
True Blue Farmgirl
705 Posts
Robin
An organic farm in the forest in
Maine
USA
705 Posts |
Posted - Nov 20 2006 : 10:48:23 AM
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ohhhh....how disappointing. It's too bad this one is gone but just think - you're now a step closer to the right farm!
Robin
www.thymeforewe.com
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gregs_lil_farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
219 Posts
birdi
hartford
me
USA
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Posted - Nov 20 2006 : 2:16:13 PM
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Brenda, so sorry. Everything happens for a reason...and maybe there is another one that will show itself to you. HUGS to you!
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country lawyer
True Blue Farmgirl
1022 Posts
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Posted - Nov 20 2006 : 2:30:50 PM
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Brenda, Sorry that you are disappointed. A farm WILL happen for you! In the meantime, I leave you with one of my grandma's sayings. She'd say these words in times like this...when something you could already taste would slip through your fingers. She'd say, "I'd rather want something and not get it, then get that something and wind up not wanting it." Yeah, me too.
"The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time."
James Taylor
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daffodil dreamer
True Blue Farmgirl
805 Posts
Jayne
Hamilton
Victoria
Australia
805 Posts |
Posted - Nov 20 2006 : 5:55:48 PM
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Brenda,
I know how disappointed you must be about this - but I'm so sure it will happen for you that I know in my heart there must be an even better farm for you that will appear soon. Meanwhile, keep on dreaming (I'm trying to as well!!)
Best wishes and lots of farmgirl hugs,
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Anastasia
True Blue Farmgirl
56 Posts
Anastasia
Telkwa
BC
Canada
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Posted - Nov 21 2006 : 2:10:25 PM
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Hi Brenda,
It can be heart-breaking, I know, but keep looking. Something better WILL come along, although that may be tough to see right now. Good luck...
Hugs,
Anastasia :)
"Speciality is for insects." -Robert Heinlen |
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Libbie
Farmgirl Connection Cultivator
3579 Posts
Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
3579 Posts |
Posted - Nov 21 2006 : 7:48:00 PM
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Rebekah, I just love your grandmother's saying - that she'd "rather want something and not get it, then get that something and wind up not wanting it." And who knows, Brenda - this could just free your mind up to see the possibilities in other farms that you might not have looked at otherwise. ...Sending great farm-searching "vibes" your way!
XOXO, Libbie
"Nothing is worth more than this day." - Goethe |
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
Posted - Nov 22 2006 : 9:22:41 PM
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brenda gurlfren .. so sorry to hear you 'seem' to have missed your dreamhome ... but oh yes .. the PERFECT one is waiting for you right around a corner! xo
True Friends, Frannie
CABIN CREEK FARM
KENTUCKY
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Kelly43
True Blue Farmgirl
349 Posts
NJ
USA
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Posted - Nov 25 2006 : 06:15:54 AM
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Brenda, I am you right now too! We were actually in attorney review for my dream farm but found out due to zoning we could not build a new barn that was necessary for farm equipment. We talked to the temporary zoning officer (township was between zoning officers) about it and he discovered the current owners had been turned down twice so stuck with that view. The place was all the money we had so we decided to pull out as it didn't make sense to buy a place that we couldn't make what we wanted it. That was the hardest decision I have ever had to make. In the mean time the realtor spoke with the planning board pres. who said wait for next week to speak to the new zoning officer. I waited, spoke to and he said he didn't feel it was a problem to build the new barn. Raced back to the attorney to re-open only to find out the sellers had just accepted another offer. All this happened within a week. I am devestated!!!!!! I, like you, had the whole place redecorated. Now I feel guilty for hoping that the other people don't get their mortgage. I shouldn't be hoping someone elses dream doesn't come true but I can't help it. Will we get over this? I hope so. Wish you lived closer so we could at least hug each other. This will have to do ((((((HUGS)))))).
Kelly |
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bohemiangel
True Blue Farmgirl
2087 Posts
Bridget
Ligonier
pa
USA
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Posted - Nov 25 2006 : 07:25:02 AM
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dear brenda....It will work out and you know it. I went through a similar experience with a house...I wanted it for a music studio it came with a baby grand!!!!!!!!!!! but ce la vie I could not get it in time. I drive past it everynight and think phooey that should be MINE! In the meantime I drive by a beautiful farm and think hmmm maybe someday...for those that read my spiel about barns and country life it's just a stone throw from town and theres houses around hehe. HUGS TO YOU BRENDA:) chin up dearie
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Libbie
Farmgirl Connection Cultivator
3579 Posts
Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
3579 Posts |
Posted - Nov 25 2006 : 11:22:33 AM
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Oh, Brenda AND Kelly! (((HUGS))) to you both! I just KNOW there's something even more perfect out there for you...
XOXO, Libbie
"Nothing is worth more than this day." - Goethe |
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westernhorse51
True Blue Farmgirl
1681 Posts
michele
farmingdale
n.j.
USA
1681 Posts |
Posted - Nov 25 2006 : 5:12:16 PM
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yours WILL happen, that one wasnt right. Don't get discouraged.
she selects wool and flax and works with eager hands Prov.31:13 |
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Kelly43
True Blue Farmgirl
349 Posts
NJ
USA
349 Posts |
Posted - Nov 28 2006 : 3:55:54 PM
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Thanks gals, I needed to hear that from my best buddies. Am bidding on a place in an auction on Friday, wish me luck!
Kelly |
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lambgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
93 Posts
Heidi
Ellensburg
wa
USA
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Posted - Nov 29 2006 : 5:14:26 PM
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Goodluck Kelly,
I know what is like to not get the first one you set your heart on.But we found a great house with some land (not a lot but enough for now)which we love. Let us know how it goes.
Keeping you in my farm prayers.
Heidi
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