Two cans of cinnamon rolls unrolled and braided into a king cake.
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
Thursday, February 20, 2014
Crazy Idea
We discovered this posted on craigslist:
The double corn crib is located about 30 miles from the farm property that we are scheduled to close on March 14th.
With all the projects (in particular a workshop and chicken coop) that we would like to do around the farm, all these materials would come in super handy.
My one concern ... the safety of my husband while he is dismantling.
He has spoken with the farmer and my hubby will start dismantling the elevator this weekend. Once the elevator is down, we'll take that for scrap and use the money to cover the cost of gas and any safety equipment that I'm requiring him to wear .. I'm thinking a harness and some rope.
FREE ... you dismantle.
The double corn crib is located about 30 miles from the farm property that we are scheduled to close on March 14th.
With all the projects (in particular a workshop and chicken coop) that we would like to do around the farm, all these materials would come in super handy.
My one concern ... the safety of my husband while he is dismantling.
He has spoken with the farmer and my hubby will start dismantling the elevator this weekend. Once the elevator is down, we'll take that for scrap and use the money to cover the cost of gas and any safety equipment that I'm requiring him to wear .. I'm thinking a harness and some rope.
Sunday, February 9, 2014
News on the Home Front
Third time's the charm, right? Well this will be the third homestead that we tried to purchase. The first one didn't go far .. the owner didn't even counter. The second one .. part of the story is here and here. Also, we recently learned that the owner's son was arrested at that property producing meth. Yeah, God was telling us a definite NO on that one.
A few weeks ago, I started to pray a novena to St. John Bosco. This is the novena that I prayed from Jan. 22 to his feast day, Jan. 31. At the request, I asked for St. John Bosco's intercession for a homestead. During his life, he helped many troubled boys. He set up oratories to teach them different skills along with the ways of God. Since St. John Bosco knew the importance of work and learning the faith, I prayed for a homestead in which we would be able to do that for our children.
On Jan. 29th, my husband sent my an email with a craigslist listing of a homestead just over the county line. Feb. 2nd we looked at the property. The house was small and the property was 10 miles from our good friends instead of 5-6 miles like we were hoping for. We prayed about it all week. Saturday, we looked at it again bringing our good friends along.
Well, tonight, we have a signed contract. Tomorrow, we will start the appraisal process.
Some stats:
1934 2 story brick farmhouse
6 acres
2 pastures fenced in with a gate separating them so that you could rotate pastures.
Huge three level barn built in 1900
Another outbuilding
One stall detached garage
1456 sq ft house
Full basement - dry ... they added foundation tiling around the perimeter.
3 bedrooms and 2 baths on the second floor
1 bedroom, kitchen, dining room, and living room on the main floor
0.25 mile long driveway
0.5 miles of gravel to the black top road
Some pictures:
A few weeks ago, I started to pray a novena to St. John Bosco. This is the novena that I prayed from Jan. 22 to his feast day, Jan. 31. At the request, I asked for St. John Bosco's intercession for a homestead. During his life, he helped many troubled boys. He set up oratories to teach them different skills along with the ways of God. Since St. John Bosco knew the importance of work and learning the faith, I prayed for a homestead in which we would be able to do that for our children.
On Jan. 29th, my husband sent my an email with a craigslist listing of a homestead just over the county line. Feb. 2nd we looked at the property. The house was small and the property was 10 miles from our good friends instead of 5-6 miles like we were hoping for. We prayed about it all week. Saturday, we looked at it again bringing our good friends along.
Well, tonight, we have a signed contract. Tomorrow, we will start the appraisal process.
Some stats:
1934 2 story brick farmhouse
6 acres
2 pastures fenced in with a gate separating them so that you could rotate pastures.
Huge three level barn built in 1900
Another outbuilding
One stall detached garage
1456 sq ft house
Full basement - dry ... they added foundation tiling around the perimeter.
3 bedrooms and 2 baths on the second floor
1 bedroom, kitchen, dining room, and living room on the main floor
0.25 mile long driveway
0.5 miles of gravel to the black top road
Some pictures:
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| Main floor bedroom - will use as piano room / school room |
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| Living Room |
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| Living Room |
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| Dining Room (fireplace is fake .. owners are taking it with them) |
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| Kitchen |
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| Kitchen (pantry to the right of the stairs) |
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| Boys' Room |
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| Girls' Room |
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| Our room (a king size bed will fit) |
We went into this process knowing that we'll be adding on as soon as our current home is sold. The house is able to be added on to on the north, west, and east sides.
If everything works out, we would take possession on March 28th.
Thursday, January 2, 2014
Homestead update
An update on trying to purchase this homestead.
Short sale didn't work out. So we are still looking while we wait for the property to go into foreclosure.
We are just shaking our heads on the decisions the bank has made. If they would have worked with us and finished the sale back in October, they wouldn't have a property on their hands with a heating system non functional and broken water pipes. Most likely, they'll spend quite a bit of money on repairs in order to sell it for the price they're asking.
I keep telling myself, 'Patience is a virtue'.
Short sale didn't work out. So we are still looking while we wait for the property to go into foreclosure.
We are just shaking our heads on the decisions the bank has made. If they would have worked with us and finished the sale back in October, they wouldn't have a property on their hands with a heating system non functional and broken water pipes. Most likely, they'll spend quite a bit of money on repairs in order to sell it for the price they're asking.
I keep telling myself, 'Patience is a virtue'.
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