Meanwhile, back at the ranch...ette!

Work has started on our new home! Above is a picture of Brady and Kharsyn in the pasture. Brady had to clean the shop in order to store some of his treasures in it. The shop is huge - with shelves about 10 feet in the air....not even Big Guy or Casey could reach them without a ladder.

Friends came by and mowed the lawn and weed-whacked as a wedding present. It was very much appreciated!

We are now in the painting, cleaning, repair stage. This is my first project - I have to strip wallpaper border off the walls in the den. Look at the little slidey-desks they have - and a pencil sharpener too! I plan on painting the room and pulling up the carpet and having the wood floor refinished. We call it the map room because.....

it has this huge mural on one wall! I love it, but Kharsyn thought it was scary....

This is our favorite view in the house. On the left side you can see a little ladder that reaches a kid-sized loft. WITH a light AND a skylight! Oh, only to be young and hide up there and read!

That's your first peak at our new home! Big Guy and I are very excited! Hope to have everyone over for a barbecue before the end of summer. That's all for now - love to all - Mo

Vrommmmm.......

That's the sound of my new jacuzzi tub humming along - it actually works! Yay - you know that's the first thing I would check out.

Big Guy and I received the keys to our new home yesterday, and went out there straight after work last night. It was kind of a rough ride last week - we received the inspection report and Big Guy had some concerns. It obviously suffered from lots of deferred maintenance - you could tell by looking at it, but he had concerns about the wiring and ac unit. We met Thursday at lunch, then he called me later in the day. I finally told him to flip a coin - it's just a house, not a home. So I didn't know if he actually sent the funds until Thursday evening.

After work yesterday, we immediately ran out there, and oh joy! it is SUCH a great place for us!! I am so happy I'd swoon if I knew how. The shop is PERFECT, two spaces for him, and one for me..... The people who moved out even cleaned the place - how wonderful is that? Carpets are vacuumed and the cabinets were wiped down.

We are concerned about watering the pasture. The pump works, but the irrigation system doesn't. But I'm sure we can figure that out.

Man, oh Man - the house is soooo darn wonderful!! It has these mysterious little nooks and crannies......under the stairs, up above the closets (it has vaulted ceilings in the addition part). It also has some closets like Kiefer did - with the drawers under them. Jeesh - imagine closets - I only have two here! There is a huge patio for barbecues - and it's right off the dining area next to the kitchen. Lots of room for my patio furniture, benches, planters.......

Big Guy's agenda today is hoses and sprinklers. I have our special event tonight, so I think I'll skip church and weed some flower beds......and plant......and make ours!

Don't listen to me next week when I'm grumping about moving - I am so deliriously happy I work up at 3:00 a.m. grinning from ear to ear. Love to my sisters - Mo

Update on the New House....

After waiting so long for a written acceptance on our offer on the new house, Larry dropped the offer considerably a week ago. Last Friday we got written acceptance on the lowered offer, and have to close in a week.

I can't help but wonder if we will get all of that done. We need a house inspection, a well inspection and a septic clean-out (or proof it has been done within the last year).

Moving will be such a considerable chore, but thankfully there's lots of interior painting to be done, and I think the pink carpet has to go! I'm hoping there is wood flooring underneath the carpet in the older part of the house - I guess we will see! After the big wind storm, the yard needs a lot of cleanup, and I'm still spraying weeds around this place!

I'm hoping moving will be quite liberating, in getting rid of lots of stuff I don't need anymore. Then there's new gardens to develop, and pasture to take care of. At least all the grass is in, so I won't have the chore I had here. But I so want to move a couple of my trees with me! And flowers too.....

I hope my sisters have a wonderful Mother's Day tomorrow - love to all! Mo