One Week down!

It's been ONE week today that we closed on the 'Farm'!  I am surprised at all the emotions that I have had during this ONE week.  Excited...Scary...Disjointed...What in the world were we thinking...thoughts!

What we did accomplish: Moved Wonder Woman and Techy Man and their crew into the farm house.

In the rain, no less!

I walked the land with the grandkids.

The Zekeanator brought the Word with him so we read Ps. 95 which says to "make a joyful noise to the rock of salvation."  So we did! 

We had a picnic...

The kids had great fun on the dirt pile.  What is it about kids and dirt piles??

We bought our first livestock...CHICKENS! Are chickens considered livestock? This city gal had to look and see...yep, Webster Dictionary:  Noun, (used with a singular or plural verb)
  1. the horses, cattle, sheep, and other useful animals kept or raised on a farm or ranch.

So yes chickens are livestock. Now look what I am learning!

I am sure these are going to be the most loved and kid friendly chickens, if they survive this crew.

I realize one thing that I really don't like about farm life...mud!

Muddy VAN!

Muddy DOG!

Phewww...after one week, I left the farm life to be back in my city dwelling. My comfort ZONE!

So it happened!  We bought a FARM!  What?  Why?  I am still trying to figure out how my Mountain Man, I am now renaming his handle to Farmer Man, convinced me to buy one.  I guess I should start from the beginning.

It probably all started back in Farmer Man’s childhood.  He was raised on a small 60-acre farm in Sioux City, IA until he was 13 years old.  Later in his high school years, he would spend summers at the Family Ranch in CO.  Hence the love of mountains began and the love of farming.  I, on the other hand, grew up in town and totally call myself a city girl.

The idea of buying a farm started, I think, when our Doctor Son bought around 160 acres and built a home on it.  It got Farmer Man thinking…not always a good thing for me.  He started searching for land in MO and KS, which included taking me out to the boonies...looking!  I pretty much ignored him and let him dream away.  But the desire in his heart got so strong that I realized it was not going away.  So, I told him that the only way he could move me to a farm was if it was near one of our children.  I thought I was kind of safe with that stipulation. My mistake was letting our daughter, Wonder Woman (her husband’s handle for our 1^st born daughter) know.  She and her husband, which I named Techy Man, jumped right on board and started looking for farms. 

To make a long story short, we found the perfect place with 76 acres.  It is located a couple miles from where Techy Man grew up.  It is near his parents, aunts, uncles, and cousins.  And we love everyone of them.  After lots of praying and six months of negotiations, we came to an agreement with the sellers of the farm. It has been lots of up and down emotions trying to buy this place.  We kept asking the Lord to close this door if it was not what He has for us.  But the door stayed opened…

So, what is the plan?  Wonder Woman and Techy Man with their soon to be 6 children, are moving into the big beautiful farm house, NOW!  And as only God can do, He sold their house the first day they put it on the market, which really gave me more confirmation that this is right. 

We are staying put in our city home until Farmer Man retires. And he has a date, OCT.6, 2018 and he is counting down.  We will probably spend those next months/year or so after he retires getting our house ready to sell and planning and building our NEW home on the farm.  

And here it is, THE FARM:

   LOOK at that BARN!  My favorite part!

Stay tune for the adventures as we began this new phase in our lives. Retirement!  Really?  Not quite how I pictured retirement but then we both are not ones to sit around!  Really scary to me...but trusting the Lord is leading.