We Closed

So today was an exciting day - we made a big purchase.

We bought this:

Yes - we bought some land!

Ever since I've known my husband,  he's talked about owning some acreage away from the city. And it isn't any city in particular - he just needs space. He would have never moved away from the country except there was little opportunity or financial stability.  So his plan has always been to buy some land and create his own country.

Personally, I would be content to live the rest of my life in a neighborhood in town.  I'm a city girl - I like the activity and convenience.  So I was a little concerned about how this was all gonna work out. I wanted him to have land, because that's what he wanted. I also didn't want to be stuck out in the podunk away from...well, everything.

So the goal? Find enough land to make him happy but was conveniently located to make me happy.

Do you have any idea how hard that is?

Well, we do! We've been looking for a long, long time. And we finally found it. Nine acreages to give him some space, 10 minutes on the highway to get me to retail, restaurants, and entertainment.  It's amazing!

And the land is almost perfectly square too. Which you don't see that often. We had looked at some that had the acreage but the lay-out wasn't so great. Actually, I shouldn't say "we" - he did almost all the looking. Not that I wasn't interested - I did go a few times.  But really, grass is grass,  and it all pretty much looked the same to me. My concern was not with the land but with the location of the land.

Which is why I haven't actually even seen the land we bought. We drove to it, so I know where it is but I didn't get out and walk it. If that's what he wanted, fine with me.

So now we'll start making plans to build our final home. Super excited to be one step closer to reaching our goals and making this a reality...