It’s been 12 years, 210 posts and so many adventures, but as they say, “all good things must come to an end.”
We sold Harvy the RV, thankfully he’s still in the family, our good friends Mike and Karen bought him. I’m sure he’ll bring them as many great memories as he did for us.
For us, our adventures are now to plant some trees, grow a garden and just live the simple life.
We want to thank all of you for joining us for more than a decade as we made our way through life. I will be changing my WordPress subscription, deleting all photos but you can still read the posts.
I woke this morning to the incessant meows of our cat Mister, in his mind, we’ve slept long enough.
Mister says, “who me?”
The constant pain of an aching back due to bulging discs reminds me to talk to God and thank him when I get a moment of reprieve. I take Bailey out on the leash to go potty, as we are now living on our property and coyotes are all around and it’s not safe.
Sunrise view from our sliding glass window
I get myself a cup of coffee and go sit out on our bestest most amazing porch swing gifted to us by our friends, Mike and Karen. All our dreams have come true, the land, the houses, and I am beyond grateful! Funny thing though, dreams coming true doesn’t stop the reality of my humanness. I sit in my anxiety, heart racing feeling as if Im standing on the edge of a cliff.. waiting for that other shoe to fall, inevitable death around each corner. I think to myself do other peoples anxiety feel this way? I look it up.. OK, I’m not alone. That makes me feel a little better, and I talk myself off the emotional ledge.
porch swing, astroturf and our 4ft picket fence
Mitch and I put together a Catio, the directions were awful and I got a sunburn.. It was really great to do it together. I loved every minute of it, the sweat stinging my eyes, the undoing of steps because the directions weren’t clear. I got so hot I thought I was going to throw up and I could hear my heart beat in my head. I was grateful to hear my heart working so hard for me.
My sister-in-law asked for my help to put together a piece of furniture, and thankfully I had put ours together the night before that was exactly the same. It was beyond fulfilling to share my knowledge and to be a blessing, then we tacked the lamp and rewired that which wasn’t working, and fixed it!
Rainbow outside our kitchen window
I head home, the drive only 750 feet away and it begins to rain. Oh finally our first rain out here. I called the same sister-in-law and ask about the stuff outside. I drive her way to help move it or cover it.. by then it turns into hail, pelting us, blowing us sideways… we run inside saying, “ummm oh well, that happened..” We laugh looking at each other soaking wet, hair blowing all which way and just letting life be what it is.” We hug and say we love each other and I head home.
If it’s not stapled down, it’ll blow around
Bailey, is sitting on the cat tree waiting for me to come home and Mitch is put in a dog door to go into the catio while I was gone.
The boys after a hard day
As I finish this, Mitch is making us dinner.
tilapia, rice and cauliflower/ broccoli with tons of pepper
Bailey is on my lap and The storm is still storming and the thunder is rolling and I am beyond grateful that this has been one of the greatest days of my life.
Life will never be perfect, the beauty is within the moments lived
In my last post I wrote about hearing God say, “just try”… so I wanted to update you on the results of our tryings..
Mitch after making room for our dreams, with a skid steer
The house sold in two weeks for our asking price!!! which is mind blowing and I didn’t believe it was real until the money was in the bank and we were moved in with the girls.
The well drilling for water cost less than the lowest amount in the estimate we received. Because it was estimated for 800 feet and water was hit around 525 feet.
Out at the property -brown drilling
We had the property witched for water, and he was spot on! Highly recommend
Kyle for well witching (928) 530-8220
Septic has been installed and approved for both houses!!
Septic by J&J plumbing
Now the real question .. was everything smooth sailing? Nope, it wouldn’t be life if everything was perfect. But that’s when the certainty of faith and trusting the journey comes in. I’m learning to accept what is, not get overwhelmed and just ride it out and it’ll work out.
Lucky shoes, will travel
When they dug the well it collapsed, caved in, they lost 7 thousand dollars of pipe and I was thinking with the cost of them having to dig another hole we’d have to sell the property once the well was dug because we’d be broke! Guess what! They didn’t charge us for drilling again AND it costs less because the water wasn’t so deep!
Learning as we go how things work, like septic and leach fields
The septic, because of the type of dirt out there, it’s almost all clay, we went from it costing 7,500 per septic to possibly 19,000 each!!! Thankfully the alternative of longer leach fields was approved by the county and the cost was 12,000 each..
Just along for the ride
We still aren’t sure if we’ll have enough money to do all we’d like to do, but hopefully it’ll be at least enough to do the essentials.. if you want deeper details please check out our YouTube channel rescued relics
Merry Christmas to you my people and I hope you are surround by loved ones and feel the love this holiday season. And remember, JUST TRY!
When things seem so unfamiliar, out of our comfort zone, daunting or scary we often avoid them. I myself have realized that when I avoid taking that next step to progress towards a dream it’s because it seems almost unobtainable and I don’t know how to begin.
We bought land after initially moving here to Arizona, with a dream of maybe building on it. After also buying a house closer to town, the property seemed such a long distance away, we began to rule it out as an option for our future. Thankfully, with time, as it usually happens, our perspective changed, Mitch suggested we revisit that idea and it’s once again, a viable option.
Sunset out on the property
The thought of selling our house and taking a vast piece of land and tackling all that it entails with building a house; permits, codes, a well, septic, power, and on and on was beyond intimidating. I found myself overwhelmed even with the idea. But as with any dream we’ve pursued before, that feeling of knowing this is the next right step for us has given us the gas to begin the foot work. I prayed, asking God if this is even possible, and he said to me clear as day, “Just try” .
We might be living in Harvy the RV for a while
Right after that I grabbed a notepad and pen, and with the help of our realtor, we got some phone numbers for the big ticket items and started making calls. we’re currently getting quotes for everything to see where we might be budget wise. We’re keeping the faith that we can feed our dreams and our family with the 5 loaves and two fish we are blessed to have. (Matthew 14:13-21)
One step at a time
I hope that for you, what ever it is that you dream, you begin that first step and JUST TRY.
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