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| Alee |
Posted - Mar 26 2014 : 7:31:16 PM
Finally at long last we will have a home of our own! We have been renting for 14 very long years. We have stayed with my parents for a year and have spent the last 4 months care taking a ranch that is being sold.
We rehabilitated my credit score and I qualified solely on a FHA loan! We put in one offer on a place and they countered, and in the mean time a better house for the same price came on the market! Now I have an accepted offer on the second house and we should close within 6 weeks.
I am very excited because our mortgage payment will be less than we have paid in rent since 2005!
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
www.farmgirlalee.blogspot.com
www.allergyjourneys.blogspot.com
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| katmom |
Posted - May 28 2014 : 12:39:02 PM
Oh Alee, how awesome!
I luv Craftsman style home... enjoy and don't forget the photos...
Oh how exciting!
>^..^<
Happiness is being a katmom and Glamping Diva!
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| Bear5 |
Posted - May 16 2014 : 4:04:49 PM
Wonderful news Alee. I am so happy for you, Doug, and Nora.
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
| Alee |
Posted - May 16 2014 : 2:10:40 PM
Casey- We are actually buying in town! I wish we had some acreage but it is very hard to find acreage in this area with decent land. The is a lot of bentonite and alkaline soils around here. I know some acreage will come up sometime when it is right. At least until then, chicken are allowed in city limits! Yay!
We are supposed to close Monday, May 19th. Only 10 days later than originally estimated. Here's hoping everything settles in place!
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
www.farmgirlalee.blogspot.com
www.allergyjourneys.blogspot.com
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| blackfell_farmgirl |
Posted - May 16 2014 : 08:59:54 AM
So Jealous Alee!! I have a died in the wool city lovin man, who grew up on 20 acres, but doesn't "want to do that kind of work". So he sits in a high stress office, which I can't think is better, but I do love the guy. So I will continue to scrapbook my dream farm and cabin and dream of the day he gets tired of his cube! :)
blackfell_farmgirl
HorseCrazy! |
| JerseyGirl |
Posted - May 16 2014 : 07:09:14 AM
That's really exciting! Congratulations, Alee! |
| jenne.f |
Posted - May 16 2014 : 06:41:26 AM
Sounds great. Please post pictures when you move in and as you make changes.
I love seeing everyone's creativity!
~blessings~
Jenne
Farmgirl #4616
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| Alee |
Posted - May 12 2014 : 12:56:59 PM
Thanks ladies!
We are still waiting to close- hopefully sometime this week or early next. They have to send the inspector/appraiser out one more time to make sure all the repairs were done.
First thing we are going to do is build a chicken coop for my 5 hens. They are so funny and are going to love getting a little more free space.
We have free 6 ft privacy fence that we are going to take down and put up at our place which will be amazing and there is even a little apple tree in one corner! The house we will share the alley with is absolutely charming. Our house is kindof a craftsman ranch style. The current owners or someone in the recent past smacked a single car garage on and it sticks out like a sore thumb- so eventually we are going to extend the roof line and fix the shape of the house to be more traditional. Doug has already agreed to help me put in some permanent gardens. Raised beds most likely, and Nora has picked out "Enchanted Forest" for the theme of her room. I can't wait!!
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
www.farmgirlalee.blogspot.com
www.allergyjourneys.blogspot.com
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| craftingram |
Posted - May 02 2014 : 05:26:42 AM
Congratulations Alee!!! I am so happy and excited for you.
Karin
Farmgirl Sister #2708
Romans 8: 38,39 |
| Beverly Gill |
Posted - May 01 2014 : 11:44:57 PM
So very happy for you Alee. I wish The best in your new house congratulations and enjoy.
Beverly Gill
There's no place like home |
| Bear5 |
Posted - May 01 2014 : 1:14:26 PM
Great and wonderful news Alee. Keep us posted.
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
| cj6 |
Posted - Apr 30 2014 : 9:31:25 PM
Alee,I'm excited for you! We just got our farm a few months ago :) |
| Marybeth |
Posted - Apr 23 2014 : 09:01:09 AM
Good for you Alee. I have followed your journey through your posts. MB
http://www.smallcityscenes.blogspot.com
www.day4plus.blogspot.com
"Life may not be the party we hoped for...but while we are here we might as well dance!" |
| laurentany |
Posted - Apr 22 2014 : 6:37:39 PM
Oh Alee, I am so very happy for you!!!!
Congratulations, to you Doug and Nora!!!!!
Can't wait to see pictures!
Hugs,
~Laurie
"Little Hen House on the Island"
Farmgirl Sister#1403
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http://simplesuburbanpleasures.blogspot.com
Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds that you plant.
~Robert Louis Stevenson |
| texdane |
Posted - Apr 12 2014 : 06:29:01 AM
Congrats sweet Alee!
Nicole
Farmgirl Sister #1155
KNITTER, JAM-MAKER AND MOM EXTRAORDINAIRE
Chapter Leader, Connecticut Simpler Life Sisters
Farmgirl of the Month, January 2013
Suburban Farmgirl Blogger
http://sfgblog.maryjanesfarm.org/ |
| Bonnie Ellis |
Posted - Apr 07 2014 : 01:00:16 AM
You are so deserving.........enjoy!
grandmother and orphan farmgirl |
| prariehawk |
Posted - Apr 06 2014 : 9:04:03 PM
It feels so good to know you have your own home, doesn't it? I'm so happy for you! I'm sure you've already got lots of plans for it. Enjoy your new home!
Cindy
"Vast floods can't quench love, no matter what love did/ Rivers can't drown love, no matter where love's hid"--Sinead O'Connor
"In many ways, you don't just live in the country, it lives inside you"--Ellen Eilers
Visit my blog at http://www.farmerinthebelle.blogspot.com/ |
| Rosemary |
Posted - Apr 05 2014 : 08:24:56 AM
Alee, I'm jumping for joy! Not only is it fabulous that you're getting your own home for keeps, but to think you worked on improving your credit rating enough to buy a house all on your own! That's impressive and inspiring.
When you have some time, I'd love it if you started a new thread (maybe under Nifty Thrifty? Dunno...) about how you managed to get that score up. I know there are books about it, but there's nothing like farm girls around the kitchen table sharing their hard-earned wisdom!
Congrats again. And remember: we WILL need pictures :)
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| jenne.f |
Posted - Apr 04 2014 : 1:37:59 PM
Great News Alee!! I am so happy for you!
~blessings~
Jenne
Farmgirl #4616
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| BarnChickCecily |
Posted - Apr 03 2014 : 8:48:47 PM
That is SO awesome, Alee! Congrats!
Farmgirl Sister # 241
www.thebarnchick.blogspot.com/ |
| DandeeRose |
Posted - Apr 03 2014 : 8:42:09 PM
Yay!!!!
Many Blessings- Alicia #5232
http://themostlycrunchyfarmgirl.wordpress.com
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Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass; it's about learning to dance in the rain." |
| Penny Wise |
Posted - Apr 01 2014 : 04:34:47 AM
all of the above!!!!
whooo hooooooooooo !!!!!!
Farmgirl # 2139
proud member of the Farmgirls of the Southwest Henhouse
~*~ counting my pennies; my dreams are adding up!~*~ |
| MaryJane |
Posted - Apr 01 2014 : 12:16:15 AM
Great news Alee. You've worked hard to get to this place.
MaryJane, Farmgirl #1 Plowin' Thru ~ giving aprons a good wrap for 45 years and counting ~
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| levisgrammy |
Posted - Mar 31 2014 : 6:41:41 PM
Congratulations Alee! So nice to finally own your own home.
Denise
Farmgirl Sister #43
"Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path."
Psalm 119:105
http://www.ladybugsandlilacs.blogspot.com/
http://www.torisgram.etsy.com |
| forgetmenot |
Posted - Mar 28 2014 : 10:16:08 PM
Congratulations, Alee!
Farmgirl sister #3926
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the belief that something is more important than fear." Ambrose Red Moon |
| NoraBatty |
Posted - Mar 28 2014 : 7:54:01 PM
I am so happy for you!!! It takes a lot of hard work, sacrifice and determination to rehabilitate your credit score. Congratulations! |
