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Across the Fence:  Back to Spokane WA.  |
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17025 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17025 Posts |
 Posted - Jul 23 2017 : 9:30:36 PM
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Well we listed our house for sale and it has sold,,, so we will be heading back to Spokane, WA...
I am doing the happy dance... No more flying back and forth 3 times a year... I will be around my grandkiddos all the time..
I am so happy.
I also look forward to hanging with my old glamping gal pals...
Whoot Whoot!
>^..^<
Happiness is being a katmom and Glamping Diva!
www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
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Edited by - katmom on Jul 23 2017 9:31:23 PM |
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Tumbleweed
True Blue Farmgirl
1019 Posts
Nancy
Texas
USA
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Posted - Jul 23 2017 : 10:11:15 PM
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Congratulation. Awesome when our wishes,come through
TW
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quiltee
True Blue Farmgirl
7446 Posts
Linda
Terrell
TX
USA
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Posted - Jul 24 2017 : 05:00:31 AM
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That's great news, Grace. Have you already found a place in Spokane?
Farmgirl hugs,
Farmgirl #1919
Farm Girl of the Month April 2017
Linda O
Lone Oak, TX
"Women are Angels, and when someone breaks our wings, we simply continue to fly . . . on a broomstick - we're flexible, like that."
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17025 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17025 Posts |
Posted - Jul 24 2017 : 07:52:57 AM
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Nope... this time we will take our time and be a bit more fussy about what we are looking for...
We are even toying with the idea of moving into town... for a miryad of reasons....
But we do so love living on acerage... so it is a tuff nut to crack as to what to do. But in the mean time we'll live out on our daughters ranch for a month in their ginormous 5th wheel trailer..... that's about all my DH can handle...lol!
If we don't find something by the end of Sept., then we'll move into a rental and test the waters for living in town... and resume search in the Spring.
Either way it will be an adventure .....
>^..^<
Happiness is being a katmom and Glamping Diva!
www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
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janamarieje
True Blue Farmgirl
1022 Posts
Jana
Southern California
USA
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Posted - Jul 24 2017 : 08:45:16 AM
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Yahoo and congratulations Grace! This sounds like such an exciting new adventure for you. Does your daughter live in Spokane or one of the areas near? I have friends that just bought last year in Newport (about 30 minutes north of Spokane). We haven't been up there yet, but hope to do a road trip next summer to check the state out with our daughter.
Jana
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ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter
13569 Posts
CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores
Colorado
USA
13569 Posts |
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MaryJanesNiece
True Blue Farmgirl
6705 Posts
Krista
Utah
USA
6705 Posts |
Posted - Jul 24 2017 : 3:56:32 PM
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Congratulations! That's so exciting! It will be so nice living closer to family. I can't wait to hear of all your new adventures with house hunting. Good luck with all the packing and travel safely.
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17025 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17025 Posts |
Posted - Jul 24 2017 : 6:44:37 PM
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Jana,,, we use to live out on what is called the "West Plains" all farmland,,,, but we had a Spokane address as we were unincorporated.
We want to either target there or a stretch of area along the Spokane River.
Either way,, we are just so glad to be heading back.
CeeJay & Krista,,, awww,,, all the new mischief we will be getting into! (again!) lol!
>^..^<
Happiness is being a katmom and Glamping Diva!
www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
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Bonnie Ellis
True Blue Farmgirl
2474 Posts
Bonnie
Minneapolis
Minnesota
USA
2474 Posts |
Posted - Jul 24 2017 : 7:16:33 PM
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Grace, sending best wishes your way.
grandmother and orphan farmgirl |
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17025 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17025 Posts |
Posted - Jul 26 2017 : 5:13:41 PM
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Thank you Bonnie,,,
I am headed back on Saturday... 10day grandkiddo fix,,, and then when I get back on the 10th of Aug,,, I will hit the sorting, packing like crazy...
I am sooo happy and stressing at the same time... lol!
>^..^<
Happiness is being a katmom and Glamping Diva!
www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17025 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17025 Posts |
Posted - Jul 28 2017 : 5:24:16 PM
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Well,, Murphy's Law strikes again!!!
This morning the water heater went out,,,yepadoodle,,, right in the midst of 3 loads of laundry,,, and I was planning on showering after I finished up around the property,,, go figure!!!
So what is a resourceful farmgirl to do??? she washes her hair in the sink with tap/cool water,,, then she goes out to the back yard, fills up 2 buckets of water,,, one to soap and shave her legs and the 2nd one to rinse off the soap...
So here it is almost 5:30pm and still no plumber... seems everyone is having a plumbing emergency... So I guess I will talk a very quick cold shower...
After all,,, tomorrow morning I don't want the poor souls sitting next to me on the plane to pass out from my farmgirl sweat!!! lololol!
>^..^<
Happiness is being a katmom and Glamping Diva!
www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
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Edited by - katmom on Jul 28 2017 5:25:11 PM |
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17025 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17025 Posts |
Posted - Aug 10 2017 : 4:35:05 PM
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ok,,, I am back.... and tomorrow we have to drive up to town to sign Escrow papers,,, getting closer to the big move date,,,
I opened a P.O. Box back in Spokane and gave my daughter the spare key so she can gather up our mail...
I also looked at both property as well as a couple of homes in town... When DH and I get back there we will hit the house hunting trail and if we don't find the perfect house or property we will rent something until Spring..
I love adventures!
>^..^<
Happiness is being a katmom and Glamping Diva!
www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
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forgetmenot
True Blue Farmgirl
3602 Posts
Judith
Nora Springs
IA
USA
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Posted - Aug 10 2017 : 6:03:31 PM
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So happy for you, Grace and hubby!! Such a relief for you!
Nothing like a new adventure...even in known waters!
Farmgirl sister #3926
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the belief that something is more important than fear." Ambrose Red Moon |
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Bonnie Ellis
True Blue Farmgirl
2474 Posts
Bonnie
Minneapolis
Minnesota
USA
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Posted - Aug 10 2017 : 9:24:28 PM
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Thinking of you Grace. I just know you'll have fun!
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LadyInRed
True Blue Farmgirl
6740 Posts
PeggyAnn
Vancouver
WA
USA
6740 Posts |
Posted - Aug 11 2017 : 08:36:09 AM
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Grace...I am excited for your EXCITEMENT and New Adventure. Like I've shared
before I think Spokane is a nice place to be from. LOL But I know the Grand kids and daughter are a Huge Pull for you and hubby. And you are right...there are other farmgirls there and in Cour d'Alene (sp that looks wrong lol). I just got back from visiting my Mom in Spokane a couple of months ago. Seems like yesterday. She lives on the Northside right across from 5-Mile. She has been there in that same house for 50+ years. To me Spokane never changes or if it does it is so slowly you hardly notice the difference. :P
Have FUN packing and sorting and down-sizing! There is always several pluses to making a move...and getting rid of things is one of them.
God Bless and Enjoy those Grandkids!!!
Hugs and Smiles,
Peggy
Farmgirl #1326
Dec 2011-Farmgirl of the Month
http://ladyinredsite.blogspot.com
Love The People God gave you...
Because He will need them back one day!
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texdane
Farmgirl Legend Chapter Leader Chapter Guru
4658 Posts
Nicole
Sandy Hook
CT
USA
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17025 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17025 Posts |
Posted - Aug 11 2017 : 2:20:39 PM
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Peggy...funny you should mention 5-Mile... I looked at a newer construction home up there.....
as for vancouver.... i have a friend who moved over there and loves it.
not to mention just a hop-skip-jump from portlandia!!! Lol!
>^..^<
Happiness is being a katmom and Glamping Diva!
www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
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AnnieinIdaho
True Blue Farmgirl
437 Posts
Annie
ID
USA
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Posted - Aug 14 2017 : 4:21:16 PM
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Yeah, so glad you are coming back this way. Do not buy in Airway Heights. Look up the terrible toxic chemical water problems from the military base on the internet. It permeated the water table. They are still months later delivering bottled water to those homes and business and many restaurants had to close because it is ill advised to even wash dishes or shower with the contaminated water and wells. Those home values have plummeted. It is a nightmare! Take care now, and remember just ten minutes past Liberty Lakes is Idaho, way less expensive to live and wonderful smaller acreage is still available. We have so many folks from Spokane drive over the border to shop for groceries because taxes are a lot less. Glad you are taking your time to make your decision. Best to you and the family! Annie
"The turnings of life seldom show a sign-post; or rather, though the sign is always there, it is usually placed some distance back, like the notices that give warning of a bad hill or a level railway-crossing." Edith Wharton, 1913 from 'The Custom of the Country'. |
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17025 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17025 Posts |
Posted - Aug 14 2017 : 7:19:20 PM
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Annie,,, I had heard about the water issue in Airway Heights...
I use to live out on the west plains near Medical Lake,,, in fact a decade before we bought our house it was with in the Medical Lake boundries,,, but the boundries got pushed back to accommodate the new road that was being put in buy the county.... anyhow... we are open to several areas... and tho hubby is wanting to move into town... I am not quit on board with that... it's going to have to be a fabulous house to get me back into town.. The reason we want to stay over on the west plains is to be closer to our daughter and grandkiddos.
I do frequent Post Falls and Rathdrum for my junktiquing outings... heeheehee....
>^..^<
Happiness is being a katmom and Glamping Diva!
www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17025 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17025 Posts |
Posted - Aug 14 2017 : 7:29:05 PM
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ummm,,, and then there is the issue of corks.... lots of corks...
I had been collecting and friends had been giving to me...
I have 2 one gallon bags and 1 two gallon bag of corks.. Oh MY!!!
so my delemma,,, I had planned on using them for crafting,,, but is it worth toting all the way back to Spokane???
I know,,, I will have a glass of wine and think about it! lolol!
>^..^<
Happiness is being a katmom and Glamping Diva!
www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
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