A New Home!

Grandson Ben was helping me move statuary out of the woods, when the call came in from Emily - our offer on a house in Glenwood was accepted!  In just over six-weeks - we've sold our Homestead & purchased our first home in Iowa!  It took a lot of searching on Zillow & several phone calls to different realtors.  We feel lucky to have found Emily - at Jim Hughes Realty.  Ready, willing & able to help us - she offered to take video of both the inside & out- so we could get a good idea of what we're purchasing long-distance.

We've been so used to total privacy, living in town will be a real change for us.  To find a place with a private back yard, yet within walking distance of town was a real bonus.  Housing is at somewhat of a premium - with Glenwood's close proximity to Omaha.  We're happy to have found a newer manufactured, with a lot of square footage, new roof & block foundation.  The property is the best part - large - private & adjacent to a creek.

We'll be boarding Farah for the first time.   Even though she adjusted well to being an only horse, I think it will be good for her to be on a private farm.  It's just a few miles from us & she'll have other horses to socialize with.  Our yard is big enough - she'll be able to come visit & help with mowing :-)

Now, we're busy making plans for the road-trip.  Butch & our son-in-law David will drive the U-Haul out a couple weeks in advance & put our things in storage.  The two of them will fly home.  Once we're closed on both the Homestead & our Home Place - by mid-October we'll be on the road!  The truck with camper & Bronco pulling the horse trailer with Farah!  Exciting times!

The Homestead - Under Contract!

We're under contract!  No dust gathering under our feet, since the buyers want to close in about six-weeks!  The market has been booming & we've seen more than one period of bust.  We didn't want to have to wait it out - if the market started to slip again.

June 2008

 Readers of my Homestead blog often thought we lived in a tiny house - when seeing photos of the Garden Cottage :-)  We always had to laugh.  So many memories, so many years, such a great lifestyle we've enjoyed here! 

7-6-2016 A view to remember~

Our search for an Iowa home is now a priority!  Along with the work of sorting, purging, packing & getting ready for a cross-country move.  So much to do - in so little time...  Excitement building for the journey east!  Maybe I'll even get to see Lightening Bugs again!  When I was little, they used to entertain us while we waited for the Fourth-of-July fireworks!