It's Hard To Change Your Home

It has been a rough couple of weeks. My wife had told me she contacted a realtor and set up a time to go look at this house that was across the street from one of the big lakes in our area. I figured I would entertain the idea and go along with it. I didn't really think that it was going to get this whole thing set in motion and I am not sure I was ready for it all.

Christmas hadn't even hit yet so I wasn't really thinking about selling our house and trying to buy a new house, jeez, I still had gifts to buy for the family. But I figured what the hell, at least we can start getting and idea of what we want and dont want so when spring comes it will be much easier to find a house thats just right for us. We went to look at the lake house, it was pretty nice but they wanted a bit too much money for it in our opinion. So we went home and didn't really discuss that house again. Before I know it my wife has another walkthrough scheduled to go see another house. Im like "Woah girl, pump the breaks." And she goes on about how we are just looking to see whats out there and get a feel for what an acre of land feels like and what not. So at this point I think that I am not really doing much other than browsing. Which was fine with me. I don't know when the hell it happened but somewhere in there my wife just started getting into full on house hunting mode and before I know it we are flirting with the idea of putting our house on the market at what we thought was a high price. We weren't really thinking that our house would sell, but 6 days after being on the market we got a full priced offer. This is a great problem to have, but uh-oh.

To The Dark, Dank Underground

So now here I am and I have no place to live because my house sold before I could even find another home. We are having a bit of trouble finding the home we want because we are trying to move outside of the city limits where its more farms, forests, and fields. I want to have space to grow as many vegetables as possible for my family and if the township allows it I would also like to have chickens. The problem is that we are not the only ones with this idea. So when houses come for sale outside the city but still relatively close (20 mins drive) they sell really fast. And since they are desirable, there isn't much that comes up with a low budget. At this point we have actually tried to buy 3 different homes, but we have been outbid/rejected on all of them. I have faith we will find something, but for the time being we will go to my parents basement.... ooh yay.

Good Problem To Have - Things Will Be Better

Although it all happened so fast, we wanted to get out of here before spring. We just hoped to have our own place to go to, not a family members house. We were quite unhappy here. We have an asshole neighbor that calls the cops for every little thing possible. I seriously had a cop come to my house once to write a ticket because my family member parked more than 6 inches away from the curb. Yup, a $20 ticket for parking too far from the curb. He also had the city come and measure my lawn and walk around my house because he complained about my wild flower patch. Hes a crazy old grump and gets in everyone's business. Also last year my neighbors door got kicked in for child pornography. Yeah, thats pretty unsettling when you have a daughter growing up. And although hes in prison now, his family is still here. There has been brawling in the streets in the last few months involving pepper spray, brass knuckles, and teenagers knocking out old men. Need I say more? I am sick of the city, and I want the hell out of here.

It's an emotional week for me. Although I don't like my neighborhood, or the amount of rooms my current home has, or the yard size, this has been my home and I have had many important things happen in this home. I asked my wife to marry me here... in that closet right over there... :') My daughter helped me surprise her. We won't ever be able to visit this spot again. So many memories here with my family. It will be hard to walk away. A bittersweet day it will be! In the end, I know I am moving to try to make things better for my family, I just hope to the lord that I find a place that has somewhat decent internet out there! I need more space so we can work on a more self sustaining, organic lifestyle. I see it, I want it, and I will get there.

Thank you for reading! Have a wonderful day, I am going to pack!