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Lisbet
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Posted: Oct 18 2006 at 10:11am \| IP Logged

WOOOOHOOOO!!! So happy for your family Erin! (...and a tad green!

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Posted: Oct 18 2006 at 10:41am \| IP Logged

Congrats, Erin! That is so wonderful!!!!

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Posted: Oct 18 2006 at 3:03pm \| IP Logged

Great news Erin. 140 acres sounds wonderful - my kids would think they were in paradise! Think of all that nature study in your own back yard!

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Posted: Oct 23 2006 at 2:13am \| IP Logged

JennGM wrote:

You are questioning bookcases? Just remember, they can fit in Mommy and Daddy's room, too. I'd just squeeze them in anywhere you can!

Jenn
I would if I could but our room is so small the baby will have to fit in the bay window, I don;t even think I can fit bedside tables next to our bed. I thought as it came to a choice between baby and bookcases, well the baby would have to come first.

On an update note, we are now not too certain that it will happen as property values have fallen so has the value of our house. The bank valuer was here today so if he doesn't see it as high enough then we won't have enough in the house as equity. I feel a sense of peace though. What will be will be. I'll just see it as a sign and if we can;t well that door is finally closed and we can settle down and enjoy what we have here. There are other ways we could do it but they are difficult and would involve not building for five years. I couldn't do that, the price would be too high. I can handle 12 months in a small house but that is it.

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Posted: Nov 28 2006 at 1:07pm \| IP Logged

We're looking forward to moving, too. We have six children, and have a family business in addition to homeschooling. We live in a wee little cape cod style house on a little over an acre and I admit to being just about demented with it much of the time. We have been looking and looking for a farm over the past couple of years. What was "perfect" when we started is no longer perfect - families change so much with births, and home-leaving, changing ages and needs.

We found a beautiful 40 acre farm that we like very, very much. It is not ideal - though it's darned close. The kitchen is poorly planned and the land isn't laid out ideally. However, there is a large barn and... a SCHOOLROOM! So there are always tradeoffs.

Things are made easier by the fact that my husband works from home. Commute time is no longer a consideration. We've had to be creative about how we approach the use of the farm, but that turned out to be more fun than painful...

Right now we manage by policing the house for clutter - a task that takes WAY too much of our time. We muddle through with very little personal space and try not to step on each others' toes literally and figuratively. Unfortunately, preventing World War III is also a time and labor intensive task. It's working for now, but I also feel the need for a swift change...

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