Today's the day!!!

I find myself overwhelmed to tears today. It's moving day. I don't think there are words to describe my happiness ... really. We have been blessed by an "angel" ... he knows who he is. Because of him we have a wood stove, a water heater, a water tank & a generator.

My husband has a lot of the furniture moved out already. The whole move will be over by tomorrow, I'm sure. Then we'll come in & clean. It's happening. YAY!!!

A Whole New World

We got the keys to our cabin ... to our new life ... and to a whole new world. These keys do more than just unlock the front door. They give us freedom. Freedom from debt ... freedom from slum ... err landlords ... freedom from city drama ... ahhh the country life!

You want to have a look inside? We'll take you for a quick walk through while we're waiting for the guys to jack the cabin up & level it. It won't take long.

First we have to unlock the door (that was just hung). It's a bit sticky, but I'd imagine once it's level that will work itself out. 

The view from the front door. You are looking at the future living room, kitchen and part of the upstairs (ok, it will be a ladder and not stairs) storage/office. At the very back we will have a bedroom and bathroom. 

This side door will open up to the addition once it's built. The addition will house other bedrooms, a second bathroom and 2 extra lofts. 

From inside the cabin ... you are looking at the other angle of the kitchen. The corner may be used to house part of our water barrels. Our counter top will go over those & we will hand pump water to the kitchen sink. (Off course these are all still just thoughts ... things may change LOL)

Looking toward the front door from the back of the house. You see part of the kitchen, living room and the entry. The loft you see is actually someone's bedroom. My husband was yelling to the delivery guy that the door was sticking & needed a good amount of force to open it. The cabin was jacked up in a few different areas, testing to see which location would fix the problem. Eventually it was resolved. 

While we were on the property, we met one of our neighbors. He was an odd fella ... small & a bit jumpy. He didn't stay around too long but long enough for me to get a picture of him. Can you see him?

 

Will he make it?

Oh well ... this week has been interesting, challenging, stressful, fun and ... blessed!!! We have friends who will be homesteading with us on our property. Their cabin shell was delivered a couple days ago. The delivery guy tried coming up our front driveway ... no matter what he did, it wouldn't work. He was ready to give up. We asked him to try the back, private road (that we own) but he argued and stated he'd seen our road and couldn't make it. We had him go for a walk down the back road to see. My husband & friend went with him ... and after much consideration, he decided he could make it. So ... he drove up to a neighbors place & instead of backing up right after he entered their driveway, he drove all the way up on to their property. He came flying down their driveway back to the main road & took out a tree branch of theirs ... (totally unnecessary since he didn't have to go that far in to be able to turn his rig around). In doing this, he tore the shingles & trim up on the roof ... both sides. Once he drove up our back road, he almost made it the whole way. He got stuck between a stump and 2 trees. One of the trees bent (with the help of human hands) in order to save the siding on the cabin. We needed a chainsaw ... thank God for neighbors!!! The delivery guy decided to cut the trees down himself. By the grace of God my husband was able to redirect the falling tree ... because it was going to fall right back on to the delivery guy. It fell right next to his truck ... with a few branches going in to the cab. The tree that got stuck under the truck & cabin was easier to remove. The cabin was dropped in it's new location (I say new because it had to change as of that day, due to the driver having to come up the back road & us needing access right through where he was originally going to drop it).

Now .... want to know how things went when he brought our cabin? Well ... due to the same guy being in a hurry, he tore the trim off the back of the cabin. He cut a turn to close & jammed the back end in to a stump ... the same stump he cleared a couple days earlier. We also have some gouges in the porch wood. Other than that, all is well LOL Watching it all happen is bizarre & stressful but we had fun waiting for the cabin to arrive.

We plan, God laughs!

We are needing to go clear the land. Not all of it ... just the area the cabin will be set on. There are some weeds and maybe even a tree stump or three to be ground down. It's been raining for the past few days so we've not been able to do anything. Today is beautiful ... the perfect day to clear the land ... right?! Nope. There is work being done on the main road to the cabin & traffic is blocked ... yes completely blocked from 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. everyday until Friday. Great ... NOT! I guess it's a good thing our cabin shell won't be delivered until next week.
We took some friends to the land over the weekend ... so we could show them how to get there as well as how kool the acreage is. We got to the far edge of the land and it started pouring rain. Yes, it was a minor sprinkle before we left. Then it stopped. Then it poured buckets down!
There's a few things we have to do yet ,,, but it's coming along! Our rental house is all packed & things are ready to go in to storage. We're putting everything in besides dishes, pots, pans, clothing & school books ...ok, we're keeping tools with us too.
I'll post our list of "To-Do's" tomorrow ... see you then :)