We've almost made it

Arise and shine for your light has come and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you...

Howdy from Glory Farm.  We're here amidst the boxes and bags, dust and boards.  Doesn't look too glorious yet, but we've got plans.

We still have about four pick up loads to get over here.  Then we can start getting serious about this place.  "For I know the plans I have for you..."  I'm sure glad He knows them, cuz we're still not sure.  There's so much to do.  Everything needs a good cleaning and repair.  Gardens, barns, house, yard.  So much garbage to haul.  Here's a picture of the front of the house before we started gutting the inside and throwing all of the wallboard and bricks out the upstairs window.

 

And here's the barn:

 

So good night for now.  God bless-

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A Day at the farm

The children are all in bed and my dh is "on the road again".  We've been going out to our new house almost everyday.  The cupboards are painted,  some sheetrock is up, the kids are working hard at fixing up their new rooms.  Dd2 is having a great time demolishing walls, cupboards, etc.  She's a natural. Sanding the hardwood floors is harder than I though it would be.  I still think it will be worth it in the end.  Time goes so fast out at the new farm.  Six hours seems like two.  We never get as much done each time as I thought we would. 

As we were finishing up tonight, stacking fenceposts behind the barn, God put a double rainbow in our back field.  It was brilliant and beautiful. 

We only have a week left to be out of our old house.  We were hoping to have the livingroom remodeled by then, but I don't think it'll happen.  Seems like I still have so much to move.  How did we aquire so much?  Major rummage sale time.

I best be off to bed.  It's getting late.

God bless...

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Blessed

Have I mentioned a time or two about the abundance of work to do at our new house?  Did you hear me complain?  I sanded floors for two days and still they need more.  They're not quite smooth.  My dh has been wiring and putting up sheetrock.  I've painted a few more cupboards and stripped most of the wallpaper off of the kitchen walls.  I'm always finding more things that need fixing.  My husband wants to put a new roof on.  Cut the old one off and raise the walls on the second floor so that we have more room.  Then put a new roof on.  We'll have a completely new house by the time we're done.

I haven't been able to do much about simplifying lately.  No makiing soap or bread or shampoo or sewing or working much with the animals.  But I know it's only for a season as we make it a habit now to stop and get fast food because I'm not home enough to cook.  I haven't been able to finish a day's worth of dishes for three days now.  (I guess I could be doing that instead of blogging.)

This is going to be our home, it's going to be great and I can't wait to post pictures to share.  We haven't lost our vision and the possibilities are endless.  God has blessed us again.

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Some Down Time

The house is so quiet.  Everyone is asleep and my DH is at work.  I've been reading blogs for about an hour now.  This is a rare treat. 

Things went well out at the new house today.  I got the rest of the old chimney down.  You should have seen us.  We were covered with soot from heat to foot.  I'm glad they have a pay at the pump option at the gas station.  They probably wouln't have let me in.

I finished cleaning the front porch.  The kids cleaned part of the basement and finished putting up the fence for the pasture.  I cleaned and painted one cupboard.  Then I put my new dishes in it.  Doesn't sound like much, but something about having dishes in the cupboards makes me feel like we're making progress.

Tomorrow we're staying here at the old house and cleaning a bit.  Ds has been feeling sick the last couple of days and he needs some rest.  Dd1 is going camping. 

Temps are supposed to be up in the 90s this week.  This will be our "scorcher".  Humidity at 157%.  Thankfully we haven't moved the air conditioner yet. 

I'd better get to sleep.  The screen is getting blurry.

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More ramblings

I don't know why I'm writing.  Nothing new seems to happen.  We load up the pick-up, drive 80 miles to the new house,  unload, clean, tear down, put up and then come home dead tired.  I woke up this morning with muscles hurting and I didn't do hardly anything strenuous yesterday.  The house is still a blessing, its' just so much work, some of the charm has worn off.

God still shows His grace and goodness in our lives.  How I take Him for granted.  Elmer (the wonder horse), we were told that he had an umbilical hernia.  That takes surgery to correct and without it he can't be ridden as more than a trail horse.  We prayed and God answered in a very big way.  The vet came out yesterday and gave him a clean bill of health.  NO hernia! 

Well, off to load the truck.

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Yikes!

I guess I won't be bloggin' much until we get all settled in.  I started painting, we got a new toilet yesterday!  Today, we pick up some sheetrock and start on the livingroom.  We have old hardwood floors throughout the house!  Here's a picture of what a mess I've made of the kitchen so far:

 

 

And here's what a mess my brother made in the livingroom.  Must run in the family.

 

Thanks for all of your comments.  This is a great place to blog.

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Blondie

They got back last night.  Kinda late.  My husband and dd2.  And....Miss Blondie.  She's a golden palomino and pretty laid back.  Not skittish.  I think she might work out.

We're heading out to the new house today, to celebrate Independence Day.  We'll clean and clean and paint and paint.  Should be a good day.

Hope your's is truly blessed. 

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A horse is a horse (of course)

About five months ago, my dd2 found a horse that she just fell in love with.  He was quite a ways from here and his name is Elmer.  We still have Elmer and he is the sweetest horse.  He gives kisses on request and, though he's only two, has been a quick learner.  Dd 2 has been riding on him a few times.  He's learning and is very gentle with her.  Well....can you ever have enough horses?  I think dd2 is a true horse trader.  We have three horses now and she just found another one that is "like my dream horse-just perfect."  My husband (whom I think is the perfect dad) left with dd2 early this morning to go and check out this perfect horse.  It's a palamino mare, located in South Dakota.  She's three years old and has been ridden a handful of times.  She's a beautiful golden color and about 14.3 hands.  I'll post a picture, if this sale goes through.  Dd2 emptied her bank account on this one.  She makes some pretty wise investments when it comes to horses.  I hope this is one of them.  By the way, if anyone is interested in a gelding paint who gives kisses on request.....

Update on the fox in the henhouse...Since we've been chaining up one of our dogs by the coop every evening, we haven't lost a chicken!  I forgot to last night, so I hope all is still well down there.

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Just the beginning...

Well, it's officially ours.  Our new house.  The sellers moved out on Saturday and we started cleaning and moving in yesterday.  Talk about work!  Not only does the whole house need to be remodeled, but I don't think it's been cleaned in quite some time.  We were blessed to get it for such a good price, so I guess things like this happen.  We pulled out the carpeting, Started tearing off wallpaper, bagging up dozens of bags of garbage.  The shop is full of garbage, the barn is full of manure.  The yard has lots of junk, especially in the parts that haven't been mowed.  My mom seemed to finally give up yesterday as she was helping.  I don't think she's too happy about our new place.  But I see possibilities.  We do have a variety of smells in the house that may take some time to remove.  Cat pee, cigarettes, and just a uck smell of ??? Dd2 says she won't sleep there.  Just get her a warm sleeping bag and she'll live outside. 

I keep forgetting my camera when we go out there.  I want to get some pictures up.  The gardens have been neglected for quite awhile, but it's fun to start pulling weeds and finding treasures in amongst them.  I found a lily, pink and yellow yarrow, mint, tiger lilies, horseradish, and that's only a small part of what's there.  There are also fruit trees in need of some major pruning.  I'll get to that this fall.  There is so much potential.  I'm very excited to see what we can do with the place-or what God can do with it.

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