Eeks! Absent from Blogland again. Good ol' Debra, instead, has been flaking off and well, drum roll........... she's been buying a farmhouse!

Yes, Tom and I have decided to 'go for it.' 

To seek to buy the farmhouse I told you about, and the owners have accepted our offer. I don't know if it's kosher to say for how much, but since it's my blog I'll tell you-- the settled price is $84,500. For a house, a barn, fruit trees, a garden and 3.8 beautiful country acres. What a blessing from God to find this--and that's why I'm sharing it with you.

We contacted our real estate agent, Cher, who sold our last house for us. It would be impossible for there to be a more reliable, trustworthy agent on Earth. (I mentioned similar words to her while Tom and I signed piles of papers and by the emotion in her voice, I saw she felt blessed. I love touching people with sincere words.) 

Our offer is contingent upon the results of the inspection so we won't know for absolute certain about all this for ten days, or so. But everything looks and feels, well, amazing.

In fact, within my head, I'm already living inside that farmhouse. I've painted every wall soft Easter shades of blue or green and nearly all the furniture and knick-knacks are variances of white. I take my walks outside and see countryside, not suburbs.
(Insert Twilight Zone music here.)

Anyway, so now you know what I've been up to. That, and making all sorts of lists with Tom about stuff we'll need to buy or do before this next winter--rather complicated, it appears, to live a simple country life! And I remind him (the family worry-wart) that if this truly is God's idea, then He will work out all the myriad details. All that remains is for us to cooperate with Him each slow step--and not to run ahead in impatience or cower in corners of worry.

And may I remember that in the days ahead, as well.




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