The New House in the Country

This morning, we had our home inspection on the new house in the country that we’re buying. All went well.

We’re very excited about the new house.  We’ve been longing to get out into the country, and can hardly wait to close.  Our closing date is set for August 10.  This actually presents a bit of a conundrum for us, that we’re still trying to work out.  See, we’re scheduled to be out of our apartment by noon on July 31st.  That means for 10 days, we’re homeless.

Now, we’re hoping that something will happen that will allow us to close sooner, but at the same time, New York is one of the slowest closing states there is on home purchases.  So we’ll see.

At any rate, we were on the property this morning and used the time to take a bunch more photos of it for our friends and family to see.  We’ve just uploaded them to our flickr account.  So for those who’ve been wanting to snoop… uh, see what the new place looks like, here you go.

We just have to find a way to make it through the next 24 days without going nuts.  We’re so eager to get out there.  This morning, when we pulled in for the home inspection (at 8:30am), we turned off the engine and just sat, listening to the silence and the birds.  So much better than the sounds of the city.

We’re also eager to get moved in so that we can start hosting our friends more, including those of you who need to make a trip in from out-of-state. It seems each of us in the family has our own reasons for eagerly wanting to be on the new property.

Wil wants us to have baby ducklings.  McKinley wants us to have a “snow dog” (i.e., the big dog we’ve been talking about getting eventually – a Komondor or a Great Pyrenees). Melodia wants a schoolroom and a place to entertain the guests (the courtyard we’ve started calling, the “grotto”).  And I want the ability to have our animals (the Peacocks are on order) and to start working on the pond (building structure, improving sustainability, and stocking it).  Izzabelle?  Yeah, your guess is as good as mine.  She’s most likely juslt eager to explore a new place.

At any rate, it’s hard to be patient when one’s excited.  And so, we excitedly wait – trying to still enjoy each day without too much longing for tomorrow… otherwise, we’re missing life. Longing for tomorrow can be just as troublesome as worrying about tomorrow.

In both cases, we can miss the hear and now, the wonder of each day, and taking each moment as it comes.

We’ll have a new address soon (moving from West Seneca, NY to Sheldon, NY); if you need it, just send us a message using the contact form on the right.