Baymule’s Journal

[Finnie]

How exciting! I can’t believe you found a dream property so fast!

And yes, it’s great that your boxes are still not unpacked.

 

[Mini Horses]

Relative to your family, old and current living situations -- how is this property situated for drive time and shopping for you? I'm sure pretty good but, sometimes we compromise. . At least with THIS move, the house is ready for you to unpack and settle. Plus no rush to empty your current temporary in days, etc. Your DS has a place newly worked up for rental. Works for all that stuff. . A barn can happen in reasonable time and hoop huts will work until!! It's an undertaking but, you can do it.

 

[Ridgetop]

Absolutely! House looks great. Floors are really pretty. I like the island in the kitchen. And love the fact that there is an additional half bath for guests. Enough room for a guest room for your girls and eventual office. You can store a lot of those boxes in there for the time being as you unpack. Love the fact that your freezers will all fit in the new service porch/laundry room. If it is attached to the house, it will double as a mud room too. Next time you get out there, send more pix of the patio. Can you see the pond from the patio?

Wonderful that you don't have to do anything to the house except paint and move in. So much easier to just have to work on fencing outside. Since it is fairly close to Groveton you can get a lot done before moving in. Also close enough that you can live with the sheep and dogs at Layne's place while you do the fencing and painting.

 

[Baymule]

Drive time to my sister’s is 1 1/2 hours, to daughter’s is 5 hours. Shopping will be in Lufkin 25 miles away.

Utility room is attached and I want to put a bench to sit on to take off shoes or boots. Parking is in the back, go in back door through utility room.

I went to Pinecrest in Lufkin today. That’s where I’ll go after knee surgery. They will even send the van to Tyler to pick me up from the hospital upon my release. That place is its own little town for seniors. There are small houses with a garage, apartments, assisted living, full scale nursing home and memory care. There is even a small (room size) grocery store in the building. There is 209 residents at the moment. There is a concrete walking trail outside, maybe that’s where the wheelchair races are held. I can get several hours of therapy daily and can go back for outpatient therapy. It’s a real nice place.

I’m sure I’ll get EXTREMELY BORED. I’ll be climbing the walls, ready to get out of there. Hahaha. There are no SHEEP or DOGS. No coyotes, no garden, and no fence to build. It’s a nice place if one is an old person— which I’m not and not planning to be. I’m not going to get old until I die, then it’ll be too darn late to worry about it. No horses either, not even a chicken. There is a small dog that wanders around and residents can have their dogs. I don’t know about cats and I’m sure my Anatolians would not be welcomed. Sheba and Sentry would be as out of place as I’ll be. But I need the therapy so I can get back into my life and home to my new FARM!

 

[Alaskan]

Great update!

 

[Ridgetop]

No sheep and no dogs means you can concentrate on your rehab. Take lots of books! How is the signal for your computer?

 

[Mini Horses]

Location sounds like it's good for your needs. Apparently close to your current temp to have a lower stress move! Now to look at and review those new neighbors. Hope they can be as receptive and friendly as your others..

You might consider taking the tractor to mow the current fenceline to make it easier to use and/or fix, reinforce, review that important asset. It will allow the animals to more easily know the boundaries, too. Sheep will be soooo interested in grass!! . It's all quite exciting. Mow around the ponds, too.

This is gonna be a long, long month!!!

 

[Baymule]

It has cattle on it now, grass is quite short.
I’ll just use phone for internet while at rehab.

 

[Ridgetop]

Exciting - want more pix - lots of pix!

 

[Alaskan]

The new ranch sounds and looks like a dream!!

I am super happy for you!