Thank-you. I appreciate the warm welcome. (proof I was right about this thread :) Yes, after 35 years “up North”, we’re heading for the family farm in my beloved hills and the kind of “community” described in the “Alabama” song, “Down Home”. :)
“Several are looking for places and others are able to hunker in place.”
Good luck to those looking and congratulations to those that are already there. :)<<<
Welcome to the thread, it is good to find new folks reading it.
Do join in, as you will have much to share with us, during this move and getting set up.
Good luck and do be happy.
“Do join in, as you will have much to share with us, during this move and getting set up.”
Thanks again for the warm welcome. :) We’re heading down for an “overnighter” this weekend. We’ve got a lot of things going for us that many don’t/won’t have. Most importantly, a place to stay while we’re setting up the homestead and equally, a good relationship with our new neighbors. :)
Today’s chore is “phone shopping” for 3-5 Norway spruce trees to plant as a “screen” near the one and only house that would have a “view” to ours. They won’t affect the neighbors “view” of the valley, just cut the direct “sight line” straight toward where we plan to build. :) From experience, we know that Norway spruces grow quickly, so we’ll space them far enough apart so that we won’t have to do any “thinning” in the future.:)
Like most folks, while we knew this change had to happen “some day”, we didn’t get serious about truly thinking about and implementing it until this last year. Thanks to a “merger” complete with “new management”, my husband has gone from truly loving his job, to truly despising it, in about 6 months. As it finally began to sink in that it’s only a matter of time before he’ll be “let go”, he started wrapping his mind around the inevitability of having to move and start over. I suspect this is/will be the biggest hurdle for many people.
We’ve also had the “luxury” of having time to think about and discuss what we want to do and make a logical (to us :) plan of actions to take to achieve our goals. Being “realistic” though, we actually have two plans. The first, which we’re implementing now, and an “emergency” 48 hr. “bug out” plan in case my husband’s job is suddenly “teminated” or things on a national scale “head South”. ;)
“Good luck and do be happy.”
Thanks and I am “happy” every time we cross the state line. Having to come back has always been the hard part. ;) I’ll try to stay in touch as the process proceeds, but will be “off-line” for some time when we make the final move. :)
Again, thanks for the warm welcome. I’m catching up on reading this thread and have a long, long way to go, but I’ve already found some things that I’ve wanted to know. :)