Moving to the country...gonna eat a lot of peaches

Okay, so it is offical...we live in the country!! I never really thought that would happen...me (city girl) move to the country. But, I LOVE IT!! In my last post I told you how sad it was to leave the Toplea house. But, what I didn't tell you that everything happen so fast and we happen to find a house in the HUGE neighborhood called Sendera Ranch that is across the street from our land! So, it worked out great! The only problem that we ran into was that the house is 300 square foot smaller than the Toplea house. We really didn't think it would be that big of a problem until we moved in and realized that 300 square feet is ALOT when you don't have it. So, needless to say...our garage is full of boxes that we are keeping packed until the final move and the house is a bit cramped and cluttered. So, if you happen to come visit us in the country...you will have to overlook our clutter...after all I keep reminding myself "short term sacrafice for long term blessings!"

Well, I decided to include some pictures of our new house...I will name it Roping Reins! It is brand new and situated at the back of one part of the neighborhood. It is actually really nice because it is really quite and we have some really nice neighbors.

There are a few interesting things that are here...first of all looking out the front window of the house (which I do often because my office is in that room) you see what looks to be a dead end of the street. One day Kevin and I were getting the mail and one of neighbors were outside with their daughter...she said "did you see the cows?" We looked across and there they were...right at the end of the street...so that is when we decided we in fact lived in the country! I will have to try and get a picture the next time because they haven't come to visit since then...


Another interesting thing is there is an oil or gas riggy thingy off to the north of our house. But, because there are no houses between us, we can see it in our back yard. During the day there is nothing special about it, but at night time it lights up like a big space shuttle is about to launch...so, I named it USS HASLET. The great thing about it is that you can see it all the way from highway 287...so I always think...there is USS HASLET...we are almost home!! It is quite a site...I will have to try and get a night shot of it!! Pretty sad...but, it is something that is exciting out here! or...i am just easily amused!
Well, that is about it for the new house so far...other than on the road that we have to take there is a ZEBRA...yes...a ZEBRA. My friend Chantelle told me that she saw it one day on her way to come to work and i thought she was crazy...but sure enough the next time I drove on that rode I saw him!

Well, I am glad to share a little more about our new home! Many have asked when we are starting to build our house and the answer is not yet...I will keep you posted though...think of the fun we will have waiting for the new house to be built! Best wishes from Roping Reins!

Goodbye Toplea!

It is true...good ole Toplea is no longer ours! After a few months of trying to sell our house we finally closed on it and moved everything out. I have to say that eventhough I know that this is the next step towards getting closer to our dream of building our own house, it was a bit sad for me. Toplea had so many memories...fun times with roomates, many parties with friends and family and most of all the entire relationship from friends to marriage with Kevin!! Oh well, I hope that it will bring as many great memories to the new owners as it has to us! So long Toplea!