June 2010 - Turning Points
We have always wanted land to raise animals and food and room to run or ride. We looked at our mortgage and realized we loved our little Pine Valley house, but it was not where we wanted to be in thirty years when it was finally paid off. If we were going to be able to live in the country and have the house of our dreams, we would have to do something drastic. Our little family was still young enough, that if we moved now, it wouldn't over-traumatize anyone (anymore than living with our family anyways!).
We tossed around ideas for months and Thomas said, "Why don't we get a camper? We can live in it for a while, then when we can afford land we can move the camper there while we build our dream house." I looked at him a little cross-eyed and told him I would think about it. You know me, I don't just jump into things that affect the rest of my life without a little thought at least! Such as moving across country to a strange city to live with people I hadn't known in 12 years.
We put our house on the market, knowing it was a bad time, but a great location, praying for a buyer. We cleaned and prayed, cleaned and prayed, then prayed some more. Knowing that if we could sell our house, we could afford a camper, pay off some small remaining bills and start saving right away for our dream property.
We got nothin'. So we prayed some more, cleaned some more and dreamed while we crunched more numbers.
