{"id":3332,"date":"2013-05-14T21:16:11","date_gmt":"2013-05-14T21:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/homesteademporium.wordpress.com\/?p=3332"},"modified":"2013-05-14T21:16:11","modified_gmt":"2013-05-14T21:16:11","slug":"i-can-finally-let-go-of-a-dream-happily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homesteademporium.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/14\/i-can-finally-let-go-of-a-dream-happily\/","title":{"rendered":"I can finally let go of a dream, happily!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our previous home, the one we just moved out of, was the
\nhome I had fallen in love with so long ago, the home I wanted to
\nmove into since my husband first moved to the prairies of
\nSaskatchewan, the home I had asked him to go take a look at, to see
\nif it was possibly THE home for us, the BIG
\nBEAUTIFUL<\/strong><\/em> home
\nthat was so fabulous on the realtors listing was my
\nDREAM<\/strong> home. \"\"<\/a> The size of the house was
\nfantastic<\/em><\/strong>, plus
\nthere was a two car garage and 87<\/strong>
\nacres. I felt it was a piece of heaven on the prairies! When we
\nfirst moved in, I shared about my love of the great big beautiful
\nhome: http:\/\/homesteademporium.wordpress.com\/2012\/10\/18\/the-long-way-home-continues\/<\/a>
\nBut… as our Long Way Home seems to have proven over and over
\nagain this past year… It just was not meant to be. Here we are,
\nafter our third move in one year. When we were first given our
\nnotice to move out, I
\ngrieved<\/strong><\/em>. Really,
\nI did. I loved<\/strong><\/em>
\nthat home. What’s not to love? The kitchen was amazing. \"DSC_8539\"<\/a> The great big tub with the
\ngreat big crack that my hubby fixed, was my favorite place in the
\nworld whenever I was stressed. I could never understand how the
\nprevious person’s who lived there all left the tub cracked, and
\nunusable, when they could have enjoyed it all that time as much as
\nI did! \"DSC_8532\"<\/a> Don’t get me wrong, the
\nhomestead we are in now has a LOT that I’ve enjoyed from the start,
\nthe big barn, and the beauty of the mature yard site. As Shaylah
\nsaid the other day, it offers the best of all we loved about our BC
\nhobby farm, trees and trees galore of ALL sorts! Nature at it’s
\nfinest! This, I love about our homestead. There’s also a HUGE
\ngarden, and lots of fruit trees. I love all this about our new
\nhomestead too! \"20130429-100641.jpg\"<\/a> However, there were things
\nI didn’t like so much. It’s much less land, just under 18 acres.
\nThe home is much smaller then the home I had fallen in love with,
\nbut in all fairness, it is still 2400 square feet, so it’s not
\nsmall by any means. \"20130429-101527.jpg\"<\/a> The house…it’s well
\nused, a typical prairie farm home that’s in need of a good amount
\nof love. The kitchen is the exact same kitchen from when the home
\nwas built many years ago. The bedrooms are small, our bedroom
\nfurniture won’t fit and even with half of our bedroom suite out of
\nthe room, my husband and I are still hitting our knees on the
\nremaining furniture, just the bed and the dresser, every day. My
\nsewing room is unfinished and certainly not ‘refined’. I’m trying
\nmy best to pretty it up, and I’m actually getting there. It’s
\ndifficult with a rather small,
\nno<\/strong><\/em>, a
\nnon-existent<\/strong><\/em>
\ndecorating budget, but I do have lots of fabric at my disposal,
\nand, I am creative. I have full confidence that I’ll do more then
\nmake it work, I’ll make it beautiful. However, the house does have
\nit’s positives too. The fact that I even have a sewing room is
\nhuge. Many women don’t have sewing rooms. I know that I am blessed
\nand I do appreciate that. The floors in the house have all been
\nupdated and are good, even if not what I would personally choose.
\nAlthough there’s wood paneling everywhere downstairs in the
\nbasement, the upstairs walls have all been freshly painted in
\nneutral colors and I have
\nNO<\/strong><\/em> desire, after
\nTHREE moves in one year, to even
\nTOUCH<\/strong><\/em> a can of
\npaint, so that’s a BIG plus. And I know that just as we’ve done
\nbefore, Graydon and I will turn this well ‘used’ home into a
\nwonderful retreat one day. We know how, and we’ve done it well, we
\ncan do it again! \"20130502-233925.jpg\"<\/a> I really do love the barn,
\nthe huge shop and quonset on the property are awesome for my hubby
\nand son, my soon to be humongous garden is like none I’ve had or
\neven dreamed of, and the every loving fact that we are
\nFINALLY<\/strong><\/em> home to
\nstay… this week I learned a
\nREALLY<\/strong><\/em> big lesson
\nabout watching out for what you want in life because sometimes
\nyou’ll regret it! This past week, we had insult added to injury. To
\nadd to the difficult task of paying for TWO homes, half way across
\nthe country from one another, and all the bills that go along with
\nTWO homes, and our main income barely covers the two mortgages
\nalone. Then there’s the extra’s in life like FOOD for seven, often
\neight people (our pre-adoptive son spends several weeks
\nat a time with us, we don’t hold fund raisers, or ask for aid for
\nthis adoption)<\/em>, gas to get to work, incidentals that pop
\nup etc.. To add to all that, this week we received our final bills
\nfor the BIG BEAUTIFUL home I loved so much. The electricity bill,
\nand the gas bill. Whoa
\nNelly!<\/strong><\/em> On top of our monthly payments for
\nelectricity and gas that we’ve been paying all along, we were hit
\nwith just shy of TWO thousand dollars for electricity, PLUS just
\nover ONE thousand dollars for gas!! In just EIGHT months of living
\nthere! It seems the monthly payments were ‘guesstimated’ much too
\nlow, and believe me, they were already high! I assure you, we are
\nNOT frivolous people! We’ve lived in many a home before, and never
\nhad these kinds of costs!! It’s sheer craziness! I told my husband,
\nthat<\/strong> extra cost may just be worth the
\nknowledge that I will NEVER<\/strong>,
\nEVER<\/strong> <\/em>regret not
\nbeing able to stay in that BIG BEAUTIFUL ‘dream’ home! I am SO
\nhappy to have had to give
\nup<\/strong><\/em> my dream home now. I’ve learned my
\nlesson, and learned it well! BIG dreams come at a cost, one I’m not
\nquite willing to pay the rest of my life! I
\nreally just wish that lesson hadn’t come at such a ‘literal’ high
\ncost!<\/strong><\/em> And now it’s time to get back to
\nsewing! I tell myself in times like this, to the tune of Dory’s
\nsong in Finding Nemo, “just keep sewing, just keep sewing…” and I
\nthank God, over and over again, that I LOVE what I do! So remember,
\nwhen you shop at Homestead Emporium, YOU are making our ultimate
\nfamily dream a reality. YOU have helped, and continue to help, our
\nfamily live on this wonderful new homestead of ours. My
\nNEW<\/strong><\/em> dream home.
\nThe one YOU and good friends, have helped us to attain! The dream
\nhome that won’t cost us an arm and a leg for the rest of our lives!
\nYou help us get by
\nevery.single.day!<\/strong><\/em>
\nYOU even help with our adoption! Even if you can never adopt a
\nfoster child yourself, you have the knowledge that you helped
\nanother family who could! For that, as I’ve said before, and I’ll
\nsay it again, we are
\nvery<\/strong><\/em> thankful!
\nWe’re staying positive. We’ve gotten this far! The house in BC WILL
\nsell! It WILL<\/em>
\nhappen.<\/strong> And then we’ll be truly living the ultimate
\ndream!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So remember, when you shop at Homestead Emporium, YOU are
\nmaking our ultimate family dream a reality. YOU have helped, and
\ncontinue to help, our family live on this wonderful homestead of
\nours. My NEW dream home. The dream home that won’t cost me an arm
\nand a leg for the rest of my life! You help us get by every day,
\nYOU even help with our adoption! For that, as I’ve said before, and
\nI’ll say it again, we are very thankful!<\/p>\n

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