I have a place to stay once I get back to New Hampshire!
It is a *camp* with no electricity or plumbing. No running water at all on the property, you carry water from a spring about 2 miles away, in fact.
The *camp* has been used as storage and a tool shed, it is only about 8 x 12 feet. So, a tiny house for me!
It will need a lot of cleaning up and a few things fixed, but I think I can make it work.
I plan on joining the gym in town, I can take showers there. And, if I need, there is a laundromat in town as well. I can always find a washtub and use a clothes line.
I think I can put in a fairly cheap rain catchment system and some passive solar hot water heating by the end of June to alleviate the water hauling/heating issue.
I'll have electricity via a couple of extension cords from the other house on the property initially.
I'll have to find a small wood stove for heating in the winter. So, there's that. But I think I can find one fairly cheaply.
I have some room to garden there. And have chickens, too! I may even be able to eventually (hold your breath) have a couple of goats!
I'm actually pretty excited about this! I plan on going up there in around a month, month and a half.
A new adventure!
Now, I know some folks will be confused as to why I would even want to move back to New Hampshire. Bad memories and whatnot, you are thinking.
Here it is:
I LOVE New Hampshire. I LOVE New England.
All the places I have lived, all the places I have visited, it is the ONE place that when I first went there I felt This is HOME.
I don't know how else to explain it.
I find it absolutely magical there. In EVERY season (yes, in Winter, too). I made loads of good friends there. I love the way the air smells of spruce in the mornings. The beauty of the lupine and other wildflowers that bloom outrageously in the Spring. The deer and moose that casually wander through yards...they really know it is their land, not yours!
Everyone has a place that their heart calls "Home".
New Hampshire is that place for me!
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Thursday, February 18, 2016
Monday, June 23, 2014
House Update
Okay, here it is.
We got the house! And at over 13 thousand UNDER list price!
I finally called my real estate agent and told her: "Here is my final offer. This is IT. No more negotiations.Not a dime more. If the bank chooses to accept my offer, they better do it fast, because I will withdraw this offer next Tuesday at 5pm, New Hampshire time. Then I will look elsewhere"
I also sent her an email saying the same thing.
I did that last Thursday.
I got a call back Friday around noon.unnel.
My realtor had printed out the email and put it in front of the banker, telling him, "My client is serious. If you think you will get a better price, you are kidding yourself."
The bank agreed.
WE GOT THE HOUSE!!!
Closing will take about 30 days. Which means another gawdawful hot July here in El Paso. But at least I can see a blazing light at the end of this tunnel.
So happy!
We are packing carefully. I am going through boxes that the Darlin' Man hasn't unpacked in EIGHT years!
A LOT is going in the trash.
I am going to have a yard sale. There is an amazing amount of stuff I am not going to take.
We are minimizing what we are taking with us. And what we are leaving unpacked until the last minute.
One plate, spoon, knife and fork for each of us. One bowl for each. One glass for each. One saucepan, one frying pan and the big pan that we make tea in. The tea pitcher. A couple of big spoons and pancake turners for cooking. The rest of the kitchen is almost packed.
Most of our clothes are packed. We are each keeping out enough clothes for one week and then washing the clothes we keep out every six days. One towel for each.
I need more boxes for the books...we have sooooo many. And movies. And CDs.
Well, at least I have a month to pack!
We got the house! And at over 13 thousand UNDER list price!
I finally called my real estate agent and told her: "Here is my final offer. This is IT. No more negotiations.Not a dime more. If the bank chooses to accept my offer, they better do it fast, because I will withdraw this offer next Tuesday at 5pm, New Hampshire time. Then I will look elsewhere"
I also sent her an email saying the same thing.
I did that last Thursday.
I got a call back Friday around noon.unnel.
My realtor had printed out the email and put it in front of the banker, telling him, "My client is serious. If you think you will get a better price, you are kidding yourself."
The bank agreed.
WE GOT THE HOUSE!!!
Closing will take about 30 days. Which means another gawdawful hot July here in El Paso. But at least I can see a blazing light at the end of this tunnel.
So happy!
We are packing carefully. I am going through boxes that the Darlin' Man hasn't unpacked in EIGHT years!
A LOT is going in the trash.
I am going to have a yard sale. There is an amazing amount of stuff I am not going to take.
We are minimizing what we are taking with us. And what we are leaving unpacked until the last minute.
One plate, spoon, knife and fork for each of us. One bowl for each. One glass for each. One saucepan, one frying pan and the big pan that we make tea in. The tea pitcher. A couple of big spoons and pancake turners for cooking. The rest of the kitchen is almost packed.
Most of our clothes are packed. We are each keeping out enough clothes for one week and then washing the clothes we keep out every six days. One towel for each.
I need more boxes for the books...we have sooooo many. And movies. And CDs.
Well, at least I have a month to pack!
Sunday, June 8, 2014
I'm In Love.......
....with New Hampshire!
I got back from my one week house hunting trip last Thursday. I spent a week in Vermont with day trips to New Hampshire.
It. Was. Amazing.
I cried. Seriously, I cried as my host drove me to his lovely home in Jericho Vermont.
It was cool. And green. OH SO GREEN!
Not flat either. Hills and mountains and lakes and streams, rivers and waterfalls....everything I love!
Spring and early summer flowers EVERYWHERE!
No sand...except at the park where we went to play volleyball. (Okay, they played volleyball. I watched.)
I drove over to New Hampshire and I saw a moose with her calf. Doing moose stuff. Mama Moose was wading in a small lake eating water weeds and the baby was scampering about on the shore.
I also saw chipmunks, skunks, a porcupine, a couple of raccoons and lots of squirrels.(The dogs, who have never seen a squirrel---except Siona---are going to go NUTS!) And the trees...the lovely, lovely trees!
Yes, I am in love with New Hampshire!
I took loads of pictures, however, I can't figure out how to email them to myself. (Not a smart phone and obviously, not a smart owner, lol!) I will keep trying.
Coming back here was not good. It was 100 degrees when I got off the plane here. Miserable heat.
Tomorrow is the Boy's graduation. He will also be leaving to move to east Texas where his college of choice is and where some other family lives.
So, no post tomorrow...but I will be posting all about the house on Tuesday!
I got back from my one week house hunting trip last Thursday. I spent a week in Vermont with day trips to New Hampshire.
It. Was. Amazing.
I cried. Seriously, I cried as my host drove me to his lovely home in Jericho Vermont.
It was cool. And green. OH SO GREEN!
Not flat either. Hills and mountains and lakes and streams, rivers and waterfalls....everything I love!
Spring and early summer flowers EVERYWHERE!
No sand...except at the park where we went to play volleyball. (Okay, they played volleyball. I watched.)
I drove over to New Hampshire and I saw a moose with her calf. Doing moose stuff. Mama Moose was wading in a small lake eating water weeds and the baby was scampering about on the shore.
I also saw chipmunks, skunks, a porcupine, a couple of raccoons and lots of squirrels.(The dogs, who have never seen a squirrel---except Siona---are going to go NUTS!) And the trees...the lovely, lovely trees!
Yes, I am in love with New Hampshire!
I took loads of pictures, however, I can't figure out how to email them to myself. (Not a smart phone and obviously, not a smart owner, lol!) I will keep trying.
Coming back here was not good. It was 100 degrees when I got off the plane here. Miserable heat.
Tomorrow is the Boy's graduation. He will also be leaving to move to east Texas where his college of choice is and where some other family lives.
So, no post tomorrow...but I will be posting all about the house on Tuesday!
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