The Mobile Home Woman

See that?

It’s going to be our Farm. We have some more hoops to clear, some financing issues and of course a professional inspection… but it’s getting closer every day.

We’re going to the bank tomorrow.

We tried an online popular mortgage lender and they were unable to help us because the cost was TOO LOW… haha…. Yeah, it’s listed at $18,900 and we have a downpayment and NO ONE ever pays the listed price. Right?

But they wanted to, just Ohio has this goofy rule that you can’t pay tooooo much interest for a mortgage. But credit is good, things are looking up. They were ready to get the paperwork started… so that is a GREAT sign!

One way or another, we’re gonna do this. My girls and I have never wanted anything more. We have been praying and planning and dreaming and visualizing and imprinting it and diagraming our ideas.

It just happened to fall in our laps… we really didn’t think this would happen till next year, but well, hey, sometimes you gotta rock when you gotta roll.

Video courtesy of Maggie!

It’s a foreclosure property, empty, and it’s 3 acres in a rural area about 40 minutes from Toledo. 1/2 mile from the main street of town and a post office and fire station! Adorable little town of 300 people. The house is 105 years old. But it’s been added to and updated, new roof, windows, ducting, kitchen and bath. It’s clean and empty, a slate ready for our creative touch.

There are several outbuildings including a one car garage, a steel barn, a poutry barn, a chicken coop, a shed, another steel building and the cutest little outhouse. One side is a bit of farm land and a train track… other side, farmers fields. Mature trees including at least 3 walnut and an apple and pear. Raspberry brambles on the back pasture hedgerow fence. A small little wood lot. Beautiful tall mature pines. It’s simple adorable.

We are so excited, it’s hard to sleep. Maggie has been plotting out fences for pastures and patched for corn and gardens. Jessy is scouting out her photography studio space and excited about the HUGE room that will be her rock headquarters. Me, I’m just so excited to finally get what my children has always wanted… a little hobby farm with room to ramble and grow and explore. (Oh yeah, did I mention there’s an awesome place for a mini bluegrass fest????)

So say a prayer, open the banker’s hearts to accept us, picture us in our little homestead. We’re not looking at some unbelievable cost, in fact, we will strive to pay it off as quickly as possible. So many amazing things have been happening the last week, I just know this is happening for a reason and we feel SO BLESSED!!! The waiting is going to be hard. But with everyone’s kind thoughts and support, we’re going to make this happen.

And don’t worry…. they allow Mobies and our beloved Moby is coming with us. We have a place for her all picked out. After all, I wouldn’t be the Mobile Home Woman without a Mobile Home, now would I?