Renting

I got my first taste of rental house shopping yesterday. Yuck.

There was finally a house listed in Filer, in our price range, so I hurried to look. Yeah, not worth my time. She had it listed as a 3 bedroom. Well, in my opinion, you can't count a large laundry room that lacks a door, etc. as a bedroom. At least where I come from you can't. And especially not for $750.

That was just one of the things on the bad list for this particular house.

Back to square one.

I think we will just stay put for a while longer. We're saving a minimum of $1000 a month where we are right now, and we'd only be saving $400 a month if we rent. We're going to reorganize and such to make it work better and stay put.

I feel like a kid though. And an adult at the same time. What a weird place to be.

The house we love is still in the running, I think we will just have to wait a while longer.

I can do this.

I can do this.

I can do this...

The Waiting Game

So here I am, STILL living with my in-laws. They are so wonderful about it all, I'm just READY to have my own house again. We haven't had any luck with finding another place to live. We've been talking with the guy who is selling the house we love, but he keeps changing his mind on things and it doesn't look promising now. There are no other houses in the area that we really want to buy. And there are NO houses to rent in our budget either. And it's not because I'm being picky. I would live in a trailer house at this point if there was one available.

Home Sweet Home!

The positive thing to this is that our savings account keeps growing and growing!

Speaking of growing...(nice huh?) we planted our garden and it is AMAZING! A little big, but so far we are handling it ok. We have 4 150 ft. rows of potatoes. A 125 ft. row of various veggies (lettuce, onions, cucumber, tomato, jalapenos, peas, and green beans). 2 75 ft. rows of corn. And a 50 ft row of pumpkins, squash, and cantaloupe.

I am out there everyday weeding it! It's so fun to watch everything growing and thriving. This year I am going to learn how to can stuff. I want to be able to put back a bunch of food to last us through the winter. I will have to use the farmer's market to get enough, but by buying in season that should work fine.

I would like to cut my grocery budget in half, or close to half at least. Hopefully this will be a good way to do it.

I have to admit, I really enjoy when life is simple like this. When I simplify my life I am a better, more calm person. That's better for my kids and my husband (and my in-laws!). This school year I am going to cut back on what I volunteer for. I was way over-committed this last year and we all suffered for it.

We're learning and growing. We're saving money. We're keeping hope alive that we'll get a house soon. God is good!