Let's talk about Country Living

Phred-
Thank you my man.. All excellent points you make. I am a very social person.. but I can also be very withdrawn.. and CONTENT with being withdrawn. I have a great desire for autonomy and solitude at most parts of my day. The idea of beating up whatever and whenever I want without that "honey.. do you realize it is 9:00 PM" which I have had many times.. seems liberating. I also do.. what I always do.. which is "what is the best for my family" Luckily for me.. this is something I desire as well.. It won't be a "sacrifice" for me to live where I have more room.. with less floor levels for my wife.. in fact I live pretty minimally.. so the idea of "simplicity" in my home and property appeals to me greatly.

My kids are young.. and I know that things will only get busier.. the later on in life they get in school. Right now we do pretty well to plan our trip to the grocery store weekly.. none of that every other day trips.. so I know we have that down.. now the kids running here and there- well that is just life I suppose.

I also think of the nature. My FAVORITE family trips are when we go to the Smoky Mountains.. or a Lake.. or "Camping" I get up.. I smell the fresh air.. I see a deer and I'm awed by it. I went to visit a buddy in Denver twice.. and he was almost annoyed that I had him pull over so that I could snap pictures of the mountains.. a herd of Elk that was barreling down onto a plain.. a mommy fox and her cubs. These wonders of nature are something I wouldn't mind seeing more than I do today.

From the initial conversations we are looking to be close-ish to town.. just not "In Town" I think with some hunting and planning.. this could be very do-able. We know we plan to stay where we are, on the outskirts of the town we presently reside.. so that actually makes it better.. we like where we live.. our roots have been established here.. my wife's family live here.. so I know we won't be moving 100 miles or 1000 miles away. So in that regard, it narrows our choices. But I digress.



I think that this is exciting.. a bit scary.. I'm a big one for doing the best I can to gather information.. and then take that leap of faith. I'm a fairly sharp cookie.. I do most everything home-wise myself (its what I do for a living thanks to THIS house) so I have no worries there. I'm also becoming pretty established here.. with my business and my scrapping. I know the "Lay of the land" and have access to my yards, those relationships etc.. that I would never want to "start over" someplace else. For that reason I know we are good in this area and I like the area.. but hopefully she and I can find this "plot of land" somewhere close and it will be an adjustment.. not a "holy poop.. what in the he-double hockey sticks did we get ourselves into??"