Updates, shift in direction

Mama and I had a good weekend. I spent the morning Saturday getting one of the front tires off of the tractor so I could take it to get it repaired. It has had a slow leak for some time and I have been putting it off. I thought it was leaking at the plug I put in to patch it about a month ago but the leak turned out to be coming from a patch we had put on over a year ago. The patch had come lose and if the tire sat in a certain way when the tractor was parked it would leak. Other times the pressure would hold for a week or more at a time.

Once repaired, I used the tractor to spread out the remainder of the load of gravel Mama and I had gotten a few weeks ago. I ordered a whole load but what I needed it most for was to spread at the front of the apartment to keep the big dogs from digging out the area. I used the remainder to resurface the circular drive around the apartment. I also spread some in front of the mobile home to get the pile fully moved. It looks pretty good to have some fresh gravel down.

Danny Benson, the man who is buying our farm, came by Saturday morning to meet with an insurance agent at the farm so he could have that to present at closing but the man never showed up. We talked a good while and Mama and I are reassured that he is the right person to buy the farm. If all goes well, the closing will be next Friday. It will be long after that that we vacate the farm. Our hope is to be moved by the middle of November.

It looks like we turned a corner this weekend in our quest for a place to live. Mama and Victoria are looking for lower priced houses and a separate piece of property. That has been a desire of mine for quite some time. She and Victoria looked at a house right off of the road we take when we come into Decatur for church. It is tucked back in the woods a little off the road so it not obvious from the road.

It is an older, smaller house on one acre. It needs work but the price is good. It is in far better shape than one we offered a bid on Friday. It too sits on one wooded acre. The situation of that house is not very impressive and that house has been completely gutted; ready to be remodeled. The only drawbacks are the master bedroom, which is upstairs (bad for Mama) and that there is very likely to be a bidding war to purchase the house. It was listed for $28000. We offered $30000 cash. That will be our only offer.

I do not know if Mama is going to rescind our bid on the house but I would not be surprised. Peggy called her bank on Friday evening while we were at our RU meeting to get us the cash out of her account so that we could offer a cash deal for the property. How’s that for friendship? She, Peggy, went with us to look over each of the two houses. It has been fun to have her along.

This evening we are going to look at the nicer house with our realtor. It is quite a shift in focus for her. But we are also going to look at a property she is listing. It is almost sixteen acres. It is near town – within a few minutes of the church. Mama is excited about the possibility of building a metal building that would contain our home and shop under one roof. I like that idea too.

Time will tell. We are praying for direction.