I came back from Michigan with renewed determination to make the most of our little piece of heaven here on Great Northern Road. Before leaving, I was given an estimate for how much our place should be listed on the market.
Considering the fact that our nicely-groomed ten acres with house, barn, machine shed, and bunkhouse inside the city limits isn't worth a whole lot more than bare city lots to potential buyers, we've decided the place is worth a mint to us. So, we're staying put.
We'll learn to adapt to whatever comes our way with the industrial development surrounding us. The big metal building behind the barn, now with its walls up, does block a lot of our view of the Cabinets, but it seems much less intimidating than I had envisioned. With only one window on our side and all the activity (parking, etc.) to the north, out of our view, it may not be so bad.
We still have to face the disruption this fall of a road being built between the building and our east fence line. That road will help the owners develop their plots along the west side of the runway. We may be surrounded, and the thought of 120 cars driving into and out of Quest twice daily by this time next year is still unsettling. But then again, roads are made for walking, and the new road may provide me some additional routes for my daily strolls.
Besides that, God created trees. And, we may be planting a few in key places during the next month or so.
Making this decision to go on temporary hold by not listing the place on the market has put me much more at ease than I've been for the past several months. In addition, the paint cans will continue to come here from Co Op, and I'll be painting up a storm for the next few weeks.
We want to rebuild our pig pen, maybe raise a few pigs, and do some touching up on our beautiful barn. Bill can also move on with his annual pheasant and quail projects, and once again, the thought of gardening, mowing miles of lawn and tending to my flowers is exhilarating me.
If someone comes along and offers us one of those "obscene" prices for our place and promises no hassles, we might reconsider. For now, we're happy to continue enjoying what's been our home for 28 years.
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Good for you Marianne, I am sure you will be relieved, and the trees will be a good shield.
And just think, now you get to keep all your worldly goods. In fact you don't even have to think of them.. You know those ones that are mulipling as we speak in the back of your closets and drawers. lol..
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