We closed on our farm nearly 3 1/2 weeks ago! The day after closing, I was on a weeklong trip to Florida with my mum. In which time, my dear husband had to do the majority of the moving! I figured he'd be full done by the time I returned home but no. The dear, sweet man left plenty for me to "help" with! We managed to spend the next week moving the last of the boxes and random items left in The Cave. Then it was on to cleaning The Cave for our final inspection so we could clear out. We managed to complete both tasks on time and pass inspection! We followed the inspector back to the base housing office to turn in keys and sign off. Huzzah!!! And let me tell you, freedom from that cave of a house feels so good!!!
As to the new farm, we're still "moving in" as there are still many boxes left to be unpacked. Unfortunately, I have to clean as we go as I wasn't here to deep clean the place before our items were moved in. It's mostly fuzzballs and dust, dirty windows-type cleaning. And then there are the fleas that keep popping up. I wouldn't say it's an "infestation" at this point. But we are definitely going to have to bomb the house. Again. The husband bombed it before moving our stuff in but I think they were just waiting in the yard. So, we'll bomb the house and spray the yard. Ah well.
The house is beginning to look like Home already, though! As I sit on our sofa in the living room and look around, it seems as though our belongings have always been here. The sunlight shining in through the large bay windows is a welcome sight after living for over a year in The Cave! So much sunlight!!! And sitting on the swing in the yard last evening, nestled comfortably against my husband's side, listening to the cicadas roar their evening song.... Perfection, if there is such a thing.
Our dogs are both outside puppies now. And I think they'll love it... Once the weather cools down! It's been over 100` every day for the last week! Both of our horses are home now and enjoying an entire pasture all to themselves! We'll hopefully be adding some chicks to our numbers sometime in the next month. We have an incubator through the local extension office and will be picking up some fertilized eggs this week. Hopefully all 12 will hatch and grow to a good fryer size! They are, after all, a hybrid meat breed. Yum! We'll still need to order some laying breed chicks, as well as a rooster or two. Very exciting!
That's the abbreviated version of what's going on out at Moose Spitt right now! There is so much we want to accomplish but we really have to pace ourselves! It would be way too easy to get in over our heads the first year when excitement and dreams are running high!
What are you doing with your property this year, be it country or in-town?
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