For Sale

.95 acres in Richland Springs for sale.

Fixer-upper or tear it down and move in a mobile home.

Lots of open space for the kids to play.

City water, City sewer, electricity ON SITE!!!

Survey already done. Cash or conventional.

 

 

Yes, I'm selling my little homestead. 

I never expected this to happen and the decision to sell wasn't easy, but it's the right choice.  I have worked so hard to make this happen, but I've had so many setbacks and bad luck.  I've prayed about this a lot, too, asking God to tell me what to do.  I finally started asking God to 'send me a sign', something obvious, I'm not good at subtle hints.  And in the meantime I keep having all these setbacks.  In February my grandson totaled my car.  He drove off an embankment, the vehicle left the ground, somehow landed on the roof and then slid for 20+ feet.  He walked away from that crash with just bruises. I was so grateful that he wasn't hurt that I didn't mind that my new car payment was $75 a month more than the old car.  Then, in June, when I had saved $1,100 to do repairs on Moody Girl Farm, a large branch broke off of a big tree between my neighbor's house and mine.  The branch got caught up in the tree and the only part that touched my house was 3-4 feet of the tips of the branches.  Luckily neither house had any damage, but it costs me $700 to have the tree taken down.  In early August I found out that I wasn't going to get the raise my supervisor said last March she'd get for me, and that the museum where I work may reduce the hours it's open, so I may end up making less money each month which means I'd have even less to save for Moody Girl Farm.  And then, I got a call from the water department in Richland Springs.  My temporary water line had broken and 108,000 gallons of water had spilled out before they caught it and turned off the water.  I have to pay for all of the water that spilled out.  And I have to repair my water line. 

For a while I kept thinking that God was testing me to see just how badly I wanted that property, so I kept plugging along.  And then I had an epiphany.  God had been sending me signs, and they weren't subtle at all.  I know now that I've been very, very blessed that no one has been injured in all of my trials.  I truly believe that God doesn't want me in Richland Springs.  He has other plans for me and they don't include living up there.  I'll just have to wait and see what He wants.

Yes, I'm sad that I won't have a big garden and chickens.  I've dreamed about doing this since 2005, but as I said, this is the right choice for me.  I don't have the money to do the repairs the house needs, and with the way things have been going I'm not likely to ever have it.  One bright spot, since I've owned the property for more than one year, I won't have to pay taxes on any "capital gains" I should make when it sells.  With the proceeds from the sale I can pay off my car loan and maybe not have to work anymore.  There have been changes at the museum where I work and I'm not enjoying my job as much, so leaving might be another good choice for me.  I can still have a small garden here in town, maybe include some fruit trees this time.

I'm not surrendering, I'm not giving up, my dreams may still come true, I just don't know when or where or what they'll look like.  In the meantime, I'll keep posting here.