Meanwhile...

If only I had money to spare...while constantly searching for land, I also couldn't stop myself from occasionally searching house listings as well. So what did I turn up, on craigslist no less? The perfect house, being sold to be moved, for only $5,000. That's right - three zeroes. And the owner (a church) is perfectly willing to negotiate the timeline...they're in no real hurry to use the lot, they just want the $5K. If it were totally up to me, I'd be writing a check so fast you wouldn't believe! But Mr. D.H., the pragmatic half, says no land, no house. No spreadsheet of all the total costs involved, no house. It's been about a month since we looked at it, and as far as I know it's still available (I asked to be notified if it sold, but of course that doesn't always happen), so I'll just have to hope it "waits for me" and that everything can come together. I've asked two movers to give me a ballpark estimate, but neither has come through (I think because we don't have land). It's about 100 miles from the land we're looking at, so I know it will be expensive. Meanwhile my heart is breaking a little bit each day at the thought of losing it.


Huge wrap-around porch

Ship-lap walls under wallpaper

One of TWO claw-foot tubs

Wood floors under carpet squares



Perfect trim and doors 

Fantastic Craftsman room dividers (2)