it is looking more and more certain that we will move to Duvall in the near future! While i was up there visiting last week more options came to the table. Chris and I were out driving around in his jeep and saw a "for sale" sign and took one of the info flyers, went home and looked at it, then called the realtor and made an appt. to see the property the next day (last sunday). This looks like a much better option than buying the 10 acre lot next to them and building a house there... which involves clearing a building site, putting in a driveway and connecting to a VERY unimproved road, drilling a well, putting in septic, etc. Anyway, the property we looked at has a big house (really big!!) and a little house (very little!!) on 9+ acres about a mile from their current house. C&K hadn't been considering a move... but this set-up looks pretty good. the little house will need lots of work, but Jim has already drawn up a floor plan which looks workable. the lot is about half wooded, with pastures and small out-buildings including a kind of hokey greenhouse. the one photo i took there is of the resident sheep and 1 of the 2 goats... don't know if any of them will remain. there are also a bunch of chickens which are reputed to supply 10 eggs/day... and Kate and Alex want to keep them. it would be nice to have fresh organic eggs and to have a sheep around, but i have absolutely totally no interest in being responsible for any critters other than our 2 dogs. So, we are in the process of figuring out the financing.
When thinking about moving from here, i feel panic, dread, tachycardia, some sadness... and excitement with anticipation of a new adventure. hmmm, i wonder how many twisted sisters would be willing to make the 4 hour journey to Duvall for a spin-in... it could be a combo slumber party/spin-in. The day after i got back home, Jim took amtrak north to take a look at the property, and he is quite positive about it.
and while there i got a couple of pics of Alex and Zylie - on the left, playing some zoo game, and on the right absorbed in xbox viva pinata
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I would at some point and it would be more than 4 hours for me!
Hope to see you the 3rd wkend in Feb.
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