As many of you know, Nichelle and I are in the process of buying a new house. We're getting a home built by an Amish fellow named Joe about 3 years ago. It's right across the road from Mom and Dad and it has about 27 acres with it. We're really excited and really nervous! We went to take measurements of it the other day and discovered some things that had changed since the last time that we saw it. Joe had stuffed insulation around a door and some windows, and one closed window had a breeze coming through it. There was a crack in some sheetrock, and the floor slopes. The upstairs is unfinished, but we discovered that it's worse than we thought. So that made us very nervous indeed.


However, a couple of days later we had a lot of fun. On Saturday we went to a building supplies auction in Potsdam. We got a complete set of kitchen cabinets, granite countertop, bathroom sink and toilet, a new front door, and a chainsaw for about $4,000. We were extremely fortunate in that my student loans came in at the beginning of the week and our tax return came in in the middle of the week so we were able to afford it all. So the discouragement of the less-than-ideal condition of the home was alleviated somewhat by the excitement of the deals we found. I think that had we bought everything at retail value it would have come to about $9,000.


So, it looks like we'll redo the floors on the first floor and bring in our new kitchen, and we'll see where we go from there.


Here's a photo of the house and barn from half way to the road. It's set really far back, which we love.

Of course, I'll have to buy a Jeep with a plow in order to keep the driveway open in the winter. Right?