Before I tell you about our new place I'm going to tell you about our old place.
We used to live on the reservation, 11 miles from town in a double wide 4 bedroom 3 bath home. Nice yard where the deer and the pheasants came almost every day. The home was nice, and that is all it really was. We couldn't paint the walls or add any new nail holes to hang pictures. There really wasn't anything to do in the town or in surrounding towns. I didn't meet any of the neighbors, except one, the drunk one (when he was sober he mowed the yard for us). We lived 4.5 hours from Ashley and Anneke and 2 hrs 15 minutes from Mom and Dad.
Now we live in a town that is in South Dakota and in North Dakota. We are on the North Dakota side (same county as Mom and Dad!) We are further out in the country then before, (seen lots of deer, antelope, and pheasants) but only 22 minutes from anything. There are four surrounding towns and we are like in the perfect spot as it does take 22 minutes to get to them. They all offer something fun to do. Now we live 5.5 hours from Ashley and Anneke and 40 minutes from Mom and Dad!
We were only here for like a month I think when we (all 4 of us!!!)meet one of our neighbors. They had some furniture that they were giving away and they had it loaded and a crew to help move it later that evening for us! Really nice people, (meet the wife briefly at the grocery store 2 days before, nice surprise for both when we saw each other) almost right away we were told that her daughter does babysitting on the side and she watches Sandy's kids (Nathan's wife) and that if I needed a few hours to myself give her a call. The kids were told that they need to come back when the grand-kids are they so they too have someone to play with! Really nice people in this area, a few grouches too but at least friendly. We met some other neighbors one Sunday afternoon when we drove around to let other people know that our dog, Bailey, ran off. One said she was going to call some people and let them know. One of the ladies she called, called us the next morning to make sure the information was correct and also said she was going to call others!! (Sadly, we still haven't see Bailey its been almost 3 weeks)
Ok, now the house!! We live in a older farm house two story with a full unfinished basement, 4 bedroom 1 bath. It needs some work, but we get to do it and fix it up the way we want it!! I can already see what it looks like all finished!! I will show the progress when we start to get things fixed! I am really excited about this place (I will get pictures in another post to show!), there is a chicken coop. It needs a little fixing up and then its ready for chickens!! There are a few other pens that I don't know what they were used for, not strong enough for a pig but to big of a gap in the wire for other birds. There are two shops, both need lots of cleaning, a barn with pens build for cattle or horses. I am finally getting to garden and get to put in a flower bed!!
One last comparison of the 2 place before I get ready for Church. Before when we used something and returned it and when to say 'Hi' that's all it was and we went home. Last night we returned a trailer and stopped at the house to say 'Hi' we didn't really finish saying "Just wanted to stop in and say 'Hi" before Sandy asked if we had eaten and invited us to stay!!! The kids get along great with their kids, Kevin gets along great with everyone he works with. He had been told by Nathan's brother, Jeremy, his Dad, and by Nathan himself they they are glad he is here and that he is doing a great job!!! (complements were very rare at the other place) The best plus of all....I am accepted by all. Both Sandy and her sister (Angie) want to be friends with ME and want to do things with ME!!!
Before its time to leave for Church and I have to go as is (in pjs) I need to go and get ready, but I have to say this... I LOVE this place!!! God really is amazing in the way He works, yup, still pinching myself!
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