I always thought the process of buying a house with Greg, the love of my life, would be so exciting. We’d think about all the qualities we wanted in a house and then we’d go house-hunting with our list of must-haves. We’d look at a few houses, find “the one” and put in an offer.
We’d live happily ever after for a while and then do what everyone else seems to do – save up some money and then move on to a new place some years later when we’d be ready to relocate or be itching for an upgrade.
Well, you can’t do this when you’re farmers. Or at least, you can’t do it very easily.
When we purchased this land and this house, we had the success of our farm top of mind. We knew this spot was right for Stonecrop, so we trusted that we could make our personal lives and our marriage and our home-life work here, too.
And so while we’ve been tending to these fields and forests and growing the business for the last several years, we’ve also been working on this old house. Trying to turn a house that we would NEVER have otherwise purchased into the kind of home that we don’t ever want to leave.
There’s a peace we feel knowing that this is our forever home and that all the investments we’re making (like this crazy living room renovation we just started this week!) are worth it. And there’s also this frustration that creeps in every now and then, especially when the roof is leaking or the basement is flooding, where you just wish you had the option to escape.
But this land, this house, and our lives go hand-in-hand now, and there’s so much beauty in that.
Your Farmers,
Jenney and Greg