Wow...another crazy week. I did get an offer an my house, I countered, they took a week to respond and then...I said YES! Then I submitted my offer on a 14-acre homestead in Georgia and by the end of the day, I had another deal! Let me just tell you, there was boisterous whooping and yelling and literal dancing in the street!! I'm sure my neighbors wondered what in the world was wrong with me! :)
There has been so much to do since then and keep up with the day-to-day here! Sending what feels likes thousands of mortgage-related documents to the lender, coordinating home inspections, termite inspections, well-water testing, and learning everything-you-ever-want-to-know (and don't) about septic systems! Getting home owner's insurance and flood insurance quotes, sending another fifteen-hundred docs to the lender, printing a novel-like stack of papers, and signing my name about 75 times. And waiting for my buyers to set up their walk-through inspection. Waiting. And worrying.
Worry wastes time and puts wrinkles on your face - I should not worry about the things I cannot control. I keep trying to remind myself of that, but it's easier said than done. There are still things that could go wrong and nothing is done until it's done. So far this has been an easy process (frighteningly too easy actually) and those nagging little fears or doubts keep trying to creep in and stress me out!
This process is all-consuming and it seems as though nothing else is going on around here. We have been enjoying the potatoes, carrots, onions, garlic, beets, green beans, basil, and all the fresh herbs from the garden. The tomatoes are lush and full of small, green 'mators and the sweet basil plants alongside the 'mators are tall and full of large, dark green leaves!
The cucumber have bright yellow blossoms all over them and the vines are attaching themselves to the corn stalks. The corn is awesome - some stalks are about 4.5' tall with a fluffy red grain-looking flower on top of the tallest plants. The great northern beans have climbed the trellis well and are full of large, swollen bean pods. I have learned that for these we will have to wait until the plant starts turning brown to harvest these dry beans. The summer squashes have yellow blooms and several sunflowers have opened in all their glorious beauty.
I've made my Georgia planting calendar and have a plan ready for when we get there. The growing season is much longer there and I'm excited to have so many options and ideas for planting August through December and right on into 2015. Gosh this waiting is so difficult!!
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