Hey all, I hope everyone reading this is doing well. We have been busy doing renovations on the Mud Creek farmhouse since we bought it a couple weeks ago. The process to purchase this land was incredibly arduous. New York is a different animal when it comes to buying and selling homes. When we decided to sell in Idaho, we literally had it on the market for three days and began negotiations the fourth day. We closed in 10 days. This is quite the contrast to our experience in New York. We began talking with the land owners here during the end of July and didn't close until mid October. I think this has to do with licensing of New York's real estate professionals. Regardless, we achieved it and I am so very grateful to have this new wholesome opportunity. In the past two weeks we have removed old carpet and drywall and we've painted the majority of the house. I built a bench for our dining room and have begun planing our wood pla...
Hello all, Time sure does fly by! I have been wanting to write an update for a while now and looked back at the last post and it was a month ago. We have been pretty busy here in Oneida. When we returned from South Carolina, we had an important appointment for Henry. It was a milestone type appointment that would either require he obtain services to speed him up to his age level in movement and communication. I have always felt he was about 3-4 weeks behind because he was forced out of the womb at 37 weeks. He wasn't quite cooked yet! We settled in after returning from SC and everyone but Rick got sick. Laura got it first, then Lisa got sick and then I got sick. Laura and I were freaking out thinking we got COVID, but it was a cold. They do still exist. The symptom difference is that with COVID, you get a severe deep cough, a fever and rarely nasal issues besides a loss of smell. We had sinus infections or something nasty...