Wow, July was the last post. Lots to catch up on....most importantly Ben and I purchased a farm in Warren County TN this past summer. We named it Acacia Farm and of course there is a story behind the name. If you know biblical history you are aware that the Israelites spent 40 years in the wilderness prior to entering the promise land. Scholars have stated the place they lived prior to entering the promise land was known as Acacia Grove. Ben suggested since this is where we will live prior to entering our promised land (Heaven) we should name it Acacia Farm. I loved it!
This past fall we (mainly Ben) spent many long hours at night working on remolding the inside of the house which was built in 1978. If I might add, nothing had been changed in the house since 1978 so everything from the floor up was ripped out and new put in its place (or will be). We put our house in Murfreesboro on the market in August and it was under contract the week before Christmas. That meant the remolding projects had to pick up the pace and some would have wait until after we moved in.
We moved from Murfreesboro to McMinnville the last week in February. We owe a big thank you to the Band of Brothers from New Vision Baptist Church for all their help with the move. We were loaded, unloaded and all our furniture in place by noon. Yea, that's fast!
Since we moved in we have been working on the projects that were left incomplete like paining, trim work, hanging blinds & curtains, etc. I promise to do a before and after blog of the home once everything is done. I know your thinking that will never happen...but since I will have three months off this summer my goal is to get the inside done...the challenge begins! Ben has been working on buying farm equipment and starting the fencing. We hope to have cattle sometime this fall!
From our house to yours....
