Recently I had a great idea that if we sell our house, find jobs out toward the country and find a small house in the country where our kids can live a real life without the distraction of electronic items and get dirt under their nails. So I took the adventure by the horns and began a search.
I’m sure when I was IMing my husband asking him to look at this job and what about this house, he was feverishly rolling his eyes and rotating his head on his shoulders (his classic sign of frustration) while at work. I think the idea is superb and it’s one that we’ve talked about a long time but have never taken the steps to make happen.
We bought our current house (2700 sq. ft.) about 3.5 years ago and we have A LOT of rooms. I could have my whole family move in and still have an office and den, I’m not saying this to brag, I saying this because it’s too big for us. We thought we would use the room and we have, but cleaning it, well I don’t try, it’s too big. We thought we would have more extended family living with us and we don’t. So, after having three floors now a lovely ranch with a sun room sounds PERFECT. This house will be the first my husband has sold and like his idea of volunteering he’s completely scared. See he doesn’t like to agree to some things that require large commitments of time, or that he believe to require a large commitment. He’s never actually done these things. It’s an interesting fear, one that I can relate to in some regards (choosing my career), but not exactly. So what I’m saying is that it may never happen and we will be living in this large home with a foot of dust for the next 20 years because both of us has cold feet about action. And if that is the case, I know I will still be happy and so will our family.
