What a strange journey this has been....

For some reason I do not know why I called this blog by that title, but it was the first thing that popped into my head and I think sometimes you just go with your gut on certain things. I guess it truly has been a strange journey... we went from Dan being laid off, buying a house (yes, I know, but we can swing it- although it has been very stressful), and we are now living in the country... and I mean the country lol. We really love it though! Its everything we ever wanted.. a big farmhouse on 3 acres with rabbits in our yard and horses next door. We have great neighbors too!~ But one thing I want to stress is that although I have always rode horses and loved the country, I never knew how great it could really be..
You see to give you a little information about the road we live on I have to start with our neighbors, Mildred and Kenny Wiggins. The road we live on is called Wiggins Rd. Kenny's father was the first to bring power lines down here and they farmed cotton and wheat where our house is now. They are 80 years old. See where I am going with all this? We moved onto a road that had more roots than the old Carrigan farm down the road. I love being a part of this history now- this is where passing down your land to your kids means the world to you and where neighbors invite you over to sit a spell. Granted big "city" things are merely 15mins down the road (Target, World Market, four star restaurants etc), but once you drive out here you make it to sweet tea sippin and slow talkin country life. One thing I still cannot get over is that we actually own a tractor- a tractor! Omg, I mean really O M G. Even as I write this I still can't believe two preppy kids are living out here and driving around a big orange tractor as old as dirt. This has been quite an adventure already and I can't wait to plant roots of our own on Wiggins Rd.
Friday night we had everyone out for a small get together and it was great. We invited our horse trainer neighbors next door who are luckily our age and have the sweetest baby boy named Cole. It was a lot of fun and was nice for all of our friends to see the new homestead. I can't wait to have some more parties out here- its a great place to get as loud as we want and not worry about our neighbors right on top of us. I will post some new pics soon of the place- I just got internet out here so I am on major catch up duty!