Oh Roaming Gnome, Roaming Gnome, Wherefore Art Thou, Roaming Gnome?

Several years ago, before she moved up here to Hidden Springs, mom was trying to sell her house.  Some of her Bunco friends who are Catholic told her about burying a St. Joseph statue in her yard.  Supposedly that will help you sell. 

Becoming desperate to sell, because it's so hard to compete with the short sales in the area, I thought I'd look it up to find out how and where to "bury" St. Joseph.  I found something I wasn't prepared for.  You can actually buy St. Joseph in a friggin' kit.  Yep, he can be bought for anywhere from $1.39 (cheap plastic) to $27.89 (pewter).  Some of them are labeled "EcoJoe."  They're made of clay.  Seems kind of sacrilegious to call him Joe...  Anyway, who knew you could buy it in a kit?

Well, I don't have time to order St. Joseph in a kit so the closest thing I have on hand is my Roaming Gnome.  So, he went into a 30 cent garbage bag and Ival buried him on the farm.  I hope he can remember where he put him so we can dig him back up.

St. Joseph is supposed to be buried upside down.  I hope it doesn't break his pointy hat.

We only have a few days left.  We've got the house for sale by owner and are taking it off the market the end of September.  We'll try again next spring.

Baby Steps...

Until we sell our house here in Hidden Springs, we can't build on our 13 acres up the road. It's hard to be patient but so far we've done pretty well. However, I can't stop thinking about things we can possibly do until the house is sold. We have to get Elmer's brother up here to help us decide where to actually put the house when we can build because I have several ideas for the property. One of the first things we can do until the house can go up is to build a home for the chickens and I think I've found the perfect chicken coop!



Pretty cool huh! Now I can't wait until spring. I want to have one animal that will have free range of the entire property and from the research I've been doing, I think this will be it...



Miniature donkeys make great pets and I think the grandkids would love it. Moonshine Meadows in Middleton has some cute babies for sale!

Beautiful home in Hidden Springs for sale! Here's the tour link