Dreaming...

  So with the move next year I decided to quiz all the kids on just what was important to them in a new home.  Besides the obligatory swimming pool because we all know that Texas in general is bloody hot 9 months of the year, we got all sorts of interesting desires.  One was a Jack and Jill bath, Olivia almost foams at the mouth in anticipation of this commodity.  Another was a "reading window", more commonly known as a "Bay Window".  I guess I probably don't need to say who actually said that, but I'll tell you anyway..... Jolie.  The boys came up with all sorts of interesting things.  Basketball courts, game room, theater, and their own Jack and Jill bath, the list was endless.


 I, of course, want room to expand our interests.  I envision some property where we can once again have chickens and possibly ducks, turkeys (Thanksgiving and Christmas is what we'd call them and Yes, we'd be eating them.) and maybe Button Quail.  Then there is the fainting goats that David and I would love to have.  I'm even thinking of my own Alpaca.  Just imagine being able to spin from my own animal...  Well...like I said this is just wishing.
A borrowed pic. from Covington, Ok. on Backyard Chickens.

I think we'd all enjoy a garden as well.  We, as a family, have always enjoyed working with the container garden.  The kids love snacking off of the cherry tomato plants.  So I can definitely see us with a garden large enough to feed us and allow for canning.  That would be nice.
 
The pic is from "The Modern Gardener".







So obviously in order to do what we're all dreaming of we need land.  So our hope is to find some acreage, nothing big, just a small plot where we can all have our dreams fulfilled and maybe some "out in the country" fun.