Life just got incredibly real. We just bought a home!!! Better described, we bought a 5.56 acre organic hobby farm about 10 minutes north of Brighton. The house is perfect for our needs, and we have big plans for it. 4 Bedrooms, brand new kitchen, huge principal rooms. It will be a wonderful place for our children to grow up and call home. Best of all...MORTGAGE FREE...no more rent, no more landlord, no more not being able to do what we want with our home without permission....squeee...so happy. There is talk of putting in a lovely organic garden and keeping icelandic sheep on the back acreage. Which of course means we will have to get a few more farm dogs to work the sheep. The only thing zoning keeps us from doing is having a kennel, which is fine since we have no desire to do that by any means. M has had a kennel in the past and it was nothing more than a source of financial drain and frustration when trying to take a vacation. Kids are excited, we're both thrilled and relieved to know that our monthly expenses are about to drop significantly. M being off work so much this year has been tough since he's still paying the ex support. This will mean we can afford to live a bit without worrying where the rent is coming from. I'm just so absolutely thrilled that i can now provide all three of our children with the stability of knowing that no matter what, Home will always be there for them. It's all up from here :)