The weather is great. Considering it's early December and around 60 degrees during the day while the sun is shining, it is more than bearable. The heater helped out overnight and we were toasty warm, all of us. It's Saturday. Every day we have had to run to the store, some kind of store, for something. To be expected. We haven't moved in yet, don't have our stuff from our other house, only whatever my husband packed up in the mini van we are driving so he had some tools to take care of whatever he could.
So what is on our agenda today? We don't have a means to cook at our house, so we have been eating out, which I am not a fan of. Neither of us are, but it is what it is for now. We have a plan on pulling this all together, it just can't happen overnight. We got into town, only to find out that most things, including restaurants are closed. What?!? Welcome to small town, Alabama. Wow. I had no idea. We drive a little further, found a great restaurant, made some other stops, and headed back to the house.
We decide to go exploring on the property. My husband has been getting up before dawn every day, and taking walks around our property. There is so much to see, we don't even have a clue. He found some cool things, and wants to take me and show me what's what. We take the dogs and go up the hill. We go to the private road and up that to the end of our property. We find a hunting blind. Cool. We see all kinds of wildlife prints in the mud. Wolf, coyote, bobcat, turkey, peasant, deer and more. Wow. How neat.
One of the things I am looking forward to personally, when we are all settled, is going hunting. I have never hunted in my life. My husband did with his father and grandfather when he was younger, but I have zero experience. What makes it even better, is that we are able to hunt on our own alnd! We don't need a license since it's private property. Wow, awesome. We still have to follow the laws in terms of what hunting season it is (right now it is deer and quail season), so those are the only things we can hunt. Fair.
The property itself is gorgeous. We walk around, dogs in tow, and I didn't think we went too far, not at all. Up, yes, and points where it was steep. I turn around to look, but with all the trees, it is so dense, we cannot see our house. Holy Shit! That's kind of cool. We are out walking our property and are secluded. That's so great!
Once of the things I really wanted was land. Property. I could almost care less if there was a house on the property. I just wanted space to breath. Not a house 15 feet from mine where I feel like we are all piled on top of each other, and I got exactly that. Peace and quiet. This is like no other experience!
We don't walk our entire property, there's far too much of it, and we didn't bring a weapon with us (bad idea, especially if you encounter wildlife and are not prepared). Next time. I guess I didn't think we were going all that far, and we really didn't, but there's much more to explore another day.
Our neighbor J.B. sees us outside and comes over to chat. How weird for me because at the house we have been living in for 8 years, we never have conversations with our neighbors, rarely even wave. This place is so very different, all in great ways! My husband asks him if he knows of a landscaper in the area, our yard needs to get cleaned up, grass mowed, etc, and we don't have any lawn stuff here. J.B. says yes, he knows someone. Ok, great. I am sure after living in the town all these years, he knows everyone.
That afternoon, a truck pulls into our driveway. It's the landscaper, Richard. He stopped by. Wow. What service. My husband goes over what he wants done and cleaned up, including all these branches and broken tree limbs scattered near our front tree. Richard tells him it'll cost $400. Seriously? That's it? Damn, what a deal. Tiny town living already has it's perks! Richard says he will be at the house tomorrow with his son to get started. Perfect.
J.B. has come back over and we talked to him for a while again. He is a wealth of information. So helpful. It's great to have his as a neighbor.
We wrap it up, and go into town. We need to eat and pick up some more things. Jesus. A trip to Walmart (don't even get me started, but it's the ONLY store in town without having to drive 45+ minutes), and who knows how much money later, we are going back home.
It's dark, we are tired, but damn, I feel like I didn't accomplish one fucking thing today. What a waste of a day, or maybe not since I got to check out our property, finally!
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