We've lived in this town for 17 years. We've seen the area around us grow by leaps and bounds while our town stagnated. Don't get me wrong, I like the small town feel we've kept while the towns around us explodes with population and amenities.. but our crime rates are rising, and the types of crimes are moving beyond annoying pranks and into the full fledged criminal-type behaviors so we've decided it's time to move on to bigger and better things.
We're going to have to make some changes in the way we spend our money because the house payment is going to go up almost double until we can get all the taxes adjusted. Even with the best case our house payment is going to go up 50%. We're losing some bills, but we're still going to have to make some hard choices. One thing we're hoping to save money on is our food bill.
Since there aren't going to be a lot of restaurants immediately around us, we're planning having more home cooked meals. (Luckily our new kitchen is going to be HUGE) We also are looking into building a fairly large garden and some live stock. Primarily some chickens, a pig and a cow. That should cover the big food groups and give us a little extra so we can sell them to keep our ag exemption. :)
I've been exploring the internet for web sites that show me what we'll need for all our animals. I'm hoping we can do it reasonably inexpensively or else it kind of defeats the purpose of raising our own.
I really can't wait to move, get settled in and have our first meal of food we've mostly down ourselves. Plus, you know, when the Zombie Apocalypse comes, we'll be ready for it. :)
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