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[Padruig <rayzentz AT aim.com>]

Cool, Don. Good luck in your new place. We too are searching for a place to 
buy, and while we are not looking for as large a place as you have, we are 
planning on an acre or so, so we can plant a small orchard, and have a big 
garden. Tough to find within a reasonable drive distance to work.

Ray



Dr. Raymond Zentz
 
It is better to die a free man, than to live, a slave.



-----Original Message-----
From: Don Bowen <don.bowen AT earthlink.net>
To: Homestead_Friends AT yahoogroups.com; homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org; 
brierpatch AT yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wed, Dec 22, 2010 7:55 am
Subject: [Homestead] Update


I thought as the end of the year approaches I would update everyone. It has 
been a very busy year as most of you know, very busy indeed. The first three 
months were spent going though stuff and searching the Internet for a place 
in Missouri. My wife was shoved into retirement by he school district so she 
had that to deal with. 
 
In early April we took a trip to Missouri where I have spent several summers 
meeting people and getting to know the area. We looked at several places 
within our very narrow price range but came away disappointed every time. It 
was either junk or over priced. Then when we were getting ready to leave a 
place came available, a place I knew about and had discussed before. It was a 
little more than I wanted to spend but it had almost everything else we 
wanted. So we agreed to buy it and set things in motion. A week later he 
backed out. 
 
So, back to the Internet searches and making plans to come back when school 
was out to search some more. While looking an interesting place popped up in 
the listings. It had been way out of my price range which is why I had not 
noticed it before. The owner is ill and wanted to settle things so dropped 
the price by S40K. I had some friends take a look and their comment was "If 
you don't buy it we will!" They sent pictures and descriptions and we liked 
what we saw. We made the necessary dance moves and the place was on hold 
until I could come out to see it. 
 
I flew into Springfield in early May and drove down to see the place. It was 
everything we wanted, location, house size, sewing room, shop, etc. The price 
was a little more than the place we almost bought but the difference was less 
than what we would have had to spend to get that one to where we wanted it. I 
signed papers, give them money and returned home to get ready for the move. 
 
Here are pictures of the place: 
http://www.braingarage.com/Dons/Ozark%20house/