We found a house!

Man, things move slow in GA! 2 weeks ago yesterday, we told our realtor in GA that we wanted to make an offer on a house. What would have taken an hour on the phone in Delaware, took 2 weeks of back and forth contracts in GA. Everything had to be done in writing, so all the negotiations involved writing up multiple contracts with days between each contract to finally get a contract we all were happy with. But we did it! We have a contingency contract on a house in Monroe, GA.

Here is the front of the house. I love the porch and the color, it makes me feel peaceful.
The house is on 6.25 acres with a pond in the back. This is looking back at the house from the pasture. I can't wait to have ducks in the pond! There is a great flat area with full sun for a garden in the back of the house.
Here is more of the pasture in back. It is wooded along the sides and there are trees scattered throughout the pasture for shade. It isn't fenced so we will be taking care of that.
This is the kitchen. It is very bright and open which I like.
And the big family room. The deer heads won't be staying LOL. The ceiling fans will however.

They already have a chicken coop set up in the side yard with 6 laying hens. The coop is staying but I'm not sure about the chickens yet.

The house is down a good size gravel driveway off of a side country road. There are a lot of trees in the front yard. The house is closer in to town than we ideally wanted, but I think it will work out. Mark will only be 10 miles from work which he is looking forward to and it will be easier for Logan to stay involved in karate and for us to get involved with homeschooling groups. As long as the zombie hordes don't attack one day, being closer in will be nice. If they do attack one day, we'll be in seriously trouble LOL.

There's no basement, so I'll have to figure something out for food storage, but I'm already working on that. It isn't the perfect house and land, but nothing ever is. It is by far the best we found in GA and we're both excited about it.

The contract is good until July 21, so we have until then to sell our house or the contract will end. 2 houses sold in our neighborhood this week, the best one and the worst one. We are now the best house in the neighborhood, so I'm hopeful ours will sell soon. We have showings number 23 and 24 scheduled so far for this weekend. If anyone wants to send more house selling energy we'd sure appreciate it. Living in a model home and having to leave on average 5 times a week for showings is getting old!