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Simply Frustrated

4/7/2015

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Have you ever just wanted to drop everything and give up?  Well I am about there today. We currently rent our homestead and after moving 2 hours away from everyone to start fresh and get away from a really crappy rental and landlord who doesn't give a horses butt I am there again. I just keep shaking my head wondering what next, I spent $10,000 total between first and last and moving expenses....yep goodbye down deposit for a home. Now I am sitting here trying to figure out what I can do to make some extra cash. I love baking but because I rent my home I cannot sell baked goods, also I don't have a second kitchen. I continue to write my cookbook but know that won't bring in much at all. Between teaching my children, doing chores and baking, I am pretty much beat by 7pm.  I just don't know what to do anymore but I hate living in a home where the landlord has no care and instead of checking things out, just calls and says oh in the spring. Well I have a roof that leaks, walls that leak, windows that leak and have mold, walls that are getting mold spots and a hose that pours water into my crawlspace...I am simply frustrated.
If only I had purchased property a few years back, but no I decided to wait and now I have been told I need a co-signer or 20% down....for a large family on a fixed income this is almost impossible. I love homesteading and living a more self-sufficient life but at the same time I fear I will have to give it all up just because I want a decent home to raise my children in. I feel like crying sometimes because I get so upset, but have to hold it back for my children's sake. So until I can figure out a way to get ourselves a homestead where we can raise our animals and have the acreage we need, I am going to plant my garden, try and sell some of my vegetables and hope I find that pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. It just goes to show you can never judge a book by its cover.
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Johannna Thomas
4/8/2015 01:12:09 am

Buy the biggest blue tarp you can find...or more than one....and put it on your roof....that will take care of those leaks...Can the windows be caulked? That may help those leaks. I don't have any idea what to do about the walls... feel you are trying to spread yourself too thin....You might consider letting the kids go to public school for a short time, till you can get on your feet....Wish I could be more help.

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Heather link
4/10/2015 07:27:34 am

It all sounds very frustrating! Keep your chin up! I went through some absolutely soul-crushing situations in the late Fall and Winter last year, and everything eventually worked out and is wonderful now. These situations serve to make us stronger. From what I know of you, you'll make it through with flying colors. I'm here for support, too, if you can ever use it. :) Heather at Fresh Start Acres

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