Even though it was mid summer it felt like Christmas in our minds.

We were definitely blessed when we purchased the home we live in. We had looked at a few places but nothing attracted us. Then one fine sunny day Rick, our real estate agent gave a call about a house he thought we would love.

Excited we went to look at the place and he was so right, it was exactly what we wanted and only a 15 minute walk to where my wife works so we of course put an offer, only to find it was actually sold before we even saw the property. We weren’t angry but slightly miffed to say the least.

Then, a couple of days later we get a call saying the same thing. I think you’re gonna love this one and sorry about that last one. Well we headed over to check it out but there was no excitement going on the way over. I was also sure to ask Rick if this one was still on the market and chuckled a little, but I was serious.

We looked on our city map and noticed that it was only two blocks away from the other house so it was still very close to Jenny’s office and no transportation costs sounded great. Since then fuel costs have only risen.

Once we got there we discovered that it was actually two city lots forsale and it was pretty much the same price as the previous property we missed out on. Now we were getting excited but we did our best to hide any excitement. Our minds were racing with backyard garden ideas.

We saw the second lot as a great place for a backyard vegetable garden area with plenty of space for a few nice flower gardens.

I guess our faces were giving us away because we saw Rick smiling as we were doing our best to remain calm.

The entire properties were surrounded by a mess fence covered with lush green bushes making for an amazing privacy fence on three sides. We have never had privacy and for that reason were never backyard people, but we always wanted to be.

Backyard garden ideas were filling our minds making it hard to keep a straight face. We looked at each other at every turn, smiling from ear to ear when Rick wasn’t looking. Eventually we both burst out laughing and the cat was out of the bag. We loved it.

It’s three years later as I am writing this post but we still love it even though we have had to put a lot of work into our yard and will still be working on it for years to come, but that part of what we love. It’s quickly becoming the home of our dreams and a great place to retire.

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