Reflections Most of our inner circle has been remarkably supportive as we trade our Rocky Mountain yuppie life for a life-stage August season on an Eastern Kentucky farm. I’d like to think we’ve even inspired a few friends, in ever how small a way, to reconsider their own trajectories. However, the fact remains: some people […]
Category: Moving and relocation
The Small Town Challenge of Shopping Local
The Great Relocation: Expectations vs. Reality Before we swapped our five-acre Colorado exurb for a 50-acre Kentucky homestead, we made a pact: Go local or go home. We were eager to pour our resources back into our new community, envisioning ourselves as the cheerful patrons of the town’s small businesses. But as it turns out, […]
Less House, More Life
Reflections This fall, we made a bold trade: we swapped a large house on five acres for a small cottage on fifty. We love having the extra room to roam, but shrinking from 4,400 square feet down to 1,500 is a major adjustment. We went from a heated six-car garage setup to an open-air parking […]
Quiet Skies
Reflection I was outside the other day and realized something pretty profound: It has been 2 months since I last heard an airplane fly over my house. Our old homestead in Colorado didn’t have many airplanes overhead, but we did have a few United puddle hoppers from Denver to Colorado Springs plus a handful of […]
Engineering a More Perfect Move
Reflections Just days remain before Mike and I leave our Colorado home of 20 years (25 total in the Pikes Peak Region) for our farm in Kentucky. This entire moving process has been incredibly exhausting, but in retrospect, Mike and I did a few things right. • Debt Free: We entered this move with zero […]
Selling Our Home: Old Address, New Museum
Reflections Our house is officially live on the market. We’ve had the professional cleaners, the sales stagers, the photographer/videographer with the drone. Everything looks amazing, so crisp and neutral. And it feels like we can’t even live in our own home comfortably. The address is the same, but the home is no longer ours. Within […]
Forgetting to Breathe
Reflections I was on my way to a 7:00 AM dental cleaning, driving down what used to be a quite 2-lane road, when I realized something. My chest was tight. My head hurt. I was holding my breath! “Breathe!” I reminded myself as I drove down the road. “Just breathe. This will pass.” Our Colorado […]
The Toughest Job in Real Estate
Reflections A team of experts A lot of professionals contribute to the sale of a home. The real estate agent is that hard-working primary point of contact. Her team includes a staging expert, marketing professionals, web designers and social media pros. The handyman helps with last-minute punch list work and touch-ups. There’s also the inspector, […]
Laughing My Way Through Fire
Reflections They say moving is a top life stressor. They were right. We are preparing our home of 20 years for a quick sale so that Briarhopper Ranch can trade Colorado’s peaks for Kentucky’s green. One exceptionally hot day in August brought me almost to my breaking point. Attempting to work through the chaos, I […]
Let’s Sell the Diamond Ring
So baby let’s sell your diamond ring Buy some boots and faded jeans and go away This coat and tie is choking me In your high society you cry all day – Chips Moman, Bobby Emmons, as performed by Waylon Jennings Reflections It’s not a diamond ring we’re selling, but a 5 acre, forested property […]