...it is not always anticipated, foreseen or desired. The loss of our Corn Crib last month has been a major "turn" in this story and in our lives. I will try to answer all the questions that have been asked and the ones you may have been wanting to ask. But please give me time. I feel I must continue this story where I left off five weeks ago with the birth of our eldest daughter, so it will take a few posts to reach the current chapter in our story.
For now, I will answer the three questions we are asked the most:
1. Will you rebuild? - Yes! That has not even been a question for us. We love our acreage and cannot see our family living any where else. The doors are open for us to stay, so we are moving forward with plans to rebuild and be back in Benton County in time to plant our garden next spring!
2. Are you building another corn crib? - No! We never dreamed of living in a corn crib. As I shared in my blog on the first chapters in this story, I had to be talked into using the existing building. While I came to love that corn crib as our home, I am truly looking forward to a simple ranch style house like we had originally planned. Of course, having said that, Ben and I are anything but conventional, so you can expect our home to be a very unique ranch!
3. Will you continue to call it "Corn Crib Acres"? - Absolutely! After more than a decade the name has stuck and we are working on ways to incorporate the "old" with the "new." Ben and a couple of guys saved me two of the true 3x12's that had been the main floor supports. We plan to use one to make a sign for the front yard...which will read "Corn Crib Acres - est. 2000."
Ok...bonus...I am tired of answering this one, so I will get it out there, but will wait to go into it more in a later post:
4. So, of course you are putting in a basement, right? - Wrong! We hate basements! We see no point in digging a hole and then spending the rest of our lives trying to keep water out of it. There is no way I would ever store anything of any value to me in a basement (too many items thrown out due to water damage last month), so it would serve as a very expensive storm shelter. We have decided to install a simple and much less expensive storm shelter in the garage. I can post all the specs on it later, but suffice it to say, we both feel very comfortable with this choice.
The love and support we have experienced has been overwhelming! Thank you all so much for your continued prayers, as much of this journey is still laden with tears, painful good-byes and letting go of so much. Our rental house is feeling more and more like home...I actually felt safe enough to cry here yesterday! We are looking for opportunities we have available to us living in town, like frequent splash pad visits, play dates and possibly starting music lessons!
