I’m happy to say I finally paid off my last credit card (I’ve been working that one down for a few years), and we’ll have the truck paid off as soon as our tax refund comes in. This morning I opened another savings account in the hopes that Ben’s new job will stay steady, and we’ll finally be able to put some money into that account and save for our future home.
I’ve spent years dreaming about finally owning our own place, and in another few years we may finally be able to do just that. We don’t plan to buy a house. We’re hoping to find a piece of land to buy within the next year, and we plan to build our dream home. We don’t want anything huge. A simple log cabin is exactly what we want, and it will be a lot cheaper for us to build. I’ve been looking over building codes, and I’ve discovered we can mill our own wood (my dad already owns a portable mill), and we’ve got plenty of trees to stockpile for logs on my Papa’s property not counting any we may have available on the land we buy if we have to clear a spot for the house. Ben also plans to start gathering the material in the next year so it can be weathering naturally. We both want an authentic log cabin, none of that kit stuff. We won’t have to pay labor costs because our home will be built by Ben and my dad in their spare time. It may take 2-3 years to build, but that’s okay. We have a roof over our head until it is finished. The savings will outweigh the time.
Of course that means I want the decor to run in the cabin theme as well. Ben can build the furniture I want, but that doesn’t mean he will. I’ve begged for a log dining set for over 5 years, and he still hasn’t built me one. He uses the old “the carpenter doesn’t bring his work home with him” excuse. That’s fine because I found some beautiful aspen furniture I’ve already added to my wish list. I’ve been drooling over the Silver Creek Aspen Log Trestle Dining Table all morning. Throw some benches in with that baby, and it’s my dream dining set.
