Let’s dig a picture out from a year ago.. Well, you can see the floor and the walls in this one.

There are a lot of other financial benefits that often come with living in a more rural setting like less traffic, less of a commute to work, lower costs on consumer goods and services.The savings on these things alone can mean that if you’re in a couple, one of you may not need to bring in an income anymore..

Create some savings.Moving into a lower priced market often allows you to create an instant savings account for yourself through the sale of your old house.This savings is absolutely necessary.

If you’re doing the old farmhouse thing, there WILL be costly things that come up when you’re least expecting it.If at least one person in the household doesn’t already have a job lined up in the new town, a savings account can save your sanity.

We were able to find work right away when we moved to our new town, so that was nice to be able to keep us from getting nervous about our risky new adventure.

Having the savings allowed us to quickly feel comfortable transitioning into having me stay home and putting my time into building my business (this blog!).I never know what to do with it.

This time though, I think I got it..The shutters from on top moved down underneath and I brought in a potted mum (wrapped in more burlap!)

and a pumpkin that I meant to go on the front step.It’s so simple, but really almost perfect to me..