NatchraLeigh Brain Fried: I know, I said we were done looking for a while

But I found a cabin in the woods for rent, in the area that I would like to eventually buy in, so it's perfect in that way. It's FUNKY, totally unique and kind of quirky - my kind of cabin. :) Well, except that in my kind of cabin there would not be an indoor sauna but instead a outdoor hot tub, and I would get a ginormous antique claw foot tub. In this cabin there is a sauna, but no bath tub to be found. There is a shower in the sauna, and in the main bathroom, but no bath tub? There are lots of things to concider.

A huge factor in this is that I now have a roomate whom I can't just leave hanging and she can't afford my rent here on her own, and doesn't know anyone to have move in for a roomate. :(
I feel like I have a responsibility to her and I told her that we'd be looking for a place in May/June, not a week after she moved in. It's unfair to her to move. But I have to think about my family too - I will have to figure out how to make it right if we do decide to move....

The cabin is great, I love it. It's so unique, so cool that it feels like me. And talk about back to basics... check this out... it has an antique wood cook stove - that's in working order. It's those lovely colors of cream and light blue. It's gorgeous. It has style and grace AND it's functional? I mean I don't know if I'd really use it, but it's SO cool that it actually works! I suppose I'd use it on Turkey Day, when the regular old electric stove is full and I need an extra place to warm sides or bake bread.

The property the cabin lies on is not in such good shape. It's got lots of random things laying around that are sort of scarey when I think about my girls running around out there, or even the dog. There is shattered bits of glass around each of the really old beat up junker cars that are spread out on the land. There's probably 6-8 of the old junkers, some of those are pretty creepy too. A friend tells me that rattlesnakes like to hide in that kind of atmosphere. eek!

The land is rough, it's very rocky, little to enormous, just rocks everywhere. There is no garden space. There is space to plant flowers outside of the HUGE wall of windows (a LOT of windows, ahhh) in what looks like a big planter box that runs the length of the wall of windows... there's probably a name for it that I'm not aware of. I could do an above ground garden, it'll just take a little more work in the short run...

Well I must put an end to my chatterboxing and daydreaming. I hardly slept a wink last night and I have GOT to get some sleep! Oh, and I need to catch up on my drama (soap!) so I see a corner of a couch with a velvety soft blanky that is just calling my name...

I leave you with a few pictures of the cabin and grounds... feel free to give me your input!

The property - I spy 3 cars (or what used to be cars)