Our Dream House

So even though the money recieved from the settlement was attrocious, we did get enough to move. This was what I needed desperately. I was so traumatized that I couldn't let the kids go outside to play. I couldn't stand to hear cars pass by the house. I was losing my mind.

John and I began our search for a piece of property that we could all live with. Someplace the kids could go out to play without me having a nervous breakdown. Someplace with lots of room to build a nice house.

We found it in Frankfort Maine. The property was lovely with the most amazing energy. We quickly put a down payment on it and signed papers. Then we began planning our dream house.

John is a very talented carpenter and we knew what we wanted. He drew up plans, cleared the property and began building our new home. It seems like it took a moment now but then it seemed like forever.

We moved in well before the house was finished. We had to. I couldn't be at the other house any longer.

When we moved in we had no electricity, no running water and not even a septic. We had a porta-potty outside and we lugged in gallons of water from other sources. Candles and board games were our only entertainment. But the kids didn't care. There was lots of property to explore and I felt comfortable letting them go outside to play.

Living in a house while you are building it is not very condusive to the process but it did a lot for all of us in the way of healing our spirits and making us comfortable.

John was not only working on our home but he was also running his own little construction company. He was building garages and decks for people. He was doing roofs. He was even out doing odd jobs. And, I might add, he was doing very well with it.

We did by the end of our first summer have a septic and electricity. It took another year before we had money for our own well but still we were happy.

For a very long time we lived in our dream home with no interior walls and only subflooring. In about 2006 we decided it was time to get a construction loan and finish the place up. During the finish on this place the loan company told us that if my husband wanted to build houses to sell they could help him with financing. This was my husbands dream come true. We jumped at the opportunity. First we refinanced this place to take care of old credit issues, get me a decent car, and buy a piece of property to use for the next house. We wanted to buy and RV as well but chose to put some money into the property to get things rolling instead.

It definately seemed that things were beginning to turn around for us.