Many of you know that my husband and I have been working hard at getting our house ready to sale for the past few months (which is why my posts here have been so few and far between). In addition to trying to sell our house, we’ve also been scouring the real estate sites looking for a good deal on a house with a fair bit of land. We haven’t had any luck so far, but what we did stumble upon is an amazing deal on 50 acres in southern Wyoming! We drove out to see the land this weekend and fell in love.
Jody and I started talking about it and while we definitely don’t need that much land for ourselves, we’ve always joked, but also dreamed about living in a commune. So we’re going for it! We talked to the owners of the land and they are cool with waiting until our house sells as they aren’t in a huge hurry to sell. So as soon as our house sells, we’re buying the land and starting our dream! :)
That’s where you come in. We figure that between the land that will be committed to gardening/farming, an orchard, livestock, a huge communal kitchen and dining hall, a big playground, land for hiking, and maybe even a pool and small rec center, we’ll still have room for about 30 families to join us. Jody is writing up an application form which I will post in a few weeks for interested families to complete. Anybody interested? :) Leave a comment if you think you might be interested in learning more or if you have ideas on how to make this commune an awesome place to live.
Obviously we have a lot of details to work out, but we’re both very excited about this opportunity for us and for the many families who will eventually be joining us. But most of all we’re excited to say April Fool’s! :) Too bad it’s not for real. I was really getting excited about it. ;)
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Brooke says:
Ooh! That was a good one! I was totally thinking, What the heck? Nicely played.
April 1st, 2010 at 11:16 am
Crunchy Chicken says:
Holy smokes! That’s awesome. I can’t wait to hear more about it :)
April 1st, 2010 at 11:16 am
Jen@theevolvinghomemaker.com says:
you stink. :)
April 1st, 2010 at 11:20 am
Anne L. says:
I totally fell for that– was about to email my husband! Oh, well. :)
April 1st, 2010 at 11:23 am
Jody says:
At first it’ll be like a big camp out, tents & fire pits. Once we reach a critical mass then we’ll some good ol fashion barn raising type work. (BYOW)
April 1st, 2010 at 11:23 am
Brandy says:
Grrr…..you CAN’T. DO. THAT!!! I was just going to ask if you’d need a school master too. Stinky face. :[ I guess I still love ya though! ;)
April 1st, 2010 at 11:27 am
Quiskaeya says:
hehehe….that is the best april fools ever!!!
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April 1st, 2010 at 11:33 am
Collette says:
You totally had me. I thought you had lost your mind!
April 1st, 2010 at 11:33 am
robin (woowoomama) says:
that was a super april fool’s post!
April 1st, 2010 at 11:35 am
erica says:
‘scuse my language, but OMFG that is so exciting!!!! i’m so jealous!!! i can’t sell my house for three more years or i’d consider.
April 1st, 2010 at 12:07 pm
Garden Pheenix says:
Wow that is ridiculously exciting! I can’t wait to see what happens and how it pans out. If that is a picture of the place it is breath taking!
April 1st, 2010 at 12:11 pm
Condo Blues says:
Too bad that it’s not real, only for the fact that you’d be a little closer to me and tempting you with fresh apple cider in the fall might convince you to visit :)
Already did the commune thing. We called it living in a tent behind the Renaissance Festival on weekend. Pretty fun, except when it rained. Then we had an old fashioned water bed! Just like Ma and Pa on the prairie…
April 1st, 2010 at 12:19 pm
Megan@SortaCrunchy says:
YOU STINKER.
Wouldn’t that be just AWESOME though?
April 1st, 2010 at 12:32 pm
Andrea says:
I didn’t even put 2 and 2 together…but I did come here to say that S Wyoming looks nothing like NW Wyoming (your pic). :) Us NW Wyo natives are protective of our mountains…only we get to claim them!
April 1st, 2010 at 12:51 pm
Melodie says:
You got me! Right after another blog post got me too! And I was prepared for this kind of thing today. Man, I am SO gullible!
April 1st, 2010 at 1:01 pm
Niecey says:
I knew it was an April fool from the title even. I’m that awesome.
April 1st, 2010 at 1:39 pm
phyllis says:
now that was funny. i was feeling just a tiny bit jealous… :-) happy april fool’s!
April 1st, 2010 at 2:33 pm
Amber says:
You totally had me fooled! Well played, Amy, well played.
April 1st, 2010 at 2:46 pm
Mrs. Money says:
LOL You better tell Crunchy Chicken that you’re joking. :)
You are selling your house, aren’t you?
April 1st, 2010 at 2:49 pm
Kellie @ Greenhab says:
We would have definitely been IN!!
April 1st, 2010 at 2:52 pm
Crayon Wrangler says:
I was totally going to sign up. If we drum up enough interest would you reconsider for real…:)
April 1st, 2010 at 5:57 pm
Jenny B says:
I would totally join, except that I would like to join as a chicken. Your headline says you are accepting chickens…
April 1st, 2010 at 6:23 pm
Greta says:
Wow. Tempting, seriously.
April 1st, 2010 at 6:25 pm
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April 1st, 2010 at 6:31 pm
VDog says:
I would TOTES come live on a commune with you.
We’ve joked about it, too. Maybe one day…lol
April 1st, 2010 at 6:57 pm
Rob says:
Oh sure. Get me all excited about moving. Then just pull the rug out from under me. What a stink bug!
April 1st, 2010 at 7:47 pm
Crunchy Chicken says:
Whaddya mean, Mrs. Moneypenny?
I’ve got dibs on the solar-paneled Jungle Themed Yurt with the heated composting outdoor toilet/bidet/shower combo.
Just as long as I don’t have to live right next to Rob. He always wants to borrow my latex body paint and it’s really getting on my nerves. Although I guess it’s better than seeing him walk around naked all the time.
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April 2nd, 2010 at 3:06 am
Damita says:
Ha ha I nearly fell for that :P
April 2nd, 2010 at 4:43 am
Suzanne says:
Very funny.. I was like. Really? Cool idea.. I’d love to have an area for a garden out there! Glad you said April Fools :)
Hehehe
April 2nd, 2010 at 6:49 am
Sinclair says:
That was a very good one! Points for thinking and for making us think also!
April 2nd, 2010 at 1:59 pm
Kris says:
AMY! I was about to go get those “intentional living” books off my shelf to mail to you— SOMEone should get some use out of them, right?
Geesh. ONLY joke I fell for this year, even if I’m late to the party ;)
April 2nd, 2010 at 7:56 pm
Karen says:
Oh man, you got me!!! I’m so sad that it is a joke though!!!
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April 2nd, 2010 at 10:20 pm
Fran says:
That’s such a great April Fool’s Day post! Sounds like a great idea though, it looks like a few people were already packing their bags to join you. :-D
April 3rd, 2010 at 1:21 am
Patrice Palmer says:
Great April Fool’s Joke! I hadn’t looked at the posting date before I read it and you got me hook, line and sinker!
April 3rd, 2010 at 2:16 pm
Toni Turbeville says:
ROTFL… Too funny! You had me going there for a minute… mainly because my hubby-to-be and I have mulled over that exact idea. Glad we’re not the only ones!! :)
April 3rd, 2010 at 2:26 pm
knittnkitten says:
I saw the date and wondered, bad bunny!
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April 8th, 2010 at 7:28 am
Kellie Gray says:
haha totally had me fooled! but in my defense, I was reading this on april 8th, so my mind was not on aprils fools jokes!
April 8th, 2010 at 7:36 pm
Liesl says:
Ha! You totally had me going on this one – Kevin’s workplace has been rather stressful recently and we’ve talked about “how do you know when enough’s enough and you take a leap of faith and go somewhere to succeed on a more useful and healthy for everyone model of life?
So,,,did you really buy the land in Wyoming?
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April 9th, 2010 at 5:33 am
Jen says:
HAHAHAHA! You totally had me! I was about to start wondering if I should email you for info about this commune! I’ve never heard of one that didn’t involve major news headlines! ha! Great post!
April 25th, 2010 at 8:34 pm
Kristie Turck says:
I was going to cc this to some friends. Until the last sentence. Too funny!
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