June 7, 2014. Ridgeland, Ms. More Homes.

Today we saw the outside of more beautiful homes, this time on the Reservoir. We drove over the spillway to the other side of the reservoir from our condo and followed as close as we could to the lake. Every time we found a subdivision, we went in. One nice area of homes had a gate. I have learned to hate gated communities when we are exploring. Yesterday, we just waited until someone was opening the gate. Then we followed them in. Today we had no luck. But I had no problem knocking on the door if the home was for sale. If no one answered, I looked in the windows and if there was no furniture, we walked around to the back yard. We saw several lovely dock and water front areas. Of course, we have no idea what these homes are selling for but we assume that as we are in Mississippi, we could afford them. Our problem is that we might not want a lovely home on the water. But we have seen many beautiful homes. The only thing we know for sure is that we need more space to live in Mississippi. It might be a bigger condominium or a place with land in the country. We are exploring all our options so we will be ready when the farm sells. My optimistic heart is returning.