Life in rural France comes with its challenges...

I think our life here in the French countryside looks very idyllic most of the time and it is most of the time and don't Get me wrong, I will be forever grateful that Olaf and I have been able to create this life for ourselves and for our family. That we've taken all the risks, that we've done things other people might not do, that we've left everything behind, that we've left a very successful business, all those things to start a new life here in France. And there are so many beautiful and good things about our life here. But it also has the reality of needing to deal with issues. We have a septic tank and we have an extra pump for the cabin. And on Olaf's birthday, actually this summer, we had an issue with that pump for the cabin. And on his birthday on a Sunday morning at 7:00, we were literally scooping out, I will spare the details, but you get the visual, the entire pump reservoir for that because it was blocked and we spent about 3 hours fixing that. I am so grateful to have a husband who knows how to fix things. I don't know how he knows how to do things, but he always finds solutions. We could not have this business. We could not live this life. We could not have built all of this without his incredible skill and his perseverance and his determination to figure things out. And then recently we had an issue with our big septic tank. We noticed in the evening we were having dinner outside and Odo said, "What's that noise?" I didn't hear anything. I'm so grateful for him. And he noticed something and said, "Something's wrong with the septic tank." And we spend an hour in the dark trying to figure it out. We couldn't find it. And so Olaf spent another four hours or so very early the next morning to fix everything because our rentals were booked. People need to be able to use the bathroom. None of our guests even ever noticed anything was wrong because we were fixing it, you know, as soon as we can. And that's just the reality of living this kind of life. And I am not complaining. But I do think that even I maybe when we moved here did not realize what it takes to live like this. We're not remote out in the country at all. We live in a village with lots of life or 25 minutes from Boone or one hour from a couple of big cities, but our our house itself and the property just take a lot of work and a lot of maintenance. And I just wanted to keep it real with you and show that as well. But you know, all in all, this kind of life, having the sounds of nature all around me, having this view first thing when I wake up in the morning, sitting here in my wonderful garden with the cat that found our home one day and decided she wanted to live with us. I mean, I would never trade this for anything else. We are welcoming fall here in our farmhouse in the French countryside of Burgundy after a very hot and dry summer. We've had quite some rain in the past weeks and I couldn't be happier because all my flowers are thriving. I have had to wait so long for my cosmos to bloom. All my dalas are blooming. I so enjoy my garden. I do not like gardening. I hate it to be honest. But I'm always so grateful for all the beauty that it gives us. But we really need to do a final cleanup to welcome fall. So Olaf is tackling cutting all the grass. And I am going to cut all the edges. It's just going to give us a little workout in the garden today. There are actually still some vit here and there in the late summer and early fall. This one is in Arneluk and it was actually quite a nice one. I found my wonderful little tumblers, Diguan Brown stoneware tumblers and a couple of stone wear vases. Yeah. New York. Hold on. >> Where is he? I don't know. >> Hey Yeah, slow get you here. [Music] A beautiful name this Yeah, no shot. [Applause] Thank you so much for following our journey here on YouTube. I can't begin to tell you how grateful we are for all of you, for your comments and your support. And I will be back with a new video very soon.