So, the closing didn’t exactly happen on Friday the 18th at 9 am. Elden and I arrived at the appointed hour only to find that not everyone had been informed about the closing. Namely, the seller. Also, the documents weren’t exactly ready for me to sign. (None of this was my lawyer’s fault, I should mention. I won’t mention whose fault it was. Ahem.)
Forty-five minutes and some impulse buys at L&M later (where else does a farmer go to kill time than the local fleet/supply store?), we returned to the lawyer’s office, I signed our lives away and handed over the really big check, which would remain in my lawyer’s care until such time as the seller could come in and sign, which turned out to be Wednesday, December 23rd.
I still do not have an official document, but my lawyer assures me it is being recorded as I type. Good thing I’ve never been one for ceremony. Maybe we should call it Anticlimactic Farm.
Stone's Throw Farm 
Congratulations! Perhaps this inauspicious beginning will translate to great success and smooth start ups. Enjoy the blue moon over your unnamed farm tonight! M & D