PROGRESS!!! Slow, but sure!

Wednesday was a BIG day at Grandma's house!  All the quakies were removed.  The lawn is looking worse but now you can see the house.  The neighbor's all came out and shared their opinions (positive). 

More yard work: filling holes from the old, old, old scrubs and from the cedar trees on the north east corner of the house (counting the growth rings they were over 80 years old), cutting down  more "junk" trees, and a dead apricot tree (in the play area)..followed by weeding and weeding and weeding!  This is just part of the outside work we are planning.

We are hoping to post a weekly update.  Keep checking back!  We will include pictures of the inside and the yard.

Have a great weekend!  We will decorate graves on Sunday.  Saturday and Monday will probably be spent at Grandma's.

Love,
Shelley



It's back...with no quakies!



REALLY..IT IS BACK IN THE FAMILY!!!

Okay...enough false alarms.  After the last post we had an inspection on the home...and we found a lot of hidden problems.  We went back to the bank and made another offer.  It was rejected.  We told them that we had spent enough time and money and that we were withdrawing the offer.  Mark thought that they might come back in a few months and want to take the offer. Well it wasn't a few months...it was a few days!  After 8 long months....it is back in the family!

We have been busy cutting down quakies, getting bids for a sprinkler system, trimming scrubs (some have been there for years) and cleaning.  We wish that we could irrigate, (I would love to run through the water and play in the wading pool) but the water shares were sold with the house!   So now I'll  have to run through the sprinklers.  You can drop by anytime and join me.

Tomorrow we will have all the quakies removed (YEAH).  We wanted to have an open house on Memorial Day, but  decided  to wait until we have more done.  After our children walked through they really thought that we were nuts, and too old to take this on, THANKS!   Every neighbor that walks by comments that we have a "big job". Thanks, we didn't know that.  My dad is starting to come on board.  He helped mow the lawn last week.  He seemed a bit nostalgic when he took a break and sat on the porch.  He has been wonderful to bring us garden tools and drinks.

BEFORE: Parkway looking towards the house

AFTER: Parkway without the quakies looking North...others quakies gone or will be gone before end of week!!!

Yesterday (90 deg.)  I worked outside for too long and then I went  inside and started cleaning.  The home was so nice and cool (no A/C).  While washing the front window, I remembered all the great meals in the dining room with many of you.  I could hear Uncle Glen playing honky-tonk on the piano and could almost see Grandma sitting in her chair, crocheting.   Yes, I get nostaglic when I'm there.  I would love to move in and call this home, but for now we will rent it.

I'd like to ask all of you if you would  be willing to share pictures and memories of this home. I asked Dad for any photos that he had and he said that he didn't have any????    He thinks that the orginal stairs went up through what is now Grandma's bedroom.(?)  We would  really appreciate any other information on the homes orginal floorplan. We are excited to hear from you.  We want to add  this information/photos to the blog and  hopefully get  more descendants involved.

In a few years we will open the home up to all.  We will be posting pictures of the progress.

Love,
Shelley

PS.  Please pass this blog/information along to your family.