Well, y'all, here I am in the motherland...beautiful (freezing!) Virginia. I had forgotten how COLD it can get. The little creek in front of our new house has ice on the banks...brrrrr... Now that the euphoria of buying the house is starting to pass, the reality of the job ahead of me is jumping up to bite me in the posterior. The previous owners moved out and left us a MESS!! They left us a mound of trash that will take several trips to the dump and they didn't clean anything! You should SEE the inside of the stove, not to mention the fridge! Yuck! I would be embarassed to leave a house looking that bad. Anything they didn't feel like taking with them just got left. The people who came in and put in our new heaters must have thought it was already the dump because they left all THEIR mess, too! Before I can even start working on rennovation, I've got a major cleaning job ahead. Fortunately, my step daughter works on the cleaning crew at Virginia Tech, so she is a pro and will dig into the mess this weekend. My mother in law is on her way, too, and nobody can clean like a mother in law...ha! In the meantime, we have to keep looking at all that PINK paint the previous owner plastered the place with! Can't wait to start painting! Keep me in your prayers...and, Ole Paul, send over a jug quick! I need something to drown my sorrows with...he,he,he Mizz (overwhelmed) Kat

Hey Kat (I know this is an easy thing to say considering I'm a couple o thousand miles away but....) We'd have us a cleanin' party if I was there! A good jug, an some rock n roll turned up to shake that house!! and we could have it done in no time!!! Well, maybe it helps to know my intentions are good? I can still picture that place after you've lent your loving hands....I'd give my right arm for a homestead on a creek, in the woods. Let me know when you are ready to curl up by the fire and I'll be there in my dreams!!!! Thinkin' of you, Jeanne On 1/4/08, Kat Fulcher <kfulcher55@gmail.com> wrote: > > Well, y'all, here I am in the motherland...beautiful (freezing!) Virginia. > I had forgotten how COLD it can get. The little creek in front of our new > house has ice on the banks...brrrrr... Now that the euphoria of buying > the > house is starting to pass, the reality of the job ahead of me is jumping > up > to bite me in the posterior. >

Kat, What a good idea it would be for you to take some before and after pictures. I don't have a website, but there are others that do and would love to post them so we could all see your new house evolve into your special home, inside and out. Just a thought. Today is going to be a beautiful day, a good day to take pics. Our big old farm house turns 100 years old this year. The old houses have so much character. I for one know the hard work that goes into getting it the way you want it. We know what can happen to a house that sets empty and this one set empty for 7 years before we bought it, so we allowed ourselves 10 years to get the house and the whole farm the way we wanted it. That was 35 years ago. I wish I had taken pictures, before and after. That made me tired just writing about it. I think I am ready to downsize now. Enjoy your new home and may God's blessings go with you in every room, especially the children's rooms. Cora Sue Linton Waynesboro, VA \o/The Lord Inhabits Praise