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From: Reta J
Date: 06-27-2003, 07:47 PM (1 of 16)
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Hi everyone, I haven't been posting much lately, as we were in process of looking for a new home, buying home, and moving. We are now in our new home!! woooohoooo!!!! However, we now live in a maze with all the packing boxes. We stayed in new house last night, but it still needs alot of work. It was built in 1900 and is in the arts and crafts style home, however, it wasn't taken care of. We are in the process of stripping the hardwood floors to refinish them, rebuilding screens and doors, and getting hot water.  (and this is just the beginning) lol I now have plenty of sewing projects that need done. (curtains, refinishing old trunks, refinishing an antique room divider that still has some of the leather hinges on it, etc.) I might not be able to post as much as I like in the following weeks, ok months, ok do I hear YEARS, but just letting you all know i haven't forgotten you. Happy Birthday to all those that I have missed recently.Well, I had better get going and empty some more boxes. Hope to chat soon and see you all here at the boards. Mary, could you post the pics of the quilt I sent you, somewhere here on the boards. Maybe someone here knows something about it. Still looking for as much info as I can get. Thanks Sewing Forever
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From: Magot
Date: 06-28-2003, 02:50 AM (2 of 16)
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Have a happy new home Rita, and remember, any boxes you haven't unpacked in 6 months go either a) in the bin or b) in the loft/celler and forget about them!
love and kisses, Jan
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From: Reta J
Date: 06-30-2003, 08:56 PM (3 of 16)
Thanks Magot for the kind wishes. We have thrown away so much already and there is still tooooooo much. Hubby has an online collectibles and antique store, so we also have all that inventory to unpack and find a place for along with personal housekeeping. We have been working from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. everyday with breaks for lunch and dinner. Sunday we only worked from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. (after morning church and quit for evening service). Hopefully soon we will actually be able to take a day and rest.  We did knock off early tonight at 8. So i grabbed the puter lolTalk to you all later. Sewing Forever
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From: Mother in Law
Date: 06-30-2003, 10:57 PM (4 of 16)
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Oh Rita it's so nice to start over. Sounds like you have your work cut out for you. But I bet it will be fun. Especially the sewing curtains part. Sound's like a great old house. Good luck and do find time to smell the coffee. LOL Susie |
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From: Llantrisant
Date: 07-01-2003, 09:20 AM (5 of 16)
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Congrats Reta,normally one job leads to another ,but renovating is a different story huh? lol rather you than me but wtg you go girl. I love older homes because they do have more character than modern ones.Even different vibes within,Oh if they could only speak what tales they could tell us.
If at first you don't suceed, try-try again!
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From: DorothyL
Date: 07-01-2003, 10:49 PM (6 of 16)
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Oh if they could only speak what tales they could tell us. When we moved into this house my youngest was about 8. That summer we studied the abstract and deed, found out who owned the house 150 years ago when it was built. We went to the local library and looked the people up in local history books. We even went to the cemetery and found the family plot. The house did tell us tales and made an interesting family project. Dorothy |
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From: Magot
Date: 07-01-2003, 11:03 PM (7 of 16)
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The oldest house I ever lived in was a seventeeth century bakery, popular when James 1st ( 1662? ish) used to come to my town for the hunting of deer on the Heath. There are all sorts of little lanes and roads that have ancient names - Jepps Lane is a footpath named after his favourite dog, Pightl Close is an old saxon name meaning an enclosure for keeping pigs. In the centre of the town is a small church, parts of which are Saxon but most is from an Norman abbey (12 C) and the Park is built on the local stew ponds (fish ponds to feed the monks) The oldest reference we can find to my town is in domesday book( 1072) when is was mentioned that a lady Roysia errected a cross on the crossroads of the Icknield Way ( ancient footpath) and a roman Road. The crossroads is marked today by a glacial pebble and the town, Royston, is still named after her. I love the feeling of being embedded in history - there is a real permenance to a place. love and kisses, Jan
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From: Shellymoon
Date: 07-12-2003, 07:18 PM (8 of 16)
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WOW! I'm amazed at ya'll talking about how old your houses are. Mine was built in 1978 and in my community, that's considered old (LOL). I took my daughter on an impromptu driving tour of Swiss Ave. while we were in that part of Dallas yesterday and she was amazed at the beautiful old homes. She wanted to know when they quit building houses like that. Good luck on your renovation! We are also renovating our 25 year old house, but now ya'll are making me feel like I've got a spring chicken instead of the mad old hen of a house. Shelly Moon
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From: Mother in Law
Date: 07-14-2003, 12:48 AM (9 of 16)
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Hey Jan, Was that house haunted? LOL That's what I think of when I hear of old houses. They're Haunted. LOL susie |
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From: Aimee S
Date: 07-14-2003, 08:30 PM (10 of 16)
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I believe or house is haunted. It is over 50 years old and the only other owner died here 15 yrs ago. When my boys were babies you could here them talking to someone. also sometimes out of the corner of your eye you see an old man with a brewster style hat. doors that are closed open and lights turn on. Hubby says it is an old house. but the kids and I know better. What is it with old houses did they have something against closets?? And who heard of 1 bathroom for more then 4 bedrooms. The more you disaprove, the more fun I am having!
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From: MaryW
Date: 07-16-2003, 09:05 AM (11 of 16)
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I don't think closets were used much. I lived in some real old houses and dressers were everywhere. Haunted house, sheesh Aimee. He must be a friendly ghost like Casper. MaryW
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From: sewingrandma
Date: 07-16-2003, 09:53 AM (12 of 16)
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When DH and I were first married he was in the Air Force and we lived in an apartment complex that were old converted barracks. All of us were convinced that the entire complex was haunted. At moring during the Christmas season we got up and all the lights on the tree had been unscrewed and placed on the floor in front of the tree. We had only a 1 yr old at the time and it wasn't her! The dish drainer would end up in the sink when I was washing dishes. Hadn't put any in it yet and bamb, it's in the sink from sitting on a flat counter top. A cool breeze to the neck when there was no cool air to be had-summer in the desert of New Mexico. Curtains fly out from the window like there was a gale blowing outside when there was no wind at all. These happened to me. Another tenant had pictures moved around in her apartment in addition to the things I had experienced, yet another saw a shadow in her apartment in the shape of a woman in a long flowing gown. She also had pictures moved around. All of us had children that were too young to do these things or were napping at the time, and the spouses were out of the house. We finally nick named it George, and would even say hi when we knew it was around. Spooky. Nothing like it since we moved out. BTW this place had no closets.
Brockie
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From: Bama
Date: 07-17-2003, 08:48 AM (13 of 16)
Ya'll are reminding me of my MIL. My hubby's dad's mother lived in an old rock house that's down the road from us. She died over 15 years ago in the old house. She was in her 90's. The house is still empty. My MIL is afraid to go inside it alone. She'll hardly ever go inside it even with someone with her. She thinks it's haunted. She feels like Granny Annie is in there watching her. We tell her it's her guilt, for not being nice enough to her MIL. It's a pity no one wants to live in the old house. It could be nice. It just wasn't big enough for us. Maybe one of my kids will fix it up when they're grown. |
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From: allie-oops
Date: 07-18-2003, 01:16 AM (14 of 16)
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Oh Shelly, I love those homes on Swiss Avenue!!!!!!! I remember when I first moved to Dallas my cousin took me down there....they're beautiful! I used to drive down and try to pick out my favorite...I never could. And Magot - you make me long for England. Never been there, but oh I want to go. Introducing my kids to history has made me realize how much I love it. I would love to trod those ancient paths! Reta, I wish you joy in your remodeling. So much work, but it sounds fun too! Allie "onward through the fog"
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From: Magot
Date: 07-20-2003, 08:54 AM (15 of 16)
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- Susie, It wsn't haunted! No self redpcting gh ost would share a house with me! I'm too scarey! Just got back from la belle france - Allie, we had one day when we went on a Prehistoric Tour. Hubby drove, daughter no 2 complained of being bored and daughter no 1 and I climbed in, under, over through a variety of Dolmens and standing stones aprox 5000 years old. Wicked or What! Sitting inside the stone chamber of a prehistoric burial mound imagining what it was like in there when it was built, a dog fox barking in the dusk, the scent of woodsmoke on the warm evening air and the murmur of voices in the distance - hairs stand up on your arms believe me! love and kisses, Jan
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From: Mother in Law
Date: 07-20-2003, 06:29 PM (16 of 16)
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Jan, my house is haunted and it was new when I moved in. LOL But I swear my Mother in Law and my Daddy is here with me. Friendly ghost they are so I'm not scared. LOL Susie |
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