A Special Christmas Gift

[Acadianmom]

Sandi, you were lucky you got to spend 6 weeks with your grandparents. My brother and I had to take turns spending a week with my dad's parents. They could only stand one of us at a time. It would have been more fun with my brother. We could have gotten into a lot of trouble.

Anne, as long as I can drive I don't plan on moving. With all the hurricanes we are having I never know when I leave that I will have a house when I get back. If Hurricane Ida had come 100 miles to the West it would have been bad.

Martha

[Bethers]

Sandi, that's so cool.

[BarbaraRose]

Sandi, that is a great story!

I would love to see my grandma's old house again. I spent a lot of time there when I was little when my parents weren't able to take care of me. Unfortunately, the area of Minneapolis that the house is in, is very rundown and dangerous now. I wouldn't even feel comfortable driving thru there during the daytime.

I spent a few years with my dad on an old apple orchard, when my parents were getting divorced. I was about 8 years old then. He rented out part of the old farm house and there was another family renting the other part out. They had two daughters about my age. We became good friends and had great times on that apple orchard. It had a creek running thru the back in the woods that we explored and played in, and an old chicken coop that we fixed up as our playhouse. Some of my best childhood memories were from that time. Unfortunately, a short time after we all moved away, the house was torn down and all the apple trees removed and it was replaced by a large warehouse and factory. The creek was even filled in and replaced with a culvert down to the lake. Sad ending to a very happy place. But the memories still make me happy!

[Shirlv]

Very hard for me to post before and after pictures? Before stairway on top and second picture after

[Shirlv]

Brick wall before and after. Renovation picture doesn’t do the room justice since it is not a completed room. I won’t post more or will take up too much space. I’m having fun practicing

[Bethers]

I like what they've done. And take all the space you want. I know I'm not the only one who enjoys the pictures. By posting as you are, the forum isn't hosting the pictures, so doesn't cause us any problems.

[Shirlv]

Kitchen before and after.

[snowball]

It's a lovely home before and after
sheila

[BirdbyBird]

Thank you. It looks so lovely and fresh and I can see why you were so pleased to see your home move forward to create new family memories and of a placed well lived and loved.

[Cudedog]

Very nice!

Keep posting. I love pictures.

Anne