tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21900544.post5591110602818247374..comments2024-02-04T20:25:58.971-08:00Comments on How's Robb?: Are We Home, Yet?Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03932975112078606231noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21900544.post-8670234859774706982009-07-29T23:11:11.399-07:002009-07-29T23:11:11.399-07:00Reminds me of my Mom and step-dad's remodel of...Reminds me of my Mom and step-dad's remodel of a 150+ year old stone house in northern NY. Stone = snakes, of which my mother holds a phobia. Meaning once she was stuck on the kitchen counter for hours until step-dad got home from work due to a pencil sized garden snake playing under the fridge.<br /><br />Another lovely discovery was what was behind the strange piece of plexiglass screwed into the livingroom ceiling... there was a leaky bathroom above, the plexi kept the maggots from falling on your head as you watched TV.<br /><br />SHUDDERjust4beesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21900544.post-13167995383558339562009-07-24T05:02:25.532-07:002009-07-24T05:02:25.532-07:00I wish you luck and joy in your home purchase.
I ...I wish you luck and joy in your home purchase.<br /><br />I read your unburdening post this morning, and congratulate you for getting it out. You can't really move forward dragging a secret behind you. I don't know what it is that makes us so ashamed of what others have done to us, but I think you'll find that it no longer has that power over you.Cinderellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08944325468803416106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21900544.post-45311298755047609562009-07-20T04:28:45.603-07:002009-07-20T04:28:45.603-07:00I can totally relate with your problems with the a...I can totally relate with your problems with the appraisors. We are selling a condo here in CT and have to put it on the market much lower than it would normally sell for, since the appraisal will most likely not go through at the normal price. Evidentally, new, good quality mechanicals and windows, all with great warranties, don't do much for the appraisal.<br /><br />Sigh.... I feel your pain!<br />Music WomanMusic Womannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21900544.post-18076201254077234122009-07-20T04:08:28.666-07:002009-07-20T04:08:28.666-07:00When Gary and I were cleaning out the old part of ...When Gary and I were cleaning out the old part of our stone walled basement, where the wall meets the ceiling, and in among the floor joists and ceiling beams, there are many, many hidey holes for creepy crawly things. At least we wore gloves when we cleaned these places out. We did this in 2007. We found the mummified corspe of my sister Bernice's pet gerbil "Fluffy" which she got on Christmas day in 1966, and promptly lost about an hour later. Let me tell you, mummified gerbils weigh nothing at all. It went right in the compost. <br /><br />Also, in 1966 we lost a cat that got lost in the walls some where and never got out again. That was a bad year for pets. Eventually the yowling stopped. This house was rumored to be part of the undergound railroad, so it does indeed have lots of old weird crawl spaces. Also, in the old days, it was considered good luck to wall up a live chicken in a new house, this was to ensure you would always have "food" in the home. <br /><br />I suppose for you vegetarians, you could wall up a bit of tofu in a ziplock as soon as you get your house!<br /><br />AnnalisaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com