It's official! The (de)struction crew arrives next week to take off the single-car garage and the porch, since they can't lift it with the house. Mike has already been tearing off siding and saving it (when you live on the farm, you save everything. It's a rule.) Then they'll disconnect the utilities, and we'll have to move out. They're hoping to have the house "lifted" on Friday, August 1st. It's actually staying in one spot, but the new foundation will be two feet lower (now you get the title!) than it is now, so my dad will be able to stand up in the basement and not knock his head on the joists. I just want dry weather, and to get back in the house before school starts.
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Huge project! Way to go. You will be rewarded with a huge house in the end! Do you before and after pics of some of the other projects you guys have done? For the benefit of those who are unable to visit regularly, of course.
This is Mike's aunt from St. Louis. Where did the genes come for all that skill (must be the good counsel of Kristi and the Boys). My Dad (Mike's grandpa) had trouble with a power lawnmower.
But I have to tell you about my memory of having the McSorley house in Delavan raised when Mike's Mom (my sister Beth) and I were kids. I remember being in the house one night when we were 'on stilts'. I don't remember how we got into the house, but I do remember in the middle of the night there was a huge noise. We all 'sprang from our beds' not sure who knows what had happened. Guess what -- either my doll or Beth's fell out of bed and hit the floor hard. No one slept the rest of the night. At least that's the way I remember it.
Love from St. Louis
Barb
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