tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028121825203381857.post8036028478942587806..comments2023-11-03T07:03:44.938-06:00Comments on Big Blue Barn West: 'The Man' Tales - I Find The Barnaimshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12685252628734838159noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028121825203381857.post-70837214975303980462008-01-26T10:12:00.000-07:002008-01-26T10:12:00.000-07:00RC - I think you are right. I did seem to call me....RC - I think you are right. I did seem to call me.<BR/><BR/>Laurie - I did get if for a good deal. I'm astounded at what it is worth today!aimshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12685252628734838159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028121825203381857.post-44717658676302395552008-01-25T17:17:00.000-07:002008-01-25T17:17:00.000-07:00jeez louise, in that condition they should have gi...jeez louise, in that condition they should have given you a bargain rate.<BR/><BR/>that picture, though, is lovely. i have admired it every time i've clicked over here, even before i started reading.lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18055442432266567561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028121825203381857.post-65428795583519142382008-01-24T20:00:00.000-07:002008-01-24T20:00:00.000-07:00Oh my goodness. That sounds like an absolutely eno...Oh my goodness. That sounds like an absolutely enormous undertaking. Perhaps you needed to be immersed in something that big?<BR/><BR/>I love stories about people who know as soon as they walk into a place that it's "home". It's almost like the house itself has summoned you there.the rotten correspondenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02704525054720181936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028121825203381857.post-41037054561379658232008-01-24T11:20:00.000-07:002008-01-24T11:20:00.000-07:00Marla - I have sometimes wondered if my leap was o...Marla - I have sometimes wondered if my leap was one of stupidity - then I look around and know it wasn't.<BR/><BR/>Margot - He's a wonderful guy - I'm very proud of all his good points - I attribute them to my upbringing - anything else was his birth mother's.aimshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12685252628734838159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028121825203381857.post-8346508061756633552008-01-24T03:04:00.000-07:002008-01-24T03:04:00.000-07:00At last Aims, a positive glow coming from your fin...At last Aims, a positive glow coming from your finding of the barn - and how wonderfully you looked after your nephew.<BR/>Great stuff! Margot xxA Mother's Place is in the Wronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12383766405951386903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028121825203381857.post-82590976612949659692008-01-23T17:45:00.000-07:002008-01-23T17:45:00.000-07:00Wow. I am proud of you for taking the leap and li...Wow. I am proud of you for taking the leap and living where you want to be despite the enormous work you had in store for you.Marla https://www.blogger.com/profile/03926898159751613267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028121825203381857.post-82476313327280043042008-01-23T13:55:00.000-07:002008-01-23T13:55:00.000-07:00Breezy - if I had left him in that group home he w...Breezy - if I had left him in that group home he would have ended up on the streets - or dead. I didn't see anybody else offering a hand either.aimshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12685252628734838159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028121825203381857.post-8098945852131535072008-01-23T11:02:00.000-07:002008-01-23T11:02:00.000-07:00Aims you got there! The Barn. Oh and well done for...Aims you got there! The Barn. Oh and well done for helping out your nephew like that you really walked your talkBreezyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02725161176184207930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028121825203381857.post-45272889739574701162008-01-23T10:54:00.000-07:002008-01-23T10:54:00.000-07:00Irene - or stupidity - not sure which some days......Irene - or stupidity - not sure which some days...:)<BR/><BR/>Amy - Your comment hit me hard. I have never put my life in that context - as a forgiver. But maybe I am...thank you.<BR/><BR/>MC - there's always someone who will love an old house..<BR/><BR/>Dearest B - how I would have loved to have some help from some of those tv fellows who know everything about renovating! I'm sure if those programs had been around when I first started that I would have dropped them a line. They would have jumped at the opportunities available in this renovation.<BR/><BR/>SITH - a money pit - hmmm - yup!!<BR/>Again the forgiveness thing - it does rock me.<BR/><BR/>Potty Mum - I've seen many winters when the view from the driveway looks just like the pic...and I love it!aimshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12685252628734838159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028121825203381857.post-19035598410643584892008-01-23T04:59:00.000-07:002008-01-23T04:59:00.000-07:00I would have fallen in love with that photo too. ...I would have fallen in love with that photo too. But not sure I would have taken on such a mammoth task - well done!Potty Mummyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04751869800592294891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028121825203381857.post-31896353261550527732008-01-23T04:26:00.000-07:002008-01-23T04:26:00.000-07:00Ah Aims now I can relate -a project ( and probably...Ah Aims now I can relate -a project ( and probably a money pit) but I am sure you now feel a great sense of achievement. I too am amazed at the way you forgive your family such crimes against you and continue forward. Good for you.softintheheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01365562754859033869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028121825203381857.post-89127632216321516412008-01-23T00:11:00.000-07:002008-01-23T00:11:00.000-07:00Ahh...hhh.....hh.. Now that's what I call a happy ...Ahh...hhh.....hh.. Now that's what I call a happy ending! It's not the end I know: it's only what Winston Churchill so memorably called the end of the beginning. But it gladdens this reader's heart anyway. <BR/><BR/>And how bravely and well you have got there, slaying rotten ghosts all over the place, and picking up faithful readers as you go along. You must be feeling very relieved and (justifiably) very very proud of what you have managed to achieve. You should be anyway -WELL DONE!<BR/><BR/>I'd have felt just as you did about that dear old place though. And it occurs to me that you should have been featured on a TV series we have over here called Grand Designs; in which people take on what seems the impossible in restoring, or building their dream houses. I watch it with joy and amazement every time - now I shall be able to watch you do it too!<BR/><BR/>Many thanks.XI Beatricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671136605194399080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028121825203381857.post-75231595910926495632008-01-22T23:52:00.000-07:002008-01-22T23:52:00.000-07:00That barn sounds awesome. I once found a house li...That barn sounds awesome. I once found a house like that here that everyone said was awful as it damp and stank of bats but I absolutely loved it - although sadly it was only a rental, but it was the best house I've ever lived in - Shame it was a previous life, but your stories always give me hope for much better round the corner! Thank you :-)Mzungu Chickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06396426353987429483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028121825203381857.post-60975322514736150252008-01-22T20:49:00.000-07:002008-01-22T20:49:00.000-07:00That's quite a project. Sounds like something my b...That's quite a project. Sounds like something my brother would get himself into and drag the rest of us along. It's fun renovating. The planning is exciting and the satisfaction of getting something worthwhile accomplished is second to none.<BR/><BR/>I'm continually astonished at your ability to forgive.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03656235714427761274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028121825203381857.post-56867455753313760212008-01-22T20:18:00.000-07:002008-01-22T20:18:00.000-07:00It was a courageous moment for you to make that de...It was a courageous moment for you to make that decision. Apparently you could see it as it was going to be and not as it was. It takes guts to do something like that.Irenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05043376053971475659noreply@blogger.com