Lee screwed a piece of wood into the door frame to make it less pathetic. It’s still pretty chintzy but one thing at a time eh?

Duct tape of course. We found two of these fix jobs in the house.

My sister Jessica and I worked at removing carpet, padding, and tack stripping while Lee was at work. After we ripped up the carpet we carried it outside. Somehow the extra horrid inside smell seemed to mysteriously hang around outside by the carpet. Imagine that.

We are the proud new owners of a magnificent pile of work. Lee and I actually signed the papers Friday but were not allowed into the house until Monday. On a bright note the former tenant living there removed some of his stuff. That was something we weren’t expecting as the Realtors told us not to hope for that.

Today my sister and I spent time cleaning the kitchen cabinets, (I was not happy to find mouse turds in them) wiping down the wood floors and walls, and “trying” the clean up the bathroom. Lee talked to the owner of the house and found out some interesting tid bits about things. The whole house reeks!

We found our folly in the guise of a 1937 farm house with some land. The house is a wreck and there is trash (treasure?) all around the house. But we are in love and like most people with that malady we are over looking the flaws.

1937 farm house