House Building

PENNY ASK ME TO WRITE ABOUT BUILDING OUR HOME HERE AT 2089 HOOPES AVE. AFTER MORE THAN 50 YEARS IN THE TENTH WARD AT 275 MONTEREY DR. WE TALKED ABOUT BUILDING A PLACE ON A LOT VERELAN HAD BOUGHT WITH A SHOP ON IT. THAT WOULD HAVE PUT US IN THE 13TH WARD SAME NO. STAKE AREA. WHEN IT WAS TIME TO START LOOKING VERELAN BOUGHT SEVERAL HOUSE PLAN BOOKS AND WE WENT THROUGH THEM TRYING TO FIND THE RIGHT ONE. AFTER TWO OF THOSE BOOKS I WAS READY TO GIVE AND JUST STAY WHERE WE WERE. THEN VERELAN CAME HOME WITH ONE MORE AND THERE WAS OUR HOME. WE TALKED WITH CLAY AND HE TALKED WITH RANDY AND HE LOOKED AT THE LOT AND SAID WE COULDN'T HAVE A BASEMENT AS THERE WAS TOO MUCH SOLID ROCK NOT FAR FROM THE SURFACE.

ONE DAY WE LOOKED AT SEVERAL PLACES RANDY HAD FOR SALE AND I DIDN'T LIKE ANY. THE NEXT MOVE WAS TO CHECK OUT LOTS AND WE DID THAT SETTLING ON THIS ONE. I WAS VERY BUSY RUNNING UP AND DOWN THE ROAD DOING PARA MEDS AND WHEN RANDY CALLED TO SAY HE HAD THINGS READY TO START DIGGING THE BASEMENT VERELAN SAID GO AHEAD. CLAY AND KAREN HAD GONE BACK TO SEE CJ AND LENELL SO WASN'T HERE UNTIL THE FOOTINGS WERE IN. I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH ELSE WAS DONE BUT IF HE HAD BEEN HERE OUR HOUSE WOULD HAVE HAD WIDER HALLS. BUT I'M NOT COMPLAINING I LOVE THIS HOME. WE SPENT THE SUMMER MAKING TRIPS TO SEE THE PROGRESS AND OFTEN I CAME ALONE. I'D MEET CLAY AND HE TALKED ME INTO THE CLOSETS OVER THE STAIRS BY THE KITCHEN THE EXTRA CUPBOARDS IN THE WASH AREA. I DIDN'T WANT A LOAN TO PAY OFF SO WE MADE ARRANGEMENTS TO PAY AS YOU GO. RANDY HAD NEVER DONE THAT BEFORE. HOWEVER HE WORKED IT OUT AND WE PAID FOR THE LOT WITH THE SALE OF THE LOT VERELAN HAD BOUGHT. THEN AS WE WERE BILLED I'D SAVED FROM OUR HARD WORKING DAYS AND PAID WHEN THE BILLS CAME. WHEN IT WAS FINISHED AND READY TO MOVE IN IT WAS OURS FREE AND CLEAR EXCEPT OF COURSE THE ANNUAL TAXES THAT CONTINUE TO COME AROUND EVERY YEAR.

I AM SO THANKFUL TO MY HEAVENLY FATHER WHO LOOKED AFTER ME DAY AFTER DAY AS I TRAVELED THE HIWAYS IN SAFTEY FOR THOSE MANY YEARS. I'M IN A BEAUTIFUL HOME WITH GREAT NEIGHBORS AND ROOM FOR ANDRA TO LIVE HERE WITH ME. THERE IS STILL ROOM FOR VISITORS TO BE A BIT COMFORTABLE AS WELL. OH HOW I'VE BEEN BLESSED AND WATCHED OVER THESE 84 YRS. OF LIFE. THE GOSPEL IS TRUE AND OUR HEAVENLY FATHER CARES FOR EACH OF US AND LOOKS OVER ALL. MAY WE ALL UNITE IN HIS BEHALF AS WE CONTINUE IN LIVING EACH DAY.