Onward and Upward

The buyers who threw us for a loop by visiting a total of four times, letting us believe they were interested in making an offer to buy The Lakehouse said they are not interested after I prodded them in an email. I just can't continue to say, "Why did they waste our time then?" They all needed to see it to decide that, so now we know the path we will take. We will make it new again and keep it for a few years until the market comes back. Until that time, we will enjoy a newer version of it's charming self. And, I will trust that we will have all the money we need to live the life we choose. Amen.

Now, it's "onward and upward". I called the "rip rap" guy this morning and arranged another meeting with Larry for some time during September 9-11 to finalize details of reclaiming the shoreline we lost this past year from erosion. Larry will head down there alone next week and stay until September 12th. A huge dumpster will be delivered, and he can begin to clear out the garage to make room for our furniture. Because the roof will be torn off and replaced, we have to completely move out. My sister-in-law is collecting boxes for us, and in October, we'll head back to pack up the house.

It looks like, realistically, the demolition of the roof will not begin until later in October. Until then, the driveway entrance will be widened and the driveway itself will be resurfaced and leveled with "sitepak" or "crusher run" (a mixture of small rocks and bluestone, which when compressed will provide a firmer-than-dirt surface to prepare for big trucks to drive over it). A garden will be torn out where a new porch will be added and the concrete pad and "knee walls" for that porch can be built. Also, the laundry room addition can be built in preparation for a roof to cover the entire house, eliminating the flat roofs that cause us problems now.

There will be lots of chaos coming our way this fall. Stay tuned for our next big adventure. Thanks for reading.