St. Mary: WALKIN' IN A WINTER WONDERLAND

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

WALKIN' IN A WINTER WONDERLAND

For my CA friends - this is S N O W. Under this mound is my GMC.

Some wonderful neighbor had already plowed my new slab and cleared a parking area - but I had to dig out the car and the mounds of snow around it

The doorbell rang early....school was closed. The churchyard has the longest hill in town and has always been the destination for sledding so the kids were asking permission.

a relic from summer

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The Project

I saved the church and the church saved me. This wonderful renovation project began in August '06 with an attempted act of terrorism. I was to return to So. California from Wisconsin on the day that crazed people with explosives in their shampoo bottles were busted in London and the whole world stood still. I took the option of re-booking my flight a week later and set out to find an interesting place to make my new home. I drove to the country to see a lovely Victorian farmhouse and passed an old church with a simple "For Sale" sign - and the rest is history. Actually, it wasn't all that simple. My offer was accepted in September the same week I was diagnosed with breast cancer. Everyone insisted I cancel the offer....I was too sick - there was too much to do - the job was too big - I had to stay in California - blahblahblah. I told them it would give me something else to think about - a reason to get up every morning - it would save my life.

And it did.