St. Mary: GREAT BEGINNING

Monday, January 5, 2009

GREAT BEGINNING

After a trip to Chicago - I returned home to
A GARAGE
I am so excited !! Don't have electricity in there yet so the opener doesn't work ...but I am thrilled. I have to use the back door for my only entrance right now and it has become increasingly depressing.....the garden tools were bad enough - but add shovels and car tires !!

Tires and shovels and rakes - Oh My!

There was freezing rain while I was away so everything is covered with a sheet of ice....very scary.

My back steps looking from the lower level

This is where recycles and trash pile up. When I had to have snow tires put on the car - this is where my regular tires had to go....there or under the Christmas Tree.

This is what greeted me upon entering...now you understand why I was so determined to get a garage

What a great project to have to start off the new year.

A Clean Slate

I may even get to make it pretty....
imagine that .

7 comments:

Tess KincaidJanuary 5, 2009 at 10:17 PM
Happy Garage!! :D

I can't wait to see you make your back door area pretty.
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AnonymousJanuary 6, 2009 at 10:18 AM
Way to go girl! I was bummed thinking that your Bentley would be spending the whole winter in the Snow.

Keep up the good work. Barb will be there in person soon, I hope.

Jax
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sandra/txJanuary 6, 2009 at 11:27 PM
That's great, Mary. I know you and your car will be glad to be out of the winter weather. :-)
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JoanneJanuary 7, 2009 at 6:51 PM
Interesting blog here, enjoyed browsing and watching your progress! Congrats on the garage.
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UnknownJanuary 9, 2009 at 12:16 AM
Yippee! The garage is done! I am so excited for you! It looks a lot warmer inside than it does outside for your car! I can't wait to see even more progress :) You don't know how much I look forward to your posts! Every one of them is so great! Thank you!
xoxo
Judith~
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Linda@ Lime in the CoconutJanuary 9, 2009 at 5:01 AM
Ooooh...But I have gotta say, that church looks so beautiful in the snow. I love it!

Happy garaging...you ae going to LOVE it!!
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pve designJanuary 9, 2009 at 9:25 AM
You really must have a "Garage" party, garage band and all. Never underestimate a garage.
New meaning to the "church" lady and her car that was only driven to church.
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This is a huge project - your interest in St. Marys keeps me energized and I love hearing from you

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.