I wanted a new kitchen, Herb said, "We need a new roof!"...My mind leans to the common sense side, so the new roof was an easy winner...The kitchen would wait...Also we were looking for a cheaper way to heat our house and with firewood plentiful and cheap at that time, Herb installed a "barrel stove" in the basement and we purchased a freestanding stove/fireplace for the living room...The stove/fireplace was a poor choice as it smoked continuously and was not efficient...But the guys seemed to like getting wood, and we went through a lot of it.
We knew that our old house, with character, was also very needy...The upstairs was cold and drafty, it needed new windows, the living room ceiling was "saggy," it needed a major remodel as did the kitchen and the bathroom, and so did the bedroom that had been turned into a utility room...People asked us before we bought the house, "Have you looked at new houses, are you sure you want an old house."...We always answered, "We love this old house and our small acreage and the location."...I'm not sure when we discovered that it had a view!
Something else that made the top of the list that summer was a boat...We had an old boat, that we hauled all the way from Utah, but it didn't have much power and the outboard motor kept cutting out...Just about the time a water skier had made it to a standing position, the motor would cough and sputter and die...From the for sale ads, in the Chieftain, we soon had a newer boat, inboard/outboard motor that would pull two skiers at a time and now we needed better life jackets, better skies and a slalom ski and a dock on Wallowa lake, for our very own use...The boat gave us many years of family fun, while the kids were still at home to enjoy it, and the kitchen waited...Hugs To All...OWAV:)
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