When We First Got Here...
By STOUTjodee
@STOUTjodee (3670)
United States
September 25, 2016 11:56am CST
Three years ago when we got this place it had been abandoned for 7 years!! The people who "gave" it to the SIL apparently trashed the house (that the MIL lives in) and the trailer house that we live in. When we came down here with the SIL, I found a golf club and used it to make a path to the house. The front part I mainly knocked down the dried weeds with a golf club! 
It ended up the SIL gave her half to the MIL and she left. The MIL is still here, even though she "hates" being here. Every since she's been here, she's been wanting to give it up, but she's still here!! 
Besides all the dried weeds that we had to take care of, we heard from people in the village that people were using this as a dumping ground!!
Even now, there are still things coming out of the ground!!
A lot of elbow grease and some sweat and three years later we're getting it fixed up. This is another reason why I want to get a riding lawn mower, because since I've been mowing the weeds are getting under control and grass is actually coming up. Have to buy some more grass seed though.
~Peace~
photo is my property
It ended up the SIL gave her half to the MIL and she left. The MIL is still here, even though she "hates" being here. Every since she's been here, she's been wanting to give it up, but she's still here!!
Besides all the dried weeds that we had to take care of, we heard from people in the village that people were using this as a dumping ground!! Even now, there are still things coming out of the ground!!
A lot of elbow grease and some sweat and three years later we're getting it fixed up. This is another reason why I want to get a riding lawn mower, because since I've been mowing the weeds are getting under control and grass is actually coming up. Have to buy some more grass seed though.
~Peace~
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4 responses
@celticeagle (189838)
• Boise, Idaho
25 Sep 16
With the fires I have experienced here locally and have seen in California on the news I think that that dried grass could really be a fire hazard. I hope you get weeds mowed down and some seed put in next year. That would be nice for you. Sometimes depression grows from things that need to be done. It looks like too much and can be over powering.
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@STOUTjodee (3670)
• United States
25 Sep 16
Oh, this picture is when we first got here!! I'll do an update soon. I enjoyed doing the work, because you can see the transformation!!
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@celticeagle (189838)
• Boise, Idaho
26 Sep 16
@STOUTjodee .....I thought it probably was. I like to see transformation too. Feels good.
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@responsiveme (22923)
• India
25 Sep 16
the finished place will be beautiful and precious for you.
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@Happy2BeMe (99353)
• Canada
25 Sep 16
You are hard workers and it is all paying off. It may take a lot of worth but it's very rewarding to make a house into a home.
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