[Homestead] What have I been up to
Gene GeRue
genegerue at ruralize.com
Mon Aug 30 13:15:36 EDT 2004
Don, you simply must stop having so much fun; you are making the rest of us
envious.
Right about here is where you tell all the youngsters what you would
recommend doing differently.
Should your travels take you into the Ozarks, feel free to park at
Heartwood for a spell.
At 09:34 AM 8/30/2004 -0700, you wrote:
>Some of you may know this from other lists but for those who do not, here
>goes.
>
>I have been off this list for several months. Late spring got very busy
>with me trying to make my business generate mire income and my making a
>trip to Saipan for the 60 anniversary of the invasion. Upon return from
>Saipan it all fall apart.
>
>My wife announced that we were selling the house and she was moving to a
>place closer to work, the 25 mile commute was just too much. There was
>little I could argue about and I expected it as it is the best solution
>for her. I lose my garden and shop so the business was shut down again
>and possibly for the last time. The thought of living in a tract home
>with cheek to jowl neighbors makes me more than sick so it was agreed that
>I do not have to go. I am instead moving into a 27 foot travel trailer
>and heading out to see the country.
>
>The last few months were filled getting this place ready to sell. I have
>no idea how many trash bags were taken away or hor much was put in the
>neighbors dumpster but I do know that I hauled almost 9000# to the scrap
>yard, 3000# to the dump. put up 45 lots in the auction, sold 5 cars and
>two tractors on eBay, took a pickup load of computer stuff to the Boys &
>Girls Club, and a pickup load of books to the Friends of the Library, and
>I still have one short load for the scrap yard and another for the dump.
>
>We had a huge garage sale and I had a second Corvair only garage
>sale. Much of the shop was moved into storage, filling half of an
>8X20. The other half is filled with household things, most of my books,
>clothing, etc. I have no cars, only two tractors, few antique tools, very
>little project steel and wood left. By the end of July the house was
>placed on the market, just in time for a complete softening.
>
>My plans are to move myself and some tools into a 27 foot travel trailer
>and see what I can make of the wreckage.
>
>http://www.braingarage.com/Dons/Travels/Index.htm
>
>
>
>Don Bowen
>Awl Knotted Up Woodworking
>Valley Center, CA http://www.braingarage.com
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