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Follow a renovation on 33rd Street
The folks at Shebaylo Times are blogging their renovation of a house with a history:
Last night at the City Church harvest party, many wild things happened, including our pastor and his sidekick doing a Hee-Haw-style comedy routine. But James Murphy, who owns a house near ours, also told us that our place has had two fires in recent years. The first one, in 2006, claimed the life of an elderly man — but not before he saved his wife from the inferno. The second one, in 2008, just seems to have claimed the life of the stairs. Perhaps the next one will claim the life of some hot dogs on the grill? Hopefully the flammability of our house isn’t a bad omen — but Dan and I do like to pick up the shards of dismal situations and build new and awesome things from them. So bring it on.
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Thanks for the link, John! Looking forward to becoming a part of the neighborhood.
From the blog: “Perhaps he benevolently haunts the place and will do nice things like cut the oven off when we forget about it. Or maybe he’ll play mean pranks like braiding my hair and Dan’s beard together. Not cool, Hackett! Let’s agree to live together in peace, okay?”
Making light of an elderly man’s terrifying and tragic death is simply inexcusable!
Laura,
Can you not say anything nice at all? I don’t think I’ve ever seen you write a positive comment!
laura, I don’t think they were making light of his death. But seriously, you are one miserable human being. Every comment you make here is filled with hate and negativity.
I actually lived accross the street from George when he passed. He was a long time resident and sat on his porch about 20 hours a day : ) He not only saved his wife, but also his two grandsons Kyon and Kyshon who were in the house at the time of the fire.
A valiant gentleman indeed Brooke. Thanks for those words about him.
Laura, one of the things I find great about these old homes is the history of the generations of people that lived in them. They were not belittling his passing, simply hoping that, if such kind spirits such as his remain, that they will continue to watch over them as they once watched over their own when they lived there. Suggestion: Try counting to ten, and then look real hard for the “good” in things before you speak. You may be surprised what you see.
They look like great/positive/fun neighbors and make me feel like baking and walking over with cookies or banana bread to welcome them.
Thanks chpnfan…I may have overreacted. I remember the fire and just how horrific and sad it was. When I read that piece in the blog, I was angered that someone was making light of such a terrible tragedy. If his wife is still living, I’m certain she’s not laughing. It was horrible and continues to be a sad memory.
James and SEW…you’re entitled to your opinions. Feel free to say anything you wish about me. I neither care about nor value your comments.
James, I think Laura just made our case for us (again…)
George sounds like an awesome guy; I wish I could have known him. Hopefully we can pay him some homage by fixing the place back up. Thanks for your kind words, y’all. And chpnfan — we love both cookies and banana bread. 🙂
Tess… banana bread just happens to be a specialty 🙂 With or without nuts?
Without!!!!