It was 13 years ago that we took possession of the house where my parents had lived for almost 25 years. The first thing we had to do was put a roof on it and a few weeks later it survived a small tropical storm. Since then we have cleaned, repaired, painted and replaced to bring it to where it is today. A week ago today we signed the closing papers to transfer ownership to someone else. They signed on Friday and the deal was done. Martha asked me later that evening if I had regrets now that it was over and I said no, and I meant it. The house accomplished what it was supposed to do and I enjoyed every moment there even if it was work. I am satisfied that I did my best to restore it to what it once was.
The new owners are great people and they have offered us the privilege of using it 4 weeks a year as long as they own it and I am alive. That was totally unsolicited and unexpected. We surely won't use it that often but maybe once or twice a year. They have many plans for modifying the house and we look forward to seeing what they are going to do.
In the meantime we will find other outlets for our time and energy. The 5th wheel needs to get out and camp and stuff needs to be done around the home front, We need to spend more time spoiling the grand kids, etc.This will be my last post about the creek and the house but there are lots of other topics. Martha may want to chime in with her thoughts and I hope she will. She did a major portion of the work and I could not have done any of it without her.
