Literotica Illinois

[Joey3308]

Good mornin Illinois! Happy Hump Day!
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[Guest]

Illinois

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[dickE]

Illinois

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Jas, I saw my first robin yesterday!!

 

[GiveawayGirl]

Babe, the only way you will ever experience my age will be in your memories (if senility doesn't get them first).

And maybe it's not hot air (but then again, maybe it is), but you most certainly are full of something.

In your dreams, darlin', in your dreams..........

 

[GiveawayGirl]

Good morning to all

 

[Palleon]

Good morning to all

Good morning GG


dickE, I keep looking for robins, then I will know spring is near


((((GG)))) ((((Jas))))

 

[GiveawayGirl]

Good morning GG


dickE, I keep looking for robins, then I will know spring is near


((((GG)))) ((((Jas))))

Mornin' Pall, how are you today?

 

[Palleon]

Mornin' Pall, how are you today?

Im good, wish the sun would come out.

How goes the work at home

 

[GiveawayGirl]

Im good, wish the sun would come out.

How goes the work at home

It's sort of overcast here today too.

Work? What's that? I give my time to too many things to have a real job these days Pall!

 

[midwestyankee]

Good morning, everyone. Did someone say it's overcast? I've been working for a while with the blinds closed and hadn't noticed.

Oh well, at least the coffee's strong.

 

[Palleon]

It's sort of overcast here today too.

Work? What's that? I give my time to too many things to have a real job these days Pall!

GG, I meant the floor work. What you do is more work than I would want to do

 

[GiveawayGirl]

GG, I meant the floor work. What you do is more work than I would want to do

Ah, the neverending floor project! It is currently stalled for a day or two. I decided that it made no sense to lay the new floor in before I painted the ceiling and the walls since they both could use a fresh coat of paint. Of course, before I can do that there is some plaster work that needs to be patched and primed. So patchwork is on tap for the rest of the week so that I can paint over the weekend. That will delay the floors until the following weekend since the hub will not be able to lay them during the week.



Morning yankee

 

[midwestyankee]

Ah, the neverending floor project! It is currently stalled for a day or two. I decided that it made no sense to lay the new floor in before I painted the ceiling and the walls since they both could use a fresh coat of paint. Of course, before I can do that there is some plaster work that needs to be patched and primed. So patchwork is on tap for the rest of the week so that I can paint over the weekend. That will delay the floors until the following weekend since the hub will not be able to lay them during the week.



Morning yankee

Morning, GG. Sounds like the proverbial old house project, isn't it? Not unlike when you give a mouse a cookie (as I recall).

 

[Palleon]

Ah, the neverending floor project! It is currently stalled for a day or two. I decided that it made no sense to lay the new floor in before I painted the ceiling and the walls since they both could use a fresh coat of paint. Of course, before I can do that there is some plaster work that needs to be patched and primed. So patchwork is on tap for the rest of the week so that I can paint over the weekend. That will delay the floors until the following weekend since the hub will not be able to lay them during the week.



Morning yankee

Maybe if you are lucky he will find the time to lay you

You are right, might as well get everything done now

 

[GiveawayGirl]

Maybe if you are lucky he will find the time to lay you

You are right, might as well get everything done now

I'd rather he lay my floors to be perfectly honest


Yes yankee, in a house as old as ours, no project is ever simple and always leads to 14 additional projects. You get used to it and learn to be prepared before you start anything.

The cool part about it is you always find something interesting. When we pulled up the bottom step to do some repairs we found old newspapers stuffed in the empty space that were dated from the late 30's.

 

[midwestyankee]

I'd rather he lay my floors to be perfectly honest


Yes yankee, in a house as old as ours, no project is ever simple and always leads to 14 additional projects. You get used to it and learn to be prepared before you start anything.

The cool part about it is you always find something interesting. When we pulled up the bottom step to do some repairs we found old newspapers stuffed in the empty space that were dated from the late 30's.

Once or twice I've caught a show on the H & G channel that is all about that. Called If Walls Could Talk, it's all about what people find in the nooks and crannies they uncover during demolition for renovations of old houses. Amazing stuff in some rather interesting old homes.

 

[Palleon]

I'd rather he lay my floors to be perfectly honest


Yes yankee, in a house as old as ours, no project is ever simple and always leads to 14 additional projects. You get used to it and learn to be prepared before you start anything.

The cool part about it is you always find something interesting. When we pulled up the bottom step to do some repairs we found old newspapers stuffed in the empty space that were dated from the late 30's.

Not even a quickie GG.

When I added in a downstairs bathroom, I was hoping to find something old when I tore into the walls. My neighbor found a jacket and in the pocket was a time card from the 1920's and the name on it was the original owner of the house.

 

[GiveawayGirl]

Not even a quickie GG.

When I added in a downstairs bathroom, I was hoping to find something old when I tore into the walls. My neighbor found a jacket and in the pocket was a time card from the 1920's and the name on it was the original owner of the house.

That's very cool! Shortly after we bought this house we gutted the kitchen completely. The walls had been insulated with vermiculite and it had all settled to the lower 1/3 of the wall so we removed it and reinsulated. We found the coolest stuff mixed in....a china doll that we never were able to date, an entire set of skeleton keys that were from the original doors in the basement, a really old pocket knife. It was like a treasure hunt.

We also found some fairly scary things.......it was quite customary for workers to leave their mark by defacating inside the walls instead of making the trek to the outhouse......petrified poop was not something I was tickled to find!

By contrast, when we lived in our last house (which we had built brand new) we ripped out a kitchen cabinet and part of a wall to install a new dishwasher and we found burger king bags with someone's leftover lunch.

 

[GiveawayGirl]

Once or twice I've caught a show on the H & G channel that is all about that. Called If Walls Could Talk, it's all about what people find in the nooks and crannies they uncover during demolition for renovations of old houses. Amazing stuff in some rather interesting old homes.

That is a very interesting show. Unfortunately, my house doesn't carry the historical significance of the houses they feature, nor is there any really significant stuff left to find. This house has been subdivided, restored, and generally abused by people who didn't appreciate the history of it.

 

[Palleon]

That's very cool! Shortly after we bought this house we gutted the kitchen completely. The walls had been insulated with vermiculite and it had all settled to the lower 1/3 of the wall so we removed it and reinsulated. We found the coolest stuff mixed in....a china doll that we never were able to date, an entire set of skeleton keys that were from the original doors in the basement, a really old pocket knife. It was like a treasure hunt.

We also found some fairly scary things.......it was quite customary for workers to leave their mark by defacating inside the walls instead of making the trek to the outhouse......petrified poop was not something I was tickled to find!

By contrast, when we lived in our last house (which we had built brand new) we ripped out a kitchen cabinet and part of a wall to install a new dishwasher and we found burger king bags with someone's leftover lunch.

I do love our old house.

 

[midwestyankee]

That is a very interesting show. Unfortunately, my house doesn't carry the historical significance of the houses they feature, nor is there any really significant stuff left to find. This house has been subdivided, restored, and generally abused by people who didn't appreciate the history of it.

Then lovingly rebuilding it is absolutely the right thing to do. Not that I would ever expect you to do anything different.

 

[GiveawayGirl]

I do love our old house.

I love mine too and will be sorry to leave it when we move. I will just have to look for an even better house when we make the jump.

 

[GiveawayGirl]

Then lovingly rebuilding it is absolutely the right thing to do. Not that I would ever expect you to do anything different.

Unforunately the house doesn't really merit the time or money it would take to properly restore it. So we do the best we can with what we have to work with. Some abuses can't be undone and others would take too much to undo.

 

[Palleon]

Unforunately the house doesn't really merit the time or money it would take to properly restore it. So we do the best we can with what we have to work with. Some abuses can't be undone and others would take too much to undo.

There are some houses near mine that have been converted into multi family and rented out. It is too bad. Ours has always been owned by families that kept it up well

 

[GiveawayGirl]

There are some houses near mine that have been converted into multi family and rented out. It is too bad. Ours has always been owned by families that kept it up well

You are fortunate. For a time, before the last owners prior to us, this house was divided into a two-flat. It was restored to a single family home but some remnants of that time still remain. My front door is on the wrong side of my living room, the hardwood floors in my daughter's bedroom where destroyed by the installation of linoleum, etc. If I we were going to stay here forever I would move the front door, reconfigure the front porch, and fix all of the other goofy things left behind. It's not worth the time and money it would take and I would never get it back when I sell it. So we just make the best of it.