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lisamarie508
True Blue Farmgirl
2648 Posts
Lisa
Idaho City
ID
USA
2648 Posts |
 Posted - Apr 30 2008 : 10:51:57 AM
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A guy parked his truck in front of my window at work. I could see a VERY large picture window in the back and so I went to the office across the street from me to ask him if he was on his way to the dump (it looked that way). He was a very nice man and said he was taking that window to the dump but if I wanted it, he'd be happy to drop it off at my house!
So, I cleared it with the boss to take an early lunch and met him at my house (1/2 block away). He not only had this very large window, he also gave me a smaller sliding window and double full-glass doors! How cool was that?! I'm so excited. I can hardly wait for dh to get home so I can show him my score and impress on him that I now have enough windows (and the doors) for my greenhouse!
This has got to be fate. The last of the windows AND the doors came right to me! The greenhouse is just meant to be!
Farmgirl Sister #35
"If you can not do great things, do small things in a great way." Napoleon Hill (1883-1970)
my blog: http://lisamariesbasketry.blogspot.com/
My Website:
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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miss wilma
True Blue Farmgirl
3410 Posts
Wilma
Knob Lick
Ky
USA
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Miss Bee Haven
True Blue Farmgirl
4331 Posts
Janice
Louisville/Irvington
Kentucky
USA
4331 Posts |
Posted - Apr 30 2008 : 11:32:11 AM
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Hooray for Lisa!!! :D And what a nice man to take it to your house!
Farmgirl Sister #50
"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?"
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4853 Posts |
Posted - Apr 30 2008 : 11:37:17 AM
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Yay!!! I love salvage! That WAS very nice of him to take them to your home.
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
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Mumof3
True Blue Farmgirl
3890 Posts
Karin
Ellenwood
GA
USA
3890 Posts |
Posted - Apr 30 2008 : 12:38:29 PM
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How nice was that? And free delivery to boot. Talk about being in the right place at the right time! Yay for you,Lisa. :)
Karin
Farmgirl Sister
# 18 :)
Wherever you go, there you are.
www.madrekarin.blogspot.com
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Nancy Gartenman
True Blue Farmgirl
9093 Posts
Nancy
West Seneca
New York
USA
9093 Posts |
Posted - Apr 30 2008 : 12:50:07 PM
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lISA,
That was a very good thing. What if you hadn't been in the window looking out! I bet to buy all those windows would have been a pretty hefty amount.
NANCY JO
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catscharm74
True Blue Farmgirl
4687 Posts
Heather
Texas
USA
4687 Posts |
Posted - Apr 30 2008 : 1:04:12 PM
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HANDS UP FOR GOOD KARMA AND A POSITIVE VIBE!!!Yee Haw!!!!
Cheers,
Heather
FARMGIRL #90 |
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Farmtopia
True Blue Farmgirl
1465 Posts
Zan
New York
New York
USA
1465 Posts |
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handyam
True Blue Farmgirl
394 Posts
Ada Mae
Greensburg
KY.
USA
394 Posts |
Posted - Apr 30 2008 : 7:36:26 PM
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Don't you get all excited with a "find" like that!!! There's nothing better--and it's free too.
www.adasadorableaprons.blogspot.com
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lisamarie508
True Blue Farmgirl
2648 Posts
Lisa
Idaho City
ID
USA
2648 Posts |
Posted - May 01 2008 : 6:11:58 PM
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The free finds are ALWAYS the best! I'm sure it helped that I was only a 1/2 block away AND in the same direction as the dump. But, still, he had to untie his entire load and move some stuff to get them out and then re-tie everything back down again. I did help to unload them, though. I figured that was the least I could do since he was kind enough to bring them to me.
DH and I have been collecting windows for 2 years now. Most we picked up at yard sales, a few were given by folks who just didn't want to deal with them when they replaced windows in their house and told us we could come get them and a couple were here on the property when we bought the house. Now we have enough to actually do it. I'm putting the crystal clear corrugated fiberglass on the roof anyway because I'm afraid a heavy snow load might break the glass. My mom had a glass roof on her greenhouse when I was a kid and we had to replace broken panes every year. I don't want to have to deal with that.
I'm still giddy with the idea that we have everything but the concrete for the footing and the fiberglass. And those won't be difficult to get this summer. I'm hoping we can get around to it and have it completed before winter. But the necessary repairs to the house and fences have to be done first.
So, I'll be working hard this summer to get everything done, but I'm seriously motivated now. Woohoo!
Farmgirl Sister #35
"If you can not do great things, do small things in a great way." Napoleon Hill (1883-1970)
my blog: http://lisamariesbasketry.blogspot.com/
My Website:
http://www.freewebs.com/lisamariesbasketry/index.htm |
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