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| Have you been to Charleston, SC? It is a wonderful town. There are so many old (1700's) houses. |
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| This place is full of History. The Battery is a street lined with old, old mansions and on the water front. You can look across the water and see Fort Sumter. |
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| The best way to learn about the city is to take a carriage ride with a tour guide that is just overflowing with facts about the city. |
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| Can you believe that Ironwork?? |
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| Isn't this just lovely? Don had some business to do in Charleston so I tagged along and we made it a 3 day weekend. We did the tour and also went out on our own later and walked the French Quarter and the Street Market. We had a great time. This was the first week of January. when we got home we had a week of unusual events: I broke my tooth (back one and it cost $900. to fix) Don got gout in his wrist, very painful and he had started painting the kitchen, so it had to be put on hold for a while The very next day he went to the Dr. and that evening, I went to the kitchen and turned on the light and we heard a pop and the electricity went off to the refrigerator. The following day we had an electrician come and he looked all over and could not find the problem. He went under the house and found a connection that had been burned (black melted wire) Thank you Lord, no fire in our house. While looking for the electrical problem we found that our hot water heater was rusted so badly that it needed to be replaced. The next day the roofers came to replace our roof. (this is something we had planned for the first good streak of weather after the Christmas holiday.) They ripped of the shingles from part of the house and it started storming. A freak storm in our part of town! This caused a 3 day job to last about 6 days. We finished the kitchen and the roof and things were getting back to normal. Then, I learned what happens when you spill a whole glass of iced tea on your computer keyboard. You get a lot of frustration and you don't blog for a while until you have time and $ to replace it. So, that's what 2011 has been for us so far. I'm hoping that it started off this way so I'll have smooth sailing for the rest of the year!! But even if it is not, God is Good ALL the time!! Such a blessing to just trust Him and enjoy the ride. |
