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    Can you see this picture? I’m sitting in a law office next to my sister, who is a tiny little Native American woman, part Scot-Irish of some approaching age. She is holding a pen and writing a check for 15,000.00. To say I could drop my teeth is an understatement
    but I remain quiet as the lawyer turns and asks me? “What is your reason for being here?”

    “Hmmmmm, I’m thinking, what is the reason?

    “She’s wants to shop at Wal-mart after I’m finished here.” My sister quickly answers the man.

    Cooly she hands the check to the equally ageing; but nevertheless, handsome attorney.

    “Am I going to have any trouble with this?” The man is as taken aback as I am, and taps the check gingerly on the piles of paper there on his desk.

    “Not if you wait for one day for me to transfer funds from my savings,” she calmly responds.

    Little did I know that was only the beginning of my shock. The next was when I walked into the house she bought.

    “Oh No! Oh no!” My mind is unbelieving as I tried to take in the total scene in front of me. Out one of the windows I could see a “roll-around,” totally full of trash. The size of the container seemed to be at least equal to that of a small freight train.

    “Oh, well, yes that is why I didn’t want you to see this place until I got all that out.” My sister obviously saw my shocked state while looking at the terrible condition of the house and the thing full of trash.

    The days hurried by with her meeting one challenge after another which included:
    taking up old rugs, removing wallpaper, putting up new sheet rock, putting down new floors, tile, blowing Kilz paint over all the walls, cleaning out cabinets, replacing hot water heater, taking off garage doors that were hanging loose, and I can’t remember what else.

    My help in my less than youthful strength had to be only to cook for her helpers and that was a pleasure to see them wolf down the old fashioned dishes of chicken and noodles, etc.

    Today I sit here with a new respect for this little Indian woman, part Scot-Irish, who is a descendant of the fictional Jones character, Scarlet O’Hara. She’s the one Margaret Mitchell created , but yet found as she went into the old plantations around the Jones Plantation. We laugh at the statement Scarlet made while holding a bit of the earth of Tara in her hand.

    And now my sister’s very lovely modern home, restored, is graced with a tall fireplace in the very large living room. The new carpet is where her great grandchild has a place to roll upon and play. A sparking new kitchen with beautiful stainless steel refrigerator and matching stove promises a new hope for family meals. The short bar separates that kitchen from a very large dining area. Four bedrooms, with one having its own bathroom and another bathroom, centrally located. is a place where her growing family can come to visit and enjoy the space.

    Everything is all paid having come out of the sale of her other house. To say I’m the proud sister of this woman, part Scot-Irish, Native American, truly is the understatement

  • #2
    Re: Gone With the Wind? ABSOLUTELY NOT

    She bought a house for $15,000? Tell me where this place is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Elda

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    • #3
      Re: Gone With the Wind? ABSOLUTELY NOT

      When I first came to Canada there were lots of 3 bedroom detached houses being sold for $35,000 Canadian. Mind you they were often up north as they had previosuly been mining towns and when they stopped mining the town became a ghost town. Some developers bought the whole town and did up the houses and sold them at a low price to get people to move there. One such place was Elliot Lake in Northern Ontario. Now homes are selling for over $100,000 and it's become a place for retirement living.

      Alastair

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      • #4
        Re: Gone With the Wind? ABSOLUTELY NOT

        Elda,
        My sister is a wonder for finding bargains. I don't know how she does it. I can walk through the same place and not see what she sees. The done over house is totally gorgeous. Too beautiful to describe. It went from being a place with
        rotted out floors and ghastly wall papered walls to a lovely ranch looking interior. The house is in a nice neighborhood too, not with houses shoved right up against one another. There is a whole empty lot adjacent to her house. I can't tell you how much she deserves this new place with four bedrooms and two baths. She suffered through taking care of
        Mom and raised a gggrandbaby single handed for five years before and after Mom passed.

        Thanks for asking.

        Donna

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        • #5
          Re: Gone With the Wind? ABSOLUTELY NOT

          Alastair,
          So sorry about the slow reply. Things are always just on the edge around here it seems, not bad, just busy.

          Ponca City lost Conoco to Bartlesville and this is why so many houses are vacant, so many. There are fabulous
          homes, in the 150,000 and up range. Sister was just fortunate *and clever) to find this one. It was probably slated for being
          condemed because of the hoarding of things in it. That was the hard part, to pull all that out. Actually, the home is structurally sound, she did have to replace floors. She sold the house Mother left for enough to allow her to do repairs.
          Mother would be happy she has been strong enough to go forward. Sister is single and Mother worried about her future.

          I've heard Conoco is thinking of moving back, but who knows. Because she is retired she doesn't worry about a job
          at Conoco

          Donna

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