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Sent another letter to previous owner

Posted in March 11th, 2008
by Kelli in neighborhood history, wallpaper

Phew! What a busy couple of weeks it’s been!  I’ll have lots and lots of blog posts coming your way to tell you all about everything (with pictures!)
Today I sent a response to the lady who used to live in my house.  When I wrote to her last month she sent me back a really […]

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I got a letter!

Posted in March 3rd, 2008
by Kelli in bathroom, neighborhood history

Remember last month when I found those clothes in the wall and looked up the family who lived in my house when those papers and clothes were stuffed in the wall and I wrote a letter to the lady I guessed must have lived in my house at that time?  Well she wrote me back!!!
I […]

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Found Obituaries!

Posted in January 9th, 2008
by ournewoldhouse1 in neighborhood history

Another evening in the library, another few bits of information added to what I know about my house and my neighborhood. You can see the document with the obituaries I found on the About Our House and About the Neighborhood pages. I’ll keep updating the documents there as I find more info.

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Des Moines Rehabbers Club Meeting, Jan. 5, 2008

Posted in January 8th, 2008
by ournewoldhouse1 in Des Moines Rehabbers Club, neighborhood history

This month, Jennifer James (co-owner with her husband, Larry, of the supremely cool Mars Cafe) presented a lesson on resources for learning the history of your house and neighborhood. She got me so fired up to get started that I went to the library today!
Some of you may know that I am an aspiring […]

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General pre-closing update

Posted in August 9th, 2007
by Kelli in carpet, chimney, contractors, dryer, electricity, fireplace, garbage, landfill, neighborhood history, paneling, washing machine

This week has felt really busy but I can’t for the life of me figure out what the hell I did besides work. I have been putting in a few hours of overtime this week to make up some of the scratch I overspent last weekend up at the lake.
Last night, however, […]

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