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2012-The Year My Whole Life Got Rocked
Facebook memories reminded me of that today
My Facebook memory looked like this:
7 years ago. Wow.
My partner and I had just purchased a lovely home the year before. It was in a very posh neighbourhood. The house was big and the yard was gorgeous with tons of potential. It was in a cul-de-sac so we also had tons of privacy.
We purchased the house literally weeks before the owners were ready to declare bankruptcy. The home, as lovely as it was, desperately needed TLC and fresh energy.
It was dark and gloomy. You could almost feel the dark energy the minute you walked in the house. The owners were older and fell into depression and alcoholism.
The carpets needed to be ripped out. Walls washed. Garbage everywhere. It really was disgusting but had unlimited potential.
We picked it up for a good price and the tiring task of fixing it up and making it ‘ours and homey’ began.
By Easter of 2012 we had decided our home was clean enough to entertain my entire family (his family lived in Southern Ontario).
