Transportation! We must think about how we will go to different places once we arrive in Gloversville. Everyone has an opinion about how they should move from place to place… We have not owned a vehicle since May 1993. We lived in Honolulu with some of the best bus service in the whole United States.…

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The attic! What to do with it! Should we just leave it as “an attic”? Should we close the door and store miscellaneous items there? To make an educated decision about the attic we need to understand the layout. Is it even possible to use the attic as daily living space? And, if we do,…

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Today was a day full of questions. After several emails to Debbie, one of the family who grew up in the home we purchased, we ended up having a lovely conversation. She, her brother, and sister loved growing up in this beautiful home and had been very sad to see it sit empty and be…

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So many changes are ahead for us. For the last twenty years Josh’s medical emergencies were at least several times a year if not monthly. Each day our focus grew more narrow as his health declined; until our every moment was caring for Josh. This was not a complaint. It was just our reality. Now…

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Heating for the whole house! Radiant floors? Are they one in the same or are they different systems? Oh, living in Hawaii for so many years has made us novices when it comes to warming a home in a cold climate. Radiant Floors! Manufacturers are everywhere. Each one sounds better than the last. So, which…

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We thought we bought a sweet 1906 two story Victorian home with three bedrooms and one and a half baths. Now we have the potential of owning not two levels, not three levels, but four levels of living space. We are going from a single level nine hundred square foot two bedroom condominium to a possibly…

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I don’t remember the ride home. But, walking through the door to our condo, Josh’s bed, oxygen tanks, Trilogy (breathing machine), Hoyer lift, wheelchair, medical supplies, and clothes consume the condo as if nothing had changed… Yet everything is changed. Emptiness permeates every inch of the condo and sucks all remnants of life away. Our…

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We have our house… Now we are waiting for the unimaginable… Josh wakes up cheerful each day ready to enjoy each moment. He loves his morning “Coffeeee!” But, the food enjoyment is ending there. We see how much oatmeal he can eat. We feel successful when we manage to complete half. Lunch is even more…

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Now the challenge begins. How do we accomplish a foreclosure online? Fortunately, everyone else involved in this process knows what they are doing. But, since we have had two unsuccessful attempts at purchasing a house, we are just a tad apprehensive that this purchase will actually succeed. And, we still cannot enter the house. We…

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Josh continues to push through each day with his never-ending joy and acceptance. He never complains. With him being bed-ridden we keep his iPad available and try to find television shows he enjoys. He has shifted to a phase of enjoying “Forensic Files” and shows that solve murders. If that is what he enjoys, that…

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