descenting untreated wood

[phil]

You know you are a devoted old house owner if:

We're not getting a tree this year since we're saving for whatever house related.

Same at our house, the Christmas guilt followed by the dreaded giant Visa bill can't happen. Luckily we have enough. I offered to try to get the living room at least painted and turn it from a construction zone into a temporary living room but mid sentence I'm thinking gee but I want to keep working on it

the same happened with my aunt and uncle. My cousin went to visit and they had a room full of boxes, things like an exercise bike.. "Free shipping"!! they are in their 80's. I've had it too, with old radios, antique auctions, Ebay in it's earlier days. I love garage sales. You can't cure me lol

[Lily left the valley]

You know you are a devoted old house owner if:

We're not getting a tree this year since we're saving for whatever house related.

Aww, thankies. That made my day.

I started writing a lot of Xmas related stuff, but instead of derailing this further, I started another thread for that so Mick doesn't need to come in asking if we need a split.