Elaina is down

We were at the BMX track last night where Mark has been going for the last couple of days.  Elaina was doing fine and trying it out after doing it several times previously.  She didn't make it up one small hill and rolled back and sprained her ankle pretty bad. There's no bruising or anything so we hope it isn't  broken.  Mark is her caretaker because Helen is in school this morning.

Crow Fair 2011

Photos are here.



This group may have been one of those at the Crow Agency Pow Wow that we saw. It was recorded 3 days earlier than when we were there.

Adam just left Sheridan!

Adam took off about 10 minutes ago.  He'll be water skiing today with friends and leaving for CA around 7am Monday morning.  His car is packed full.  It is mostly camping/climbing/outdoor equipment.

Photos are here.

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Looked at the old victorian house in Sheridan last night!

It was the most interesting house that I've ever visited.  I'm really glad we went to see it, though will admit it is highly unlikely that we'll ever buy something like that.  See photos here.  The house has a low-maintenance exterior with plastic siding and metal cladding on most of the wood.  The inside is still almost 100% original and it looks great!  The main floor has a small entry for coats and weather, then into a greeting area where you can go into the parlor, dining room, or up the stairs into the 2nd floor bedrooms through a wide staircase.  Animal heads peer down from the walls in the greeting area.  The dining room is large and would need a long table to look right.   The parlor is also of a decent size.  The owners have mostly antique furniture so it was a great-looking house.  It has a little library nook off the back of the dining room.  The kitchen is in a corner but very modern.  The house was built in 1901 when the owners of a house like this would have been expected to have a servant.  The kitchen and that whole corner of the house basement-to-3rd-floor are the servant's areas.  The owners wouldn't go into the kitchen or up or down narrow stairs.  They'd go up the wide stairs to only the 2nd floor.  Three large bedrooms on the 2nd floor, one full bath that has been remodeled but looks very nice and original.  All bedrooms, even the 3rd floor bedrooms, have sinks in them.  One tiny bedroom in the corner above the kitchen was the maid's quarters.  Really narrow and very steep stairs lead from the maid's hallway to the third floor where there are two real bedrooms and one long narrow room where the present owner's son has his bed and TV and games.  It has a hook in the ceiling over a trap door in the floor where you'd have to pull up furniture from the 2nd floor because almost nothing could be brought up the narrow, steep and curved stairs.  Caroline wanted the room with the little 7' circle that is in the curved spire of the house as seen in the photos.  Those bedrooms are also large.  So - 5 large bedrooms and one small bedroom in this house.  It has a few stained glass windows that were a nice touch.  All the main flooring is nice oak patterned wood.  The 2nd floor is mostly wood.  The stairs are carpeted.  The third floor is all wood.

The house is the only house that I've ever thought that I could afford that has an elevator!  It has a very nice looking old working elevator that goes between kitchen, basement, and 2nd floor.  It was probably installed in the 20's.  They think there was a narrow circular stairway in that location when the house was built in 1901.  It was another way for the maid to get up/down through the house without bothering the owners.  The owners only used it for laundry because they said it was really slow.  It was easier to go up the stairs.  The house has three coal fireplaces on the first floor that the maid would have been expected to keep stoked.  The coal would be brought into the basement from the backyard.  The owners installed a nice wood sauna in the basement that looks good down there.  Helen liked it.  I'd never use it.

All the windows are original.  A modern hot water boiler has been plumbed into the original steam heat system so all the original boilers are still there and work.  The electric system was reworked at some point but not by the present owners.  The foundation looks solid.  If I owned it I'd like to use the coal fireplaces (using coal) but the old chimneys may no longer handle the heat.  The house has plenty of danger areas like that.

It is on a major street in town and is close walking distance to everything.  How much is a servant these days?  That house needs a servant.

DWH

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Haile gathering tonight (Saturday 8/6/2011) has moved

Sorry for the late notice, but we've decided it would be easier to have the party at Dave's parents house.  It is on the north side of Woodward Governor.  2213 Hiawatha Court which is the closest neighborhood street to Lemay off of Columbia.  We'll be there at least by 6pm if not earlier and will have snacks and drinks and a bbq available.  Bring something to share!  We'd love to hear what you've been up to!

2213 Hiawatha Court

David and Helen Haile

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Open House at 165 Fairway Lane tomorrow

What: Open House
Where: 165 Fairway Lane
When: Saturday August 6th 12-4
Why: Show the house to potential buyers

Hello Friends,

We are going to have an open house tomorrow August 6th at 165 Fairway.

Please spread the word to any and all who may be interested. We'll open the doors at 9:00 and then close them about 4:00.

After the Open House we would love to take the opportunity to enjoy a summer evening with good friends and neighbors in our backyard. Please come and tell us a good story about your summer. Bring a snack to share.  

We like Sheridan and are making new friends, but we miss you!

Helen