I’m sitting here in tears right now in Plain City, Ohio. I just watched “The Church House” episode and it made me realize how much I’ve let our own house go. Between retiring after 31 years of teaching, losing both of my parents that I’ve lived with or beside all but a few years of my life, having some medical problems that still curtail how much and what I can do each day, and starting our own fairly large three floor antiques, collectibles and gift store, Tique-Tock, where we own everything. That’s where all our money and time tends to go because we bought the town clock tower building built in 1902 and redone a hundred years later. It’s absolutely amazing and I love going there and playing, which for some it would be working.
Your show has inspired me to do something with all these boxes, overflow from our 10,000 sq ft building and twelve storage units. We can’t afford the ones we have now, so we’re still trying to figure out what to do with everything without getting one more storage unit. I just wasn’t able to pass up those bargains for years. Our store gets nothing but compliments for its displays, organization and quantity & quality of products. It just requires so much work and money, which the Pandemic did not help but forced us more online with our own website and eBay store which it did. We’re so proud of what we’ve done there. But then we come home and feel so depressed about what’s become of our house inside. It’s a fairly good sized home that we built ourselves with family & friends 35 years ago. Guess that’s why so much needs replacing. When I retired from teaching, I had our house in beautiful condition and organized. That’s why I cry when I see what you do for people. It’s absolutely amazing!! We’re ashamed for anyone to see it right now and that’s why we haven’t taken the help that’s been offered and we’ve not let any of our friends or family in for six years. BUT I’M INSPIRED NOW!!! You both, along with your crew, have done that for us, my husband and I. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts!💕