 Barked: Thu Aug 31, '06 2:12pm PST |
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We're from Northwestern Illinois in a small town called Wonder Lake. And Wonder Lake was a man-made lake back in the 1920's and they damned a stream which flooded the shallow river flood plane and made a roughly 800 sq foot lake. We've been living out here...and I say out here because it's close but far from the metropolis of Chicagoland...for 2 and a half years.
My husband and I were married for almost a year and had been living w/his parents while we saved for a house. In Jan of '04, we started searching and we almost didn't go see this little house because I said it looked like a dump on the listing sheet. But my husband really wanted to see it because it had a 3 car garadge. So, we drove all the way out there, about 30 miles on a very bitterly cold January evening. As soon as we pulled up to the house, I knew it was the one. It was just so warm and cozy looking after the long car ride. The picture hadn't done it justice. We decided to put in an offer that night. We were accepted and about 3 weeks later moved in.
So...I say all this because later that following summer I picked up a little phamplet about the history of Wonder Lake and in it was the date that the first water started to flow over the damn after they finished construction....it was February 22....our wedding anniversary. Isn't that ironic? |  |  | |  |
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