S3.39 Happy New Year 2024
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- Опубліковано 2 січ 2025
- Wow, it's the end of year three. Unbelieveable. 2024 is going to start with a bang.
This once abandoned Victorian mansion is undergoing a massive restoration. Designed by noted architect Nicholas Clayton, this Galveston historical treasure is slowly back to life. Restoration of this historic house is not easy, and the extensive yard and gardens add to the complexity and expense. Preservation of the original features is high on the priority list. Follow the journey from start to finish. It’s a tough, hot, sweaty, and very expensive road but worth every minute of it.
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Thanks!
Wow, thank you for the donation. Every dollar goes straight to the renovation. We are so grateful to everyone who has contributed this year. I am working on summarizing our 2023 financials and am blown away by how every dollar adds up. This house has a future thanks to people like you.
When you saw Christmas Tree and the volunteers taking the decorations just looking at the walls in the background you can truly see the beauty of the interior of the house. I can't wait for the roof and basement work to be completed. 2024 will be a great year.
My you have a great 2024, too! Exciting things are going to happen quickly. We have some hard deadlines to meet so there's no time to waste.
Tomorrow, my decorations will come down as well. Kinda sad, but on to the New Year. Looking forward to all the progress in 2024. Wishing you, your family, and all the volunteers a Happy New Year!🥂🎊🎉❤️🤍💙
It's a new year so time to start fresh. I miss the decorations but it clears the way for some real work to begin. May you and your family have a wonderful 2024.
That basement has come a LONG WAY. It was in such shape that presently in this video, it looks clean and clear. LolZ. Can’t wait to see the wishing well in joyeux action.
And every little piece makes a huge difference. The bird bath will bring even more life to the place.
Oh yeah. And Happy New Year! How prophetic, getting AAA and the truck was sent. It’s a message for me to get AAA myself once and for all.
It looks great to me too but them the horror of the last three years is etched into my brain. I'm not sure how I'm going to feel when the concrete is in and everything is clean (sort of).
I've been putting off getting AAA for years. I think my timing was perfect. I'm not sure what I would have done. It's not the best place to have car trouble.
Happy New Year Janie and Co.
Same to you! The holidays are winding down in our house and we are getting back to work. There is a lot planned already for 2024 so we need to get busy!
Peppy makes me laugh with joy each time he visits 😂
He's a little stinker.
It's always fun to learn new things from you. We now know to call it "critical path" when we are trying to explain to people why we haven't done something simple that seems like it should have been next.
These old houses have so many twists and turns and a surprise around every corner. We did some basement work yesterday and today I'm redoing the scope of the work I thought we'd be doing Monday. It's always something but we are getting there.
Happy New Year, Janie, Jo, and all. As always, excited to see the weekly installment.
Happy new year to you too, may it bring you great joy. We are excited to start the new year right thanks to the Kempner Fund grant and all of the other amazing support we are getting. We are starting off with a lot of work in January and February. Hopefully the rest of the year can keep up.
Wishing you and everyone involved with this project a Happy and Healthy New Year. Looking forward to seeing what you have in store for us in 2024. 🎊🎉
Same to you. May 2024 be a blessed year for you and yours. This house should see some big changes in 2024. I'm so excited.
Happy New Year! Janie - if anybody can pull off a massive restoration - magic show, it is you! Congratulations on all you have accomplished on your Journey!! 🍾🍾
If determination and being hard headed counts, I've got that covered. It has been a fun journey and I've met so many incredible people who care about these old houses. My husband says I've found my people.
I love that!@@leaguekempnerhouse
Triple AAA is fabulous ‼️
I'm a true believer now! It saved my bacon.
Hard to believe you have already done 3 years of videos! Cheers to 2024 - I'm sure it will hold big things for the house!
I know. Time flies.
It was great to see how the basement is coming along! We are in Galveston and working on our much smaller basement. Found it encouraging!
Best of luck to you on your project. Even the most overwhelming project can be tamed one task at a time.
Blessings in the New Year! 🎉
Same to you! I am already blessed by getting to work on this wonderful house.
Thanks for the update and Happy New Year to you and the League Kempner House family. 👍👍
Same to you! We were truly blessed in 2023 and are looking forward to big changes in 2024.
2024 will be a great year
I hope it is a great year for everyone. We are lucky to be starting out with some really big projects thanks to the Kempner Fund and all of our other donors and volunteers. We are blessed.
Happy New Year 🎈
Same to you! We are starting off with a flurry of work. I hope the rest of the years keeps up the pace.
🎇Happy New Year, Janie🎆 from sunny Arizona 💖😎💖
Happy new year from sunny (for the next few hours anyway) Texas. We never know what weather the next day will bring but today is fabulous!
Glad you were safe during the flat tire repair.
Been there done that.
It was not fun. I've been so lucky up until then. Happy New Year!
Look forward to seeing all your work
Bringing back beauty to the island
Thanks, we are ready to get some work donel We expect great things in 2024.
Look forward to watching in the New Year!!
Thank you. It means so much to us to be able to share this journey. We are picking up the pace after a very slow 2023. Hopefully the weather will be better for us this year.
Happy New Year. Can't believe you are heading into year 4. And I've watched since the very first video. I think my favorite videos are the ones about the stained glass windows. My sister has done stained glass in her art and my brother restores vintage and antique doors and windows in Rhode Island. Looking forward to what year 4 will bring.
I know. Just thinking "4" in my head is so strange. Last year we really slowed down and worked on so many organizational things for the nonprofit. I am so happy to be starting 2024 with some big, transformative projects. It will be such visable progress.
Happy New Year!
Happy new year! to you too! We are excited to see what 2024 has in store for us. We never know.
The house will seem so bare without the Christmas decorations!
It really does.
Have a Blessed New Year! And thank you again for your hard work restoring this beautiful house! ❤❤❤
May you have a blessed 2024, too. I love working on this crazy house. I feel so lucky to have a part in saving it. You are helping too by watching these videos.
Thank you for sharing! Happy New Year!
Same to you! May you have a wonderful year We are looking forward to getting lots of work done and hosting some fun events.
Great that there is going to be good progress!
I know. 2023 was a little slow.
Happy New Year! Good Luck with all your projects in the new year and stay safe & healthy.
May you have a safe and healthy new year, too. We feel so lucky to be able to restore this house and preserve it going into the future.
I had some guys from League City towing help me out un June, when I was visiting Galveston. AAA is definitely worth it for flat tires, batteries, and the occasional tow. You might only need a tow a decade, but that's usually the cost of the 10 years of membership or more.
Totally agree! I have been really lucky. I've only had a flat out on the road once and it was about a half a mile from home. When I was younger I would have changed it myself and thought nothing about it. There's no way now and certainly not given how busy a location it was. I'm a member for life now!
Happy New Year! 🎉
Thanks Wende! May you have a wonderful 2024. I'm looking forward to some more craft sessions.🙂
Happy New Year and many blessings to come!!
Many new year blessings to you and yours in 2024.
Janie - do you have an air BnB down there in the event someone wants to come down and visit and help out on a VACA?
There are a lot of AirBNBs in Galveston. Don't know whether Janie has one or not.
I used to Air BnB the Lucas Apartments but had big issues with using a third party to manage so I ended up putting long term tenants in the units. They have been wonderful and love the place as much as I do. i just got back one unit that I'm going to use for myself and I'm thinking of doing short term rental and managing it myself for some extra income. The unit is not quite fully set up but I'm working on it. I'll keep you posted.
Just wondering, would it be more of a hassle than it’s worth to have people on tour help with such things like the brick removal in place of the cost of the tour? Just wondering…..
There's a liability issue. All our volunteers have to sign a waiver and go through a short safety lecture. We do as all our visitors if they would be interested in volunteering and many have filled out the contact sheet on our website. The more the merrier.
The League Kempner House has seen many many New Years and without a doubt will see many more! 🎉🏚️🎉
How fun would it be to see into the past and witness all the events that have gone on in this house. At least all the ones going forward will be documented so in another 100 years people can peek into the past.
Happy New Year!
Same to you! You've got a big year in 2024!!!!
Happy New Year!
Same to you!🎉 2024 should be a good one.