I belong to a service organization.   One the the things that we do is raise money for a children’s cancer treatment center.   The big way that money is raised is by raffling off a house.   Over half of the available (8000) raffle tickets have been sold at $100/ticket.   From now until June 12th, people from the group have to be at the house every weekend, to show off the house.

This is a picture of what the house looks like, but not the actual site.   If you mentally replace the mountains and pine trees with huge power  lines and the grass with rocks and dirt, it would be pretty accurate.    People ooh and aah over the house as they go through it, it is new and shiny.   For $100 one can enjoy the fantasy that this house will be their’s.

I think a lot about houses because I would love to have a house that did not have stairs.   (The above house has 16 stairs between levels, a visitor counted them last week 😉  ).   Which brings me to my dream house.   My sister in law called me about this house and I leapt right into the fantasy.   It has everything I would want in a house, including jillions of stairs.

It comes with a built in jungle, no waiting for one to grow.

A painted ceiling and a gas and electric chandelier.

The dining room sideboard and table are original to the house and match the woodwork.

Does it have a ballroom on the third floor?   Of course.

And a massive stained glass window, a standard feature of this sort of a house.

Alas, this property is doomed to remain a fantasy because reality set in.  It’s too big of a project for us old bats, and of course the sheer size of it, makes it daunting to consider.   (Although everyone I have spoken to thinks the 5 car garage would be great).

When I came back down to earth I realized that I am actually living in my dream home.   I have deer that come and go as they please (no responsibility there).   I have a beautiful view of the mountain from my front door.   And my house is a solidly built custom home, there is not another one just like it.   It was fun to contemplate, but reality is just fine.