Childhood Home and Memories

Moving is coming along slow.

I have carried box after box....

after box,

but with that said, I am 

packing in small boxes

to keep me from over doing things. 

He is a side shot of my 

childhood home.

I will need to clean the sidings.

 Told mom

I would do that for her a couple

 of years ago

but she said it could wait. 

They have cleaner that

has a screw on place 

attached to the top of the 

container. You screw your 

hose to that and 

the cleaner and water mix 

together to clean. 

I used it on my house and 

it works great. 

If it will not shoot this high

 then I will just

have to climb out the 

window to clean

with a brush and suds!

Did I get your attention with that one?

HAHA....

NOPE, the hose will shoot

pretty high so I think I am good. 

I am shooting from the 

backyard over

the fence, a fence that was not 

there when

we moved in. You see we 

moved in 

when the house was brand

 new, I was

six, and the driveway 

was gravel. 

There was a sliding 

glass door

 where the french doors are now.

Oh...and the house did not 

have siding on 

it. It was wood then.  Any of 

you doing the

math on this let me help you, 

I just turned

60 so that was 54 yrs ago. 

I left home at

20, so I have not lived here 

(except for that

three months last yr) in 40 

yrs. The brick

wall there was concrete, 

but they have

been painted as long as 

I can remember.

My brother was building a house

many years ago and 

he had this set

of french doors left 

over so mom had

the sliding doors 

removed and these

added. Notice I put my

 welcome sign

out already.

Shot of the garage looking in.

 The plastic

shelves on the left 

were mom's. Thank

goodness we did not get

 rid of those before

this sale came about, I 

can use them and 

they will really come in 

handy. All that

on the right was moms 

also. That BIG 

file cabinet makes great

 storage. Mom

had material in them along 

with winter

and or summer sheets when

 not being used.

The white cabinet she stored

 pots and 

appliances in there that 

did not get

used often. Not much

 storage or

counter space in the 

kitchen...hence

the reason for my revamping

 the dresser.

When step up in the

 back of the garage, 

there is actually enough

 room for another

car and Dad made ramps 

for the purpose

of storing his boat back 

there. There is 

a big tool bench back

 there also that

Dad built. But once

 back there, if

you take a left you go

 into the basement

area which is under

 the kitchen and 

dining room. Washer 

and drier is 

back there also. 

Awesome storage

under the stairs and

 also under the 

porch out front from here in the 

basement. I did take pics of the 

basement area, but it still has a lot 

of OTHER peoples

 stuff stored there

for now so I am not 

posting that. 

Growing up this garage 

was spotless!!!

There were not plastic shelves or 

file cabinets and although a car

still fits with that stuff 

on the side, 

it was all clear then for 

moms car.

With the added ramps 

that dad made

we were able as kids 

to ride our bikes

in the garage, up the

 ramps and back

into the basement 

when the temps 

were cold. 

As we grew and got older we also

had a ping pong table in the

garage section. It would fold

up and push to the side for a car

to come in but mom would 

take the car out for us to play 

a game or two. On the wall of the

garage we always had a dart board!

These memories are part of the 

reason that I feel so at peace

with this move. Although I have

not lived there in 40 yrs, I was

there so much that I should have

been living there!! haha....

Thanks mom for the memories.

Pam