Our friends Winifred and Adam and their kids Nancy and Thomas live in the house my grandpa grew up in and that I lived in for about 4 years. It was built in 1912, so Winifred's family was nice enough to have a 100th anniversary party for the house. They've done some serious remodeling and it looks great. I'm so happy they've tried to keep all the original things and still have kept the mood and essence of the house. It's such a beautiful house and I'm glad it has such good owners! It used to be surrounded by open fields and sheep, chickens, and other animals were kept there. It was the only house with an inside toilet with pluming for awhile. It must have been a mansion for its time with 3 levels!
I carved this into the wood of the house when I was about 5. It was supposed to say Golda, but some of my letters are backwards. How embarrassing!
I still remember my light pink bedroom with a white standing-dresser with hand-painted flowers on it. Once I climbed out of the window of my room and got stuck on the roof. I was shouting for what seemed like hours until my mom came outside and looked up to find me there, terrified. I also remember the bathtub with an old-fashioned nozzle thing that I thought was so cool. We had Christmas in the room with the fireplace. It was so cozy and storybook-like. The sliding doors would open and on the pretty red-pink sofa would be our gifts from Santa. It was so exciting and I can picture it perfectly in my mind.
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