Wednesday, May 30, 2007

WCW - My old house

I'm playing Wild Card Wednesday this week with a picture of the house in which I grew up and lived for 18 years, plus summers until I got married, and even for three months while I was married while Hubby job hunted. My parents sold the house when they decided to RV full-time. Right now they're in Utah rafting down the Colorado River or something while I'm here changing poopy diapers.


Anyway, this is my old house:
The new owners removed most of the landscaping and put in their own stuff. But I didn't recognize the house as we drove through the neighborhood a couple of weeks ago because I was looking for the house with the BIG front yard. Honestly, I looked right past it because it was too close to the road! How could my memory be off by that much? I mean, I lived there as an adult! Weird.

So there you have it. Did you play?
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10 comments:

  1. UnknownMay 30, 2007 9:22 AM

    it's weird how our memories of childhood things are slightly off. Just a matter of perception I guess.

    Happy wcw

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  2. AnonymousMay 30, 2007 9:37 AM

    I have the same perception. I used to love, love, love my parents house and swore I'd buy it if they ever sold it...now I get the heebiejeebies just being there...it's so claustrophobic and dark.

    I do like the yard and trees at your old house though!

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  3. KamiMay 30, 2007 9:43 AM

    Funny how perceptions change.

    And your parents - well, that's just not fair.

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  4. Wendy aka CheekyMay 30, 2007 9:56 AM

    I agree - the perception does change. Even as adults. You know we move often and going back to places I have lived just seems odd. Even the ones I loved. Except for Charleston that is!

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  5. Jana BMay 30, 2007 11:59 AM

    I totally agree with everyone about perspective... My old house (from before I was 12) is SO UNBELIEVEABLY TINY!!! I had no idea it was THAT small! Looking back on it as an adult, I'm like "HOW THE HECK DID WE ALL LIVE THERE?" lol

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  6. MeMay 30, 2007 12:48 PM

    I'm just smiling... it's so funny (and sometimes heartbreaking) to see things from your childhood and have the magic ruined.

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  7. tommieMay 30, 2007 2:27 PM

    love the yard...it does look big

    I played.

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  8. Jean-Luc PicardMay 30, 2007 2:46 PM

    I guess though it was a home for many years, after returning, it just looks like a normal house.

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  9. Andi May 30, 2007 9:27 PM

    Or...maybe when you lived there you saw all the possibilities of the things you could do with the yard and that made it huge to you.

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  10. ArleneJune 06, 2007 6:09 PM

    In all honesty that front yard is HUGE, but I know what you mean. When I drove by the house I lived in as a young child, I couldn't believe how close the neighbors house was...the house it seemed like was a mile away as a kid. Strange!
    Gorgeous house BTW!!

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