SUNDAY MEMORIES
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From Heidelberg, we moved to Virginia. We purchased our second house,
which had loose-laid carpets in all the bedrooms, living room (now I was glad we didn’t have that rust carpet with us!), dining room and family room. The padding wasn’t too good, so we upgraded that in later years, to find that the carpets were quite good quality, and were going to last a good long time with new padding. They were all a light tan color, and went well with all our furniture.
1991 – our grandson taking the taste test of a new toy this shows the light tan/cream carpet
We later purchased some very pretty, very thick carpet to replace what was in the family room. All the floors in this house were wood. The kitchen had rolled vinyl. I purchased bathroom carpet for our master bathroom in dark brown, and gold for the second bathroom upstairs. For the bathroom downstairs, I just had bath mats.
After living there for nearly 13 years, we decided to move to Florida. Both our girls were married by this time and out of our house. We purchased a new house in Kissimmee, which is essentially a suburb of Orlando.
There was either carpet or vinyl throughout the house, so we didn’t need to purchase any new carpets, thank goodness.
Looking from the kitchen into the family room – carpet and vinyl flooring
We lived in that house for three-and-one-half years before selling it and moving to Orlando proper.
This house that we live in now, has carpet in the living/dining room, and all three bedrooms. Other than that, all the floors are ceramic tile. We did purchase a loose-laid rug for the family room, just to make it a bit more comfortable.
the rug we purchased
The bathrooms only have throw rugs or bath mats. I did have a throw rug for the entry/laundry room, but recently I tripped on it and fell hard on that ceramic tile. So it’s out the door!
Well….that’s my saga about carpet. I still love to walk barefoot through the carpets in our house. And when we go to Titusville to visit my brother Bill and his delightful wife DiVoran, I luxuriate my feet in the carpet in their living room. It’s a gorgeous dusty rose, and feels so good on my toes!
As you can see from this series, I take my shoes off as often as I can!
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Judy is living in Central Florida with her retired U.S. Air Force husband of 50+ years. Born in Dallas, Texas, she grew up in the Southwestern United States.She met her husband at their church, where he was attending the university in her town. After college and seminary, he entered the Air Force, and their adventures began.They lived in eight of our United States, and spent six years in Europe, where their oldest daughter was born. She was a stay-at-home mom for many years .
Judy has always been involved with music, both playing the piano and singing. Always interested in exercise, she was an aerobic dancing instructor, as well as a piano teacher for many years, and continues to faithfully exercise at home.
After moving to Central Florida, she served as a church secretary for nearly nine years.Her main hobby at this point in time is scanning pictures and 35mm slides into the computer. She also enjoys scrapbooking.She and her husband have two married daughters and four grandchildren, including grandtwins as well as a great-grandson and a great-granddaughter. She and her husband enjoy the Disney parks as often as possible.
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