Through the middle of December, there will be a series of journal prompts regarding your life now and as a child. These prompts are about your life today.
Here are a few questions to get you thinking about you and your experiences. This is your history and writings of your individual experiences.
What do you like about your home?
How long have you lived in your home?
My youngest decorating her birthday cake. She asked that I also state that I dropped the cake onto the table prior to us eating it; it was still edible, but no longer beautiful.
One of the things that drew me to buying our house was the kitchen. We had a list of attributes that we wanted in a house- a 3 car garage, a basement, and a room to do laundry in. We have none of those things we have in this house, but I fell in love with the hard wood floors, the kitchen, the radiant heating system, bedrooms on the first floor and a ramp to the front door, that doesn’t make it look handicapped accessible.
I love the openness of the house. One year Santa gave my kids this bounce house and Christmas morning it was set up in the living room like this. After the holidays, it lived in the playroom and there were hours of fun with it. It is a good way to spend winters in Chicagoland.
Who lives with you?
We are a nuclear family with myself, my husband, and our children. This is one of the bedrooms that was decorated with a lot of “Fashion Plates” rubbings. I believe this was taken after we read the book 100 Dresses. Since COVID we have acquired new furniture and painted this room.
What is your neighborhood like?
What is something that you would change about your home if you could?
One of the things that drew us to our neighboorhood was the parks. The playground equipment had just been installed at this park when we bought our house. We have at least 10 parks or playgrounds within a 2 mile bike ride. One summer we tried to visit as many different parks as we could. Our current house is right next to a cul-de-sac, so we get the benefits of a cul-de-sac to play in and getting plowed sooner in the winter.