"Remember the road that leads you home"

     "Remember the road that leads you home"

so many scraped knees & bike rides on this path

Childhood home

My mom reminded me today that 2 days ago marked 15 years since our big move from Poland to the States. 15 years seems like such a long long time but really, it seems like it was just yesterday. My first plane ride, the goodbyes with family, leaving everything behind, and at 9 years old being oblivious to it all.

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"It's a funny thing about coming home. Nothing changes. Everything looks the same, feels the same, even smells the same. You realize what's changed is you."  

- Benjamin Button

My sis & I

same bed we slept on as kids - 11 years later

Danny & my cousins, he fit right in with the family

Us & the home - 2009

Front vs Top...

Price & link:  $2,800

                            

Vs.

Price : $350 for both

 So Dan & I are in the market for a washer and dryer for our new home. We went to Lowe's over the weekend to check some out... and I really would like it if someone could explain to me what on earth the huge fuss is about with the front loading washers? cuz to me it just seems like a silly trend. They are 3x the price of regular ones... and are you paying to break your back when you're have to be in a bent down position through the entire process of loading and unloading your clothes? Or are you paying for how pretty they look? beacuse that they are.

 My mom  back in Poland when I was a kid, had one and she said to me "child I forbid you from getting one of those my back to this day hurts from that damn thing"

Momma cracked me up.

You know me and photos, I had to dig one up......here it is...the giant, old school back-breaker that washed many loads of my cloth diapers while killing my moms back.

this was taken when we went to visit my childhood home back in 2007, everything is still there as it was before we left...and those stickers were stuck on by my siblings & I :)