Thursday 13: Places to call home

Thirteen Things about 13 places I lived before getting married 1. Texas Ave, Bossier City LA – I don’t remember this apartment at all; it’s just where my Mom says we lived when I was born. 2. Barksdale apartments,? - 1971 Bossier City LA – This is where my first memories are from. We lived there until I was 4. It’s where we got my first pet, a cat named Mikey. 3. 113 Mildred, Benton LA 1971 - 1974 – This is the home where I spent most of my childhood. My dad still owns this house, but I hear from my brother that he has turned it into a junk yard with all of his collections. 4. With my Aunt in Temple Terrace FL summer 1974 – Christmas 1974. I mentioned before how my Aunt came to visit and I dumped dirt on my cousin’s head…yet she still took me back to live with her. I guess that she really wanted a girl, but by Christmas she was ready to send me back. LOL! Went back to Mildred. 5. Trailer on the corner of Sussex & Middlesex in Tampa, FL summer 1977 – Christmas 1977. We had a lot of giggles about that! My parents had separated and my mom first tried to keep me. That only lasted until Christmas – then back to Mildred. 6. A different trailer, in Colonial Coach mobile home park in Tampa, FL summer 1980 – Sept 1980 again. My mom had remarried (although she didn’t bother to tell us that…we had to figure that out on our own!) This was the trailer that she and her new husband lived in. We only lived there a few months because it was really too small. I've never been back to Mildred. 7. The new trailer on Pasadena Ave Sept 1980 – March 1985. It was just one street over from the old trailer. It was a brand new trailer moved in there. We were pretty lucky that they allowed us to get the lot at all as the trailer was really too big for it, but we were okay with having a smaller cement patio. 8. Shetland Ave. Tampa FL March 1985 – Jan 1986. This was my mom’s first house since she got married. It was my first two story house. Unfortunately the way we afforded this place was that the previous owner had trashed the place. We spent the first few months pulling out all the carpets and painting everything. 9. An apartment off Waters & Hanley in Tampa FL Jan 1986. This was actually the studio apartment of a guy who was going to be our roommate in the town house that we were renting. I slept on his “living room” floor for about 3 weeks. My mom had gotten mad at me and decided to kick me out of her house and it took us that long to get the lease on… 10. A town home in way way north Tampa FL Feb 1986 – July 1988. It was almost not even in Tampa. I lived there with my boyfriend and a few different roommates in the second bedroom. What a mess! 11. Grove Ave, Clarksburg WV July 1988 – Sept 1989. Due to my boyfriend’s terrible work ethic and some bad business decisions he felt that it would be best if we went to live near his mother in WV. Things only got worse. 12. With my grandmother on Bay Crest Lane Tampa, FL Sept 1989 – Oct 1990. My mom had left her second husband and was living with her mom and I had left the boyfriend from above so we were quite a mess. But this is where I started getting my life back in order. 13. Another trailer with my mom. Oct 1990 – Aug 1992. I don’t remember the exact address anymore… I could look it up, but it’s not all that important. This is where I got my first car (because I didn’t live close enough to walk to work anymore) and eventually I met my future husband in Dec 1990. Links to other Thursday Thirteens! ~*~Jen~*~ladydaria~*~Mar~*~Uisce ~*~MamaMama(Mel)~*~tanya~*~mentalexcrements~*~KDubs ~*~LazyDaisy~*~Lisa~*~Veronika~*~Chickadee ~*~FrogLegs~*~Better Safe Than Sorry~*~Jane~*~Nicole ~*~Kimmy~*~Stacie~*~Courtney~*~Froggie ~*~Audra~*~Shash~*~Lena~*~Killired ~*~Kelly~*~Texas_Ivy10~*~Ruth~*~laura ~*~WendyWings~*~e~*~"D"~*~Dawn ~*~LingerieLady~*~MasterEnigma~*~ (leave your link in comments, I’ll add you here!)

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