If someone who used to live in your house 20 years ago came by wanted wanted to see inside...

[dixiegrrrrl]

60. I think the decision depends on where you live.

I live in a friendly little Southern town, in a neighborhood which was built in late 50's/early 60's. Our house was built in 1958.

Our house had 3 previous owners.
A minister raised his family in it, there are names of the kids and their heights on an interior closet door. They lived here for 30 some years.
the next owners painted the house Pepto Bismol pink! with dark green shutters.
when I asked my next door neighbor, who has lived here since the homes were built, how the house came to be painted pink, she said they were from Fla. and wanted Fla. colors. She said the house used to be grey, but when she came home after a brief trip, it was deep pink. Poor thing had to see that house every day, from her kitchen window and her deck.

She's pretty happy that we painted the house a nice calm light grey with white shutters.

The 3rd owner only lived here about 10 years, she died, the son sold the pink house to us,

I met the woman who used to care for the first owners kids and house during the day, for years.
She now does light house work a couple of times a month for the neighbor.
I am going to ask her if she would like to see the house now, because of her attachment to it. I think she will want to.