With the sale of the old farm completed, Dad got the money and used
it to redo the roof of the house and add the addition that Mom had
been wanting. The addition consisted of a new bedroom for Mom and
Dad with an attached bathroom and walk in closet. The addition was
built at the back of the house and was entered by going through the
small bedroom which was shared by Brenda and Beth. With the house
not having central air conditioning, they had a window unit
installed in the back wall of the house. Mom and Dad’s old bedroom
then became Brenda’s bedroom with Beth got the small bedroom to
herself although not ideal
since Mom and Dad had to walk through it
to get to their new bedroom. I thought it was unfair that
Brenda got the large bedroom to herself while David and had still to
share our much smaller bedroom, oh well. Brenda even got her own
phone, pink princes’ phone, because “She was in high school and need
one to talk to her friends.” mom explained.
While our new addition was being built, Betty and Billy moved from their house in Flemington to a house on 36th Terrace, the next street over from our house. With them being so close we spent more getting together at either their house or ours for holidays, to play cards, a cookout and always to watch the Gators play on TV.
Updated: 09-28-2022