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captainsblog ([personal profile] captainsblog) wrote2011-11-17 09:18 am

Everything old is new again

So when Eleanor first went to Lowes and ordered the tile for the now-laid new kitchen floor, I never saw exactly what she'd picked out.

"Oh, it's Armstrong commercial tile, [various specifications in essentially foreign language]- you know, pretty much the same one we had installed in our last house."

No recollection whatsoever of that. It's going on 18 years since we moved from there, and I had memories of something boxy and orange that are coming from gods-know-where.  Fortunately, we took a LOT of pictures back in the day. Including this one:



Yup. Something DOES compare 2U, floor:



Same tile. Same hutch. Same kid. Different tail, though.

[identity profile] liddle-oldman.livejournal.com 2011-11-17 04:01 pm (UTC)(link)
You have counters!

I have never had counters. This is what i get for living in Victorian buildings.

Sad to say, I am not seeing kid (or grown person) in the second picture!

[identity profile] captainsblog.livejournal.com 2011-11-17 06:44 pm (UTC)(link)
She wasn't home yet. I'll try to get one of her sticking her feet into my shoes; Mom's basically fit her now.