... of still photographs. It seemed a bit long now and then but overall I enjoyed it. I love looking at houses, so this was quite nice to watch. It showed a lot of the actual house, the surroundings of the house and the inner workings of the house. We saw the furniture inside and the structure of the outside. We also viewed the flowers and the trees in and around the house. The ... most interesting things that were included in the photographs of the house were those of the table settings and the common everyday things that the Eames" used. This was a ... on chairs and their patterns, and al...

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... how many "step moms" we had as kids, it was probably more than how many times we moved. "Raising four kids alone is too hard for just one person" he used to say. They weren't all bad, some were actually pretty nice. One I can remember was ... was Yolanda, she was nice and pretty too if I remember right. She had pale skin, long black hair that framed her small face. The thing I remember most about her were her eyes, not so much the color but the fact that they were kind. Yolanda lived with us when we moved to south Lawrence after we left our ... And we had our own basement as well. Like ...

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... Out of all the houses I have ever lived in there is only, truly one that is engraved in my memories. It was a farm far out in the country side. I remember when I first saw it: the glistening pool and tall overpowering black slate steps. Which lead to the huge glass French doors. The garden was just as wonderful as the house: the rich green grass, the huge leafy trees, the flowers. The flowers were so ... to notice it. I saw it and screamed. Immediately I joined my sister on top of the coffee table (now almost frozen with anxiety). Luckily my mum clobbered it with a broom or I might stil...

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... me to go find some tools he needed to fix the lawn mower. I walked across the yard to my grandma's house. I pulled the tin door open to the shed, on the door was some writing on it that someone spray painted in black. It said big John. I paused for a moment, then went on in. I figured that there couldn't be anything in here that would get me. As ... and tail of a rat sticking out of it's mouth. How inviting! The cat temporarily distracted me from looking for the tools, then I started to look around for them. There is one definite path through the old shed, with everything and anything i...

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