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I'm overwhelmed by memories from this house.

• Walking through the neighborhood during the summer of 2003 and just sitting on the porch outside until 4 in the morning talking about life.
• Bringing friends through the back into the basement
• 17 friends from Wheels staying over all over the house, cooking Shabbat dinner together and almost burning the house down
• My mom raising us on our own
• When our parents were still married and when they were living together when we were separated
• my 2nd, 3rd and 4th grade birthday parties: sleep over in the basement, water party with manny
• our kitchen and basement remodel
• When I left for college and didn't live at home anymore
• When i came home in 2010 confused about life
• Ariana staying at our house for every break
• Sam and Jenny coming to the burbs to hang out with the ZBTs
• Megan sleeping over during mustache bash and black wednesday with outrageous priscilla
• when the crew first assembled
• randi visiting
• randi, the crew hanging out in the basement
• the crew's first party - and those that followed that first summer
• Josh driving the police insane
• Banner sleep over and party where we all got together and bonded, even our bosses
• Dance girls baking together in the kitchen
• laying out with rachel in summer 2011 and 2012
• Grandma and Grandpa bringing Bramble
• Tippy first arrive at the house, killing mice in the house, staying outside for days, sleeping on our beds
• Us all growing up and going through high school
• watching power rangers after coming home from school in elementary school
• walking to the bus stop in high school and elementary
• walking to school when I was late for assignments and in trouble
• pulling all nighters working on projects
• Jewish holidays, Thanksgiving at the house
• watching Saturday morning shows
• the original grey cabinets that held our old old blankets
• when we bought the blue couch
• losing my virginity on the floor to Dan
• When Jordan came over and kissed me on the couch, in the kitchen and in the bathroom
• Kissing David on our lawn in the back after smoking with josh
• when Mark would come over on thursdays and lay in the living room
• Jereme's visit and coming for Prom and coming to school with me and getting dragged all around Buffalo Grove
• all the photos I took with my big mirror
• the night i left for college and everyone came over - had time with jamie and jordan and my girl friends at the time
• working on psych projects with tats
• when the loft had the play house init
• when alpha phis came over before we went abroad and had snacks, drinks and giggles
• the morning after the banner aprty when our cleaning lady showed up
• when katie // elle would hook up in our guest bedroom in the bedroom in 2003
• when i went on my first date in freshman year
• typing on the computer in the den in early high school in between lap tops and uploading photos and keeping in touch via LJ
• tippy keeping me awake with meowing and coming in and out of the room
• being alone thursday nights
• When Dan came into town - st pattys 2010 for a night, 4th of july 2011, april and june 2012 and we fought
• my 20th birthday after the cubs game with david and when i wouldnt let him buy me a shirt and we came back to my room and it smelled like him
• when i left for study abroad and we went out almost all night and had a sad goodbye and i wrote him that plane letter in bed in tears
• the first night i came home from wheels and missed my friends
• when i got a full size bed and then it caught fire a few days later
• rearranging my room in 2012 so i had more room by closet
• When Sean visited in May and had shabbat dinner with my family
• our first few sukkah's
• Yechiels 30th anniversary party at the house and being on the phone for an informational interview that never panned out
• Hannah's wedding shabbat dinner
• when mom got married and Y moved in and the house changed plates and koshers
• learning to cook and bake and then do it healthily
• writing diaries in elementary school
• when joshs friends were hooking up outside my door in that party
• rachel's brownie day
• nye 2010 when megi and ariana slept over at the end of the night and we had to pick up elle from downtown