tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175671672721833449.post1538884851704527243..comments2024-03-17T20:51:49.427-07:00Comments on My Quilt Diary: 53 years agoJulie Fukudahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15704374750710761269noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175671672721833449.post-53713494614997368852016-12-31T15:34:46.922-08:002016-12-31T15:34:46.922-08:00Thank you for sharing! Always new chapters are for...Thank you for sharing! Always new chapters are forming in one's life. May the New Year bring wonderful company, travels, and adventure. Peace-MonicaMQuilterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01055414902228765068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175671672721833449.post-74687472314739181692016-12-29T12:54:56.183-08:002016-12-29T12:54:56.183-08:00Lovely to read your story Julie. I remember my par...Lovely to read your story Julie. I remember my parents' first Apart was tiny and wood fire cast iron bathtub. But I can't remeber about toilet at all! Tomomi McElweehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15767003421937319122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175671672721833449.post-15770079746878081132016-12-29T00:47:05.532-08:002016-12-29T00:47:05.532-08:00Thank you Julie for your story of your early life ...Thank you Julie for your story of your early life in Japan with Paul. Fascinating. Sadly we seem to take all our mod cons for granted these days, I have been married for 37 years and those early days in the 70's were such happy times even though we did not have very much. jacarandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01703529019767117993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175671672721833449.post-21599653781966731972016-12-28T19:47:09.796-08:002016-12-28T19:47:09.796-08:00This was so wonderful to read and learn more about...This was so wonderful to read and learn more about your life and how you both got started in your life in Japan. I think I would have been petrified to make such a move. It is amazing to see how so much has changed since you started and I feel the same way here, we started out with an apartment that had the bare minimum, cold in the winter and we couldn't afford the heating Bill. Our grocery Bill was 20.00 for the week and you could fill up the car for a few dollars, lol. I really felt the emotion with you as you walked down the place where you and Paul began your new life.<br /><br />DebbieWoolenSailshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08621977477193550261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175671672721833449.post-44067005575429516372016-12-28T15:42:25.963-08:002016-12-28T15:42:25.963-08:00Enjoyed reading this post. What a change occurred ...Enjoyed reading this post. What a change occurred over the years. Thanks for sharingTeresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09077658139465236292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175671672721833449.post-30974548953431181712016-12-28T13:58:04.652-08:002016-12-28T13:58:04.652-08:00Love to read your stories - thank you for sharing ...Love to read your stories - thank you for sharing - ;)) A Left-Handed Quilterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01145550105234839991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175671672721833449.post-80831469708085262062016-12-28T12:40:46.182-08:002016-12-28T12:40:46.182-08:00What a wonderful story! My children find it compl...What a wonderful story! My children find it completely amazing that when Jerry and I married in 1964 our first apartment was a one room with a bed that pulled down out of the wall and cost $12.50 a month. :) And we were so happy to be there with just each other! blessings, marleneStitchinByTheLakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04501479854150315011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175671672721833449.post-21378925217634405762016-12-28T12:13:50.730-08:002016-12-28T12:13:50.730-08:00What a fun read. We all went through the small liv...What a fun read. We all went through the small living spaces & little money phase!! You both look happy in the pictures, so it was a good start. Glad your daughter was given great medical care. Hope your holiday was good. I am looking forward to a new year. Judy Dietrichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03310395493132902215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175671672721833449.post-11234841176813242822016-12-28T08:49:52.865-08:002016-12-28T08:49:52.865-08:00Looking back and knowing how we managed then, to w...Looking back and knowing how we managed then, to what we have now, so totally different. We always had an inside toilet, but tank water which sometimes in summer were almost empty. And a copper, tubs and a hand wringer for the washing. A huge orchard and garden which Dad worked on and we always had our own supplies. He even grew peanuts. We lived too far out to go and buy fresh veges. You must wonder at how young couples live today compared to your first years as a young woman then a Mum.Nancy Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11854698513524662527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175671672721833449.post-39774136225991919302016-12-28T06:24:25.679-08:002016-12-28T06:24:25.679-08:00My son and his wife will be flying to our home tow...My son and his wife will be flying to our home town in Texas in early January. I will get to drive them around and show them where we went to school, our first home, etc. while there. My son knows most of it, but, his wife has never been there. Nice to remember the history in our lives.Cheryl's Teapots2Quiltinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01005480747596617459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175671672721833449.post-79137757511812005922016-12-28T03:02:05.689-08:002016-12-28T03:02:05.689-08:00Oh, this is really interesting! I hope you will ke...Oh, this is really interesting! I hope you will keep reminiscing! For my part, living in Kyoto in the late 1970's I also have not so fond memories of the sewer trucks. Because Kyoto was not bombed during the war there was no need for rebuilding and modernizing. Consequently, even in the 1970's it was said that only 30% of Kyoto had flush toilets. You really did NOT want to be around when the trucks came to clean out the sewers. Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00825168712349766674noreply@blogger.com