6.Were there any special items in the house that you remember?

The most interesting thing about Grandma's house was what was under the house. She had a  root cellar under her bedroom.  If you wanted a can of tuna- you moved the rug in her room, opened up the trap door, leaned it against the side of the wall and went down narrow steep stairs to the cellar below. That's where she kept eggs, margarine, home canned goods, potatoes, onions and  squash. The store bought canned goods were in a little cubby under the stairs.

 During the 60's Grandpa  built a bomb shelter under the other side of the house.  You got to it through double cellar doors that were outside of his room. He had a single bed,  and some more storage on that side. Then they dug a corridor through the solid packed clay to the root cellar- so you could get from one side of the house to the other side. We loved playing down there on hot days. Although I did  get in trouble for scratching a big valentine heart  with my initials plus my boyfriends into the  dirt wall.