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From the monthly archives:
Popsicles, white skin, and (free!) water parks. It must be the start of Summer!
(I actually took this picture last summer — I forgot to take my camera with me today!)
We may not be out of school here yet in body, but we sure are in spirit. It was difficult bidding a good night to a [...]
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The Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio is simply spectacular, and one of John’s all-time favorite museums to visit. Possibly one of his favorite places, ever, I’m not sure. Maybe I’ll ask him real quick. Hold on.
“Hey, John, is the Air Force museum one of your favorite all-time places to go?”
“Yea.”
See?
Seriously, it’s quite amazing. [...]
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We’ve been overdue for a new bed for a long, long, long time.
Truly, in hindsight, buying a new mattress five years ago would not have been too soon. Indeed, I’ve had back problems for at least that long, which I attributed to issues that came up following the birth of my daughter (who’s now seven) [...]
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I’m not sure if that really makes sense. Just work with me here.
The Hubs is Home!
As of Friday night, well after Olivia and Peter were in bed. But it was nice for Conner to have his dad all to himself for a bit.
Hubs slept fine that first night, courtesy of complete travel exhaustion. The little [...]
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We haven’t done a do-it-yourself move in many years. I knew there was no way I was going to pay for the boxes we need – $2-$5 for each one when you buy them from a moving company.
I drove around for awhile yesterday and checked a couple of places for used boxes, but only managed [...]
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I’ve had these papers taunting me from the pile in the corner where I stuck them when my focus turned to getting this house put up for sale. Guess how many late bills are hidden in there?
Apparently, at least one. At least, I was assuming my phone got disconnected for a reason. I never paid [...]
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House sale is a go. Prepare for launch.
I have no idea why I’m being so cheesy. Except – even lame humor releases tension.
We sold our house!
The buyers take possession June 25. Common-sense precaution nudges me to keep the details mum for now. Never fear, I will share the crunchy numbers once the dollars have safely [...]
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Wow, I hate to say I told you so. But I told you so.
We have an offer on the house. It’s not acceptable as-is, so we will counter. If they don’t accept our counter, that’s that. If they do…
We’ll be looking for a place to live for six months. Because here’s the kicker: The Hubs’ [...]
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I’ve talked on and on about all the work I’ve been doing around here, putting this house up for sale. But I’ve also been cutting myself a break. Namely, by eating (and ordering) out. A rare event around here, to be sure. Tonight, we went to Chili’s. And Conner commented that perhaps if we ate [...]
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Not too long ago I joined a group of personal finance bloggers in the Yakezie Challenge — a creation by fellow blogger Financial Samurai, who wanted to challenge other personal finance bloggers to rise up in the Alexa rating — something I had never even heard of before I read his post. I liked the [...]
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