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We’ve been in this house now for three weeks and one day. It’s beginning to feel like home. But lawdy, it’s a mess. We have too much stuff. But that’s another post.
We’re gradually developing a new kind of normal in a neighborhood ripe with wild banshees. Close your eyes and stab your finger outside in [...]
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The movers are coming next week and I find myself alternating between excitement and dread.
Needless to say, I have a lot of things yet to take care of and separate and cull through before I’m ready for the bulk of our stuff to get thrown into a truck and driven cross-country.*
*Just a reminder: we’re moving [...]
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Or maybe they’re all wrapped up in one? See, now I’ve gotten myself all confused again.
We swore we’d never be long-distance landlords again.
We’re considering renting out our house, something we swore we’d never do.
Some local friends/acquaintances are wanting to move out of the home they are in, for very personal reasons that are none of [...]
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I mentioned in a recent post that we started using our credit card for transactions that we were making anyway, but instead of waiting until the monthly bill is due, I’m paying off the balance every week.
For me, this method keeps away the mentality of, “I’ll just use the credit card for now and figure [...]
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I’ve been quite engaged this past week with a lot of load of this.
Pun intended.
And now that John’s gone, I’m looking around at the destruction left in the wake of someone preparing to be a geo-bachelor for… an as of yet undetermined amount of time, and all I want to do is take a nap. [...]
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…when you discover that one of them is actually a stalk of corn.
Corn and Life and Loose Metaphors
I have no idea how a corn seed blew into that our yard. None of our immediate neighbors have gardens. We aren’t terribly close to any fields. How did it flourish? We’ve barely had any rain in weeks. [...]
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Careers and Kids and Separations. And a bit about Homeschooling, too.
John just got back from attending a month-long course down in Texas for Air Force Officers of his rank (major) who are in his career field. The class was small, maybe a dozen officers or so, and they were (rather forcibly) encouraged to mingle and [...]
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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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