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Not Packed

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:36:00 -0500

So, we have just three more days left in this place. We move into JVE on Saturday, the 23rd. I want to really be excited about the move, but it is just hard to get excited about! It is smaller, it isn't a "stand-alone" and it is in Springfield...yehk

An eternal optimist… no more?

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:32:22 -0500

Thursday afternoon, as we were putting away some toys, Marsy said to me: “So are we going to sell this house or what?” After a good laugh, I responded: “Well, it looks like no one wants to buy it!” She then patted me on my s

Joe Joe Biden, your life is calling…

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:27:19 -0500

But six months after Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE) ended his long-shot presidential campaign, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee appears to be in serious competition to be Barack Obama’s running mate. A rather interesting choice - c

Puppy Love

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:20:00 -0500

Emma10 x 12 acrylic on canvasHere's sweet Emma...my latest commission. This is her when she was a puppy...all cuddly and cute and fuzzy. My friend Kathleen always says that "puppy smell" is her favorite scent in the world. If they could bottle it...s

The Great Migration

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:59:00 -0500

Well, it has been a stressful process, but here we are. We have found our new place to live, we sign the lease tomorrow and that will be that. No more house on L street. Now we will move one city over (I am not happy about living in this new city) an

Moving forward

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:16:00 -0500

One month later - improvements and birds

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:36:13 -0500

We’ve been living in the house now for a little over a month. The majority of boxes are unpacked, but after all this time there are still shelves to be put up in a couple of closets, cabinets to be mounted in the sewing/craft room, furniture to

Cali Trip: Day 5

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:40:47 -0500

It feels SO good to be back in California! Our drive down here was filled with such beautiful scenery. We drove down through Montana, Idaho, Nevada and then Cali. Wow, what a drive! My bf, being the ‘guy’ that he is, insisted on doing all

Better Than Moving: Get More Space with a Basement Remodel (Carteret County News-Times)

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:34:13 -0500

(ARA) - The day you've dreaded has finally arrived: your household is bursting at the seams. You need more space, but you're not keen on the idea of entering the real estate market right now.

Moved; Same Shit Different Day

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:55:19 -0500

Patti and I are all moved in to our own place now, which is nice. Chloe’s happy; she’s got her own backyard again. Charlie’s an official scorpion-hunter now, as she bagged her first kill yesterday morning. (No worries, the sco

Moving With A New Baby

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:20:00 -0500

I hope you all have been enjoying the numerous posts by Mommy and the guest posts by all the wonderful moms over the past couple of weeks, but now it’s time to inject some testosterone back into Mommy Daddy Blog! Yup, I’m back, and still

Moving Day

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 22:14:00 -0500

Saturday was moving day for me! Hello College Park. Goodbye Shippensburg.Boxes, boxes boxes everywhere. I packed up an entire truck and still couldn't fit all my stuff in. Moving isn't exactly the most fun task ever. Getting my desk and bookshelves u

Blonde Moment of the Week

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 19:30:44 -0500

I learned the real reason my mother dies her hair blonde. Because it is her natural “mental” color. Beth’s mom: When you move what are you going to do with your furniture. Beth: Uh…take it. Beth’s mom: Oh yeah.

So I lied (3)

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 09:42:00 -0500

So, where were we? Oh yes, big news in Nairobi...The Good Man was shortlisted for not one but two fantastic jobs - both in a project he's been wanting to be involved with, both in organisations he admires and both , um, financially rewarding. The onl

Bring on the Spring

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 02:26:49 -0500

Yeah, the cold weather is finally on the way out. After a chilly and incredibly wet winter (we were on the brink of building an ark in the garage) Spring is finally making it's way around to Perth. After months of huddling around the fire and looking

Girl, Interrupted

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 02:03:48 -0500

For the third time this summer, I packed up my Life in a suitcase and duffel bag. For the first time this summer, I hailed a cab, before taking myself, with Life in tow, to the Lower East Side. You would think having had so much experience as a seria

Should We Move, Or Should We Not

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 23:30:44 -0500

So, everything is still up in the air with The House. I still love the inside, love the landscape, and can live with the shop. My husband assured me back in May, when we first found The House, that he’d be able to make The Internet work out in

Beautiful Poem

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 13:43:54 -0500

This weekend I am packing up knick-knacks and other things I don’t need in preparation for our big move. We currently have 3 people who might offer on the house and we are listing it with an agent on Monday. So instead of a long post about re

Me " Yesterday" for 8/16/08

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 11:23:00 -0500

Sometimes

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 11:05:52 -0500

life is harder then we all think it can be. As for mine, It’s been the best it’s been for along time now. Words can not express how happy I am. I went from a sorry ass man with nothing but my kids and I, to a man who has a life and has ne