The purge continues
We’re still going through everything we own and trying to get rid of as much as possible. We want to lighten the load, both for moving and for living. “As much as possible” = as much as we’re...
View ArticleRoller coaster
Apartment hunting is a roller coaster ride, and while I do love roller coasters, I’m ready to get off this one for a few months. We’ve still got a month to go before we’re homeless, but I am not one...
View ArticleTask completed
We signed a lease for a cool apartment in Annapolis this morning! Yay for us! That’s one thing I no longer have to worry about. Now that the housing situation is taken care of, I can move on to the...
View ArticleSettling in
Our apartment is starting to look more like a living space instead of a storage space, thanks in part to Ikea. After we donated our couch because it wouldn’t fit (and made our first trip to Ikea), we...
View ArticleTo Facebook or not to Facebook
I am considering setting up a Facebook account. I had one a long time ago, but I canceled it after only a couple of years because I NEVER used it. NEVER as in not once did I post a status. I had a...
View ArticleCome on, Oregon, now you’re showing off
On Wednesday, John and I decided to head to the coast and sight-see (and give Will and Christina a day free of house guests), and I may have fallen into a beautiful scenery hole. I don’t know if I...
View ArticleLimited choices
My bookshelf is getting shorter. That’s both good and bad. Good: I’m getting through the books I kept because I wanted to read them sooner rather than later (or never). Bad: I have fewer books to...
View ArticleIt’s a habit, but it’s not a HABIT, you know?
I was going to stop drinking coffee, right? As soon as my creamer ran out? Yeah, I’ve failed on that one already. I used the last of the creamer Saturday morning. Sunday morning, John flew for an...
View ArticleThe highs and lows of apartment hunting
Months before our trip, I was on a bunch of sites looking for potential places to live. I knew those places wouldn’t stil be available (probably) by the time we got to February, but it gave me a good...
View ArticleThere are too many things to learn
I want to do too much. We went to see Against Me! – I came home wishing I still had my drumset so I could practice. We went to see Colin Hay – I spent the evening planning to come home and play my...
View ArticleFresh
Last week was a weird week, short because of the holiday, we were busy catching up with work, John was sick, it snowed like crazy, and for whatever other reasons it just didn’t feel like a normal week....
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