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Some New Shelving For the Garage

I never thought it would take so long to unpack a garage. It’s not that I have a lot of stuff, it’s that I refuse to just pile things up like I did in our other house. I say “other” because it’s not sold yet. There, I kind of had stuff over there, over here […]

The House is On the Market

Well, we went back to our house in New York today to do a final cleaning and get some stuff we left behind in the kitchen. On moving day, I thought it was just a few things. Today, I realized it was a full car load. When I say car load, I mean, trying to […]

The Day After Moving Day

Do you want to know what really hurts? My legs, that’s what. I am not sure if I ever told you that I hate moving. Boy, if there’s anything that can suck the excitement out of the big day, it’s the actual work involved with it all. And we even had a moving company this […]

We Bought the House

Wow, what a long day. Driving over to the new house takes about 2 hours and 15 minutes. It seems longer than it is. Today was the big day…not only for us, but also for the sellers. It must feel great to sell a house. I mean, your mind is most likely on your new […]

Eco Home Makeover by Sam’s Club

For some reason, I am getting a magazine from Sam’s Club. Perhaps it is because we used to be members of the store. A few months ago, we stopped going because we just couldn’t take another bite of their food. Not that it was bad, but let’s just say there wasn’t too much variety. Back […]

We Signed the Real Estate Contract

Well, we visited the house again this afternoon with the realtor. We liked what we saw and headed back to the office to sign all the paperwork and give a deposit. Before we did, both Laura and I took lots of pictures and even a video of the road the house is on. Just a […]

House Offer Was Accepted

I thought I would give you a little update on the house. The homeowners accepted our offer. The real estate agent is drawing up the contract and we are going to visit it once more on Monday. We are going to walk up and down the road for a second once-over. I guess it would […]

The Real Estate Search Has Begun

It seems that many people aren’t writing in their blogs these days…with me being one of them. As I mentioned in my previous post, it’s just been all sorts of crazy ’round these parts. Honestly, the last thing I have been motivated to do is write. Well, I think my dry spell is over. One […]

The Wall is Painted

I decided to take this photo this morning of the wall I was working on the other day. I just finished painting it. I figured that some of my loyal audience was a little nervous about the taping and compounding job I did. It looked like a mess, but I actually knew what I was […]

Some New (old) Cabinets For the Basement

After weeks of two old kitchen cabinets sitting on the front porch, I decided today would be a good time to store them behind the house, under the porch. This is where I keep any wood I want to burn, dry. Tim and I haven’t had a fire in a few weeks, so I felt […]