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Books and Revelations and Such…
I finally finished reading The Me I Want to Be by John Ortberg. It was a wonderfully written book about following God’s calling for us as individuals and learning what that can look like for each person. It also took me incredibly too long to finish. Unfortunately, I am one of those obsessive readers who gets…
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Month in Review: July
July has proven to be an eventful month for us! We had that great, unplanned staycation at the beginning of the month while Freddy transitioned from his position at the Jazz club to his spot at the steakhouse, looked at handfuls and handfuls of houses, found one! Whoops. Yes, found one. A fixer-upper that melts…
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Forks in the Road Don't Have to Have a Right and Wrong
I’m not entirely sure the purpose of nostalgia. Is it a longing for something we no longer have? A happy remembrance of what brought us to where we are today? An opportunity to laugh about your mistakes or relish in the distant praise of your few successes? I’ve been caught up in sweet dreams of…
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3 Houses: Maybe, Never, No Thank You
Freddy and I got back from our first house-hunting extravaganza this evening. It was short and sweet, I suppose. One of the houses we had listed to see went into “sale-pending” mode and came off our list and the other still has renters so it was unavailable for viewing at this time. That left us…
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Five Days of Fun
I have discovered a new rule for maintaining a successful marriage while working opposite schedules: Work for an awesome company. Today, I went into work excited for one day off in the middle of the week. Happy Independence Day, America! This morning, my boss tells me to take off some time to spend with Freddy. “There’s…
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Closet Break-Up
Well, it finally happened. After months of living together in our small apartment, we finally had the closet break-up. We tried to work it out. I gave him more space than I wanted to give. He gave me more space than he wanted to give. We let go of some things to make room for…
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‘House’ about a new dig?
We finally got in all of our paperwork for an official home mortgage pre-approval! Not one of those chincy prequalification letters that amounts to nil once you’ve happily fallen in love with the house you want. Oh no! We’re setup to go on the real deal. We even received notice of our credit scores in…
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Friends and Priorities and Reasons to Celebrate
When I was young, we had parties for birthdays, to celebrate the start of summer, or to mark holidays and graduations. In college, we threw parties because it was the weekend, or Thursday, or maybe a game day or a day that ends in “Y”! Now, we like to host parties when it has been…
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Zoom Zoom!
Oh, we are rollin’ in this marriage! Picking up speed and ease! Freddy and I submitted a packet to a Realtor this week that was filled with all of our hopes and dreams for our white picket fence. This is big news! It means we finally narrowed down the grid lines, the details, the flex areas,…
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