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Welcome Home

On September 27, 2012 · 14 Comments · In Uncategorized

In the late morning on Friday, we received confirmation that my brother, Trevor–who has been deployed for eight months–would be coming HOME that night. We were all so excited and anxious to see him again. All day, any time I thought about what the moment would be like, I’d get all misty!

We had […]

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2012 Family Photos

On September 17, 2012 · 13 Comments · In Uncategorized

A couple of weeks ago, we had family photos taken. Nora was a little difficult to work with, I must say–but most 2-year-olds are. We bribed her with fruit snacks (something we have actually never given her before) and that was at least partially successful. Otherwise, it was a lot of distracting and tickling and […]

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Crash

On July 10, 2012 · 6 Comments · In Uncategorized

I witnessed a horrific motorcycle-SUV accident on my way home tonight.

All I could think about was how lives had been changed in that instant. Both of the men involved–that wasn’t how they were planning on spending their evenings. They were supposed to arrive home in their driveways safely, but–because of a fraction of a […]

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Contract

On April 16, 2012 · 7 Comments · In Uncategorized

Praise heaven, we are officially under contract to sell the condo.

We are scheduled to close on May 25. We could not be more relieved.

It’s been awfully tempting to bust out some champagne, but 1) who has time for that? and 2) I’m still hesitant to celebrate until it is OFFICIAL official. Like, keys […]

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Pins and Needles

On April 4, 2012 · 7 Comments · In Uncategorized

People always say that things happen when you least expect them to, and I guess I can apply that nugget of wisdom to what occurred tonight.

We’ve had our condo–which we’ve been renting out to tenants since we moved in August–on the market again since mid-February. Like last year, when we had it on […]

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