Last Thursday, November 19, we moved into our new home. Four faithful friends and one mom helped us move, without which we might still be swimming in a sea of cardboard. My mother firmly grabbed my shoulders as she made her departure. “Do not finish unpacking tonight,” she advised. “It is too much. Don’t let [...]
Entries from November 2009
November 18, 2009
Sold!
A few weeks ago I wrote about our painstaking process of deciding where to live. I say painstaking only because I caused Mike a lot of pain. Headaches. High demands. Histrionics. He estimates that he spent 13 hours a week canvassing Redfin, Windermere and Zillow to find us the perfect place to buy. He obsessed. He [...]
November 11, 2009
Homeless
It’s been one of those days when I constantly wonder how I am going to function for the next five minutes. Mike and I are wading in the cloudy waters of trying to purchase our first home. Turns out no matter how orderly your affairs are, the banks and the government can still sneer as you [...]
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