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Tag: moving

  • Of Late

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    Days pass and I realize I haven’t put anything on my blog.  It bothers me some.  But not as much as I thought it was going to.  With the whole moving thing.  I guess I’ve just decided realized that there is only so much I can do.  Part of me hates that but the other…

  • Transformation

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    I spent a little time this morning in the formal living room opening some boxes and unpacking.  It felt good to turn the the place at least a little bit into “me”.

  • Home Sweet Home

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    There’s nothing like lighting a candle (for me anyway) that makes me feel like I’m at home.  Thank you Amara for the house warming gift.  I may be living in boxes, stressed out of my mind, but every day I light this… and it makes me smile.  And if I can smile once…then I know…

  • Before and After

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    I’ve always loved those pictures, shows or websites of the “before and after”.  Biggest Loser, Oprah’s makeover shows, stuff like that.  Well I have one of my own… Here’s the stove in our new kitchen before… And after… I love good deals.  I always shop the clearance racks of Target.  I shopped at a different…

  • What I was looking for…

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    …you to notice in the photo the other day… …was this is not our driveway.  Well it is. It is just a NEW driveway.  We are in the process of moving to a new house.  Not too far away.  The girls are staying in the same school.  Some things will change.  Some will stay the…

  • Five years ago

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    Five years ago we moved from Maine to Colorado.  Sometimes it seems like yesterday, other times it seems like we’ve lived here forever. When we moved here Ava was 3 and Laney was 19 months.  Ava has memories of Maine.  Laney does not. At first I didn’t like it here.  Now I can’t think of…