On the theme of doing my part and making smarter choices, I want to tell you about my new favorite paint. No, I’m not being paid to do it (but they should since I’m telling everyone I know!) and no I didn’t get a free sample. I paid $50+ per gallon just like everyone […]

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was signed between 3 and 4 pm today. And once we sign another 10 sheets or so on Monday to sell our house all we’re waiting for is everything to be funded and recorded. OMG we’re really buying a farm!
We’re very excited. Everything went as planned, although the changes in financing caused by the sub-prime […]

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Sorry the blogging is slow. I feel like everything is in slow motion, including thinking of things to write. We’re in that slow motion phase of big changes. The part where you feel like you’re just waiting and time is moving so slowly and the moment will never come and you’ve got plenty of time […]

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Well, told you on Friday that I’d get a post up about the house situation on Saturday. Then I flew to Orlando for a work conference that goes through tomorrow and things got interesting. We’ve had a signed contingent contract on the new property for more than a week, but we were still negotiating the […]

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The world’s best down muff.Lucy gave me an evil look when I used the flash on her tonight, but it was worth it. The girls have been taking turns sitting in the nest box all day and now apparently at night (I turned off the light). None of them seem to be serious about being […]

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Remember when I mentioned that it was all going too smoothly? Well I was right. Saturday was the inspection on our new house. Or the house we were hoping would be our new house. We already knew that there was work needed on the well, roof, barn and a ton of cosmetic issues. What we […]

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I’m a bit gun shy about linking to the actual listing for our house for privacy reasons. But since I know I have readers in the Everett / Seattle area I am going to go ahead and share photos of the house we’re trying to sell. If you, or someone you know, are interested in […]

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