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Househunting and other slow-moving things

So we’ve been here, dog-sitting the poor, pathetic, sad, blind dog, since Wednesday. We’ve toured about 10 houses and made an offer yesterday on a fixer-upper in a great part of town, and still waiting to hear back on that. Turns out that our price range … well. When you sit down and chart it […]

Hither, whither and how!

Lord, I can’t wait to move out of this house. We brought everything back from the storage unit (long story) and it’s stacked, boxes floor to ceiling, in various rooms. Nothing is where it should be. It feels like a cave of Wicker Wonders in here, and it’s making me claustrophobic.
We have yet more packing […]

But first, this vital piece of nail polish information!

Things are pretty much squared away at work, so I will be coming out of the closet re: moving plans pretty soon. But first —
Nicole by O.P.I., color “Blush of Adrenalin”. Best nail polish ever. I’m not a varnish snob or anything (except for the fact that in my head, I put on a British […]

I think I’m a Glamour “don’t”

I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but over the last two weeks or so I’ve been documenting my outfits over at Flickr on a daily basis. I kept going until I ran out of outfits. It took a surprisingly short time. And when it happened, I was tempted to just start photographing myself in various […]

never mind the walking, here’s your trouble

He’s forwardly AND upwardly mobile. Pray for me.

Ticking along

So, things are going well. We got the inspection report and repairs request from the sellers last weekend and it wasn’t too bad, considering. We’re looking at a grand or two of repairs, I think: trimming a big old oak tree, inspecting the chimney, some small electrical repairs, a few other things. We have to […]

Library haul: oh cool! edition

So last week I left the kids with Iain and wandered off to the library, as I love to do. I picked up a copy of Miranda July’s short stories (No one belongs here more than you) and ran out of ideas. As I was browsing the posted list of New York Times bestsellers for […]

Maghound

An item while debating internally whether my Gmail is broken.
… (Gmail not broken, as I have just received tantalizing e-mail from Apple about 3G iPhone. Not-so-surprising follow-up: I really, really want an iPhone.)
As I was saying, an item. Was reading Romenesko, as is my wont on a Tuesday, and read that Time Inc. will be […]

Limbo like me

Firstly, I have to share: I have a case of writer’s block like you wouldn’t believe. There is some unsettling stuff going on at work. So that’s — well, it’s unsettling. Then there’s the comedown off of selling one’s house: you no longer have to knock yourself out keeping the house clean and dropping everything […]

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