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Don’t ever take sunsets for granted.
When we were chatting with Dick and Carol at our closing appointment, I mentioned how excited I was about having ponds. The water features in the backyard were a big draw when we first saw the listing in December. “There are goldfish in there,” Carol said. “Assuming they survived the winter.” Well, guess what? After…
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Painting isn’t rocket science.
When we finally got the keys to our new house and started buying paint and supplies, I said to Tara, “I don’t know why some people make a big deal about painting. It isn’t rocket science.” No, it’s not. It’s harder. With rocket science, you just have to punch some coordinates into a computer and…
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Deja U-
This morning felt uncannily like Sept. 1 all over again. There we were, parked in front of our apartment complex garage with a U-Haul truck, chatting up a forgetful octogenarian. The only difference? We were loading the truck instead of unloading it. Oh, and it was about 60 degrees colder. There’s that David Byrne song…
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Home, Sleet Home
I woke up this morning, rolled over, and tapped Tara on the shoulder. “Hey,” I said. “Wanna buy a house today?” Turns out she was game. Two hours later, we were chatting with Justin the Realtor in our about-to-be-new-home for the final walk-through. Just one month and two days after our offer was accepted. It’s…
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Sydney.
So this is what it’s like, rubbed so raw by grief you feel as though your body has been dragged through shards of broken glass…but on the inside, where your heart is. I wrote those words Friday morning, less than an hour after we euthanized our beloved cat, Sydney. Two days later, the pain is…
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If it’s Thursday, it must be snowing.
We’ve had a weird trend in southern Wisconsin this winter: it has snowed almost every Thursday. Thursday isn’t the only day it has snowed — but it has been the most reliably snowy. This isn’t just a subjective observation, either. The stats back it up. In 2023, it has snowed every Thursday but one. Add…
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