Two senior moments

On Saturday at the weekly peace vigil, a woman in her 70s asked me, “Did you see the video on YouTube about how much John McCain’s houses are worth?” Looks like YouTube’s political influence extends to savvy seniors!
On Sunday after church, one of the very elderly ladies asked me if things had gone well [...]

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Wedding date

S here. I was surfing around the web last night, and checked out one of the wedding planning sites, TheKnot.com. Imagine my surprise when I saw a personalized greeting at the top of the screen: “Only 691 days until E and S’s wedding.” Wow! I didn’t even know we had a [...]

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Pictures of a move

Step 1: get rid of as much stuff as possible. Haul it all down to the curb the day before trash day. It may look like a really tacky yard sale, but when all the stuff is free and you post the address on Craigslist, people swarm by to take things. [...]

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Heat stroke

S here; I was feeling really good about the fact that I lined up a playdate for M so I could spend a chunk of time today at E’s place helping her pack. I was even happier that his buddy’s dad was going to take both boys out to play minigolf. M was [...]

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Wedding plans

S here. Because E moves in tomorrow and we are both stressed and exhausted, last night turned into a totally punchy giggle-fest when we somehow got on the topic of wedding planning.
You know how weddings sometimes have themes? Like “Renaissance” or “1920s” or “lavender bells” or “Christmas”? Well, our wedding’s theme could [...]

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Crunch time

S here. E has lined up movers for next Tuesday, so we’re into crunch time now for this whole shacking-up thing.
We spent last night knocking a few more items off the to-do list. We brought a cedar chest from my place over to a friend’s house, since she said she could use [...]

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Making it into *our* house, part 5

We’ve finally got a paint color for our bedroom that, even if it may not be quite what we’d envisioned (I now suspect the color we envisioned might not actually exist), is at least a color we can both be very happy with. The color we ended up with is what happens why you buy [...]

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Doorknobs that lock

Every so often I look at which search terms people have used to find our blog. Given our blog’s name, it’s not surprising that one of the biggest search terms is “doorknobs that lock.” So here’s my official recommendation: go to your local large hardware chain store and buy either the Schlage [...]

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Not your average playdate

M had one of his friends come over to play yesterday. I wanted to head out to our local weekly peace vigil at mid-day. M is used to going with me, and I figured his friend would be good company for him. His friend’s dad has always expressed an interest in joining [...]

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Coming out to the neighbor kid, part 2

In our earlier post, we were pondering various ways for M to let his best friend, the girl across the street, know that E was moving in. Well, evidently we have gone with option 5, say nothing and wait for her to notice. Here’s how it played out.
The girl just got back from [...]

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