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house hunting

The Contenders

The Contenders. (That sounds like the name of a TV show, doesn’t it?) Well, here’s the weekly update on our house hunt. Last Thursday, Darlene took us to several more houses that were a good bit cheaper than the ones we’d seen before. It was a good experience! They were definitely smaller, but we saw […]

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cars emotions house hunting

A rollercoaster!

That’s what this week has been. To catch you up on what’s been going on, I think we’ve pretty much decided to wait and get Travis a new car. The master cylinder is fixed, and we are $300 poorer, but at least the car works! We got a lot of advice (thank you, thank you!), […]

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cars house hunting

BIG decisions!

“Nobody said it was easy. No one ever said it would be this hard.” That Coldplay quote sums up nicely what I am feeling about making adult decisions! Sometimes I wish I could be a kid again…with “important” decisions about what flavor ice cream to eat and what cartoon to watch on TV. Well, I […]

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attitude house hunting lessons learned

Lessons Learned (and Re-Learned)

Here are some random things I’ve learned in the past week: Lesson #1: NEVER give your phone number to a realtor at an open house, especially when you aren’t seriously looking to buy in the next month or two. I made the mistake of giving my number to one who said “I promise not to […]

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Alabama football house hunting work

Busy, busy, busy

This post is going to be short and sweet…I’m sure you’re all thinking “yay!” I worked Monday and yesterday, and tomorrow and Friday I’m taking a class at the hospital called ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support). I’ve been studying some for it b/c it’s supposed to be pretty intense from what I’ve heard, so hopefully […]