Posted on March 30, 2009 by Katrina
Guess what?
I am writing this from the master bedroom in our very own house! That’s right–moving day has come and gone, leaving a trail of sore muscles, stacked boxes, and happy new homeowners in its wake. I am exhausted and elated in equal measures. Recent days have passed in a whirlwind of activity, and I’ve [...]
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Posted on March 15, 2009 by Katrina
As promised, I’m going to fill this post with photos of our new house and comments about our many overly-ambitious home improvement plans. Don’t worry, though; I don’t expect anyone but my mother to make it all the way through to the end. As I mentioned before, buying your first house is a little bit [...]
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Posted on March 10, 2009 by Katrina
We found it! We found our house!
Actually, we found it weeks ago, but I haven’t posted anything about it yet, afraid of trumpeting my joy to the skies only to have some niggling detail along the way derail the whole thing. It’s not like we haven’t had a few false alarms.
But now that the main [...]
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Posted on March 2, 2009 by Katrina
The Cat in the Hat visited our school this morning. His arrival capped off a week long celebration of the amazing works of the Cat’s beneficent creator, Dr. Seuss. Students and staff were encouraged to dress up as characters from Dr. Seuss books, resulting in a colorful invasion of Grinches, Cindy Lou Whos, and Thing [...]
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