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Quilting~ Jen
My mom sent me to sewing classes in the early 80s. It was during the Stretch and Sew movement, when all earth mothers made tons of t-shirts for their families, striped with contrasting solid color neck...
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Oregon Trail*
So remember this post last Fall? We were waiting for some for guidance around Shea’s job. Was he supposed to stay in his current position where he was successful and respected, but missed working with...
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Buying and Selling
When Shea and I bought our current house, it was at the height of the real estate market in So Cal. We did what so many other folks did—we toured the Inland Empire on Saturdays, looking at models of...
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We found one! ~ Jen
I do not believe in the jinx, but Shea does, so I couldn’t update the house-hunting story until escrow closed. And it just did so, woohoo! We have a house! The house-hunting trip to Oregon in July was...
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Shorting
I want to tell you a story about how we tried to do the right thing and were told it wasn’t possible. We moved into our California home ten years ago this Halloween. For eight of those years, we have...
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Oregon Trail, Part 2: The First Six Weeks
The first morning we were here, Shea went outside to get something from the trailer. Since we arrived before the moving truck, and all he had were flip-flops, that’s what he wore. Icy sidewalk + flip...
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Called to Less
Last weekend we met the coolest family camping. The kids met first, as kids will do in a campground. Kate and Ezra were a perfect match, two cuties in glasses laid out on a blanket playing with their...
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Free Range Christmas Trees
“Let’s get a tree!” I said. Shea looked at me warily. “Same place as last year?” “No! For five bucks we can cut it down ourselves out in the woods. Just think of it, honey! A FREE RANGE Christmas...
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Living in the Digital Age
These past few weeks have been filled with nostalgia and dust. Lots of dust. At the age of 93, my Grandma Betty has moved into an assisted living home. Her health is touch and go, her eyesight is bad,...
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Mogul-ish.
Hold on to your hats and glasses: We’re selling our house. And buying another! We lived in our home in CA for the 10 worst years of the housing market since the Depression. We knew that everything we...
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