For entertainment purposes only, no action is required. Yesterday. Me: Hello, I scheduled an appointment to set up new service (at the San Marcos address.) I need to explain some details about the property. Spectrum Rep: Okay. Me: The property has a small detached apartment above the second garage. We would like to make sure
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Validating Experience
“You are so bad. Why did you dis the whole region? Don’t you want to sell books there?” Not if I have to lie about what I experienced. Redacted E Hall Hts, Sylva, NC is a single family home that contains 624 sq ft and was built in 1942. It contains 2 bedrooms and 1
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On Identity and Buggies vs Carts
Gwenda Bond linked an interesting article from Southern Cultures. The author, Meredith McCarroll, who comes from Western North Carolina, talks about her efforts to blend in and hide her cultural heritage and eventual acceptance of who she is. Yet while I was proud of my home, I was also learning that powerful stereotypes about Appalachia
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Na zdorovie!
Dear BDH, we do listen to you, in case you were wondering. 🙂
Gym Membership
Remember how I said that we had a lot of work on the book to do today? Which is why we delegated some tasks. Gym person with a sweet smile: Are you looking for me? Me: Yes. My daughter called to cancel her gym membership because we are moving to San Marcos. She told you
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Purty colors
Today I have no content, as we desperately need to work on the book, so here are in progress pictures of the bedroom color. It started as mustard yellow. There was a lot of mustard yellow everywhere, even on the ceiling. The color is Simply Posh by Behr. I love it. I walked into it
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Failure of Sophistication
Our paint choices are eclectic. Weirdness is in the eye of the beholder. Rich people are not weird, they are eccentric. In a similar vein, since we’re writers who are designated to be creative and odd, we chose our paint with an eclectic, discerning eye, as opposed to throwing whatever color struck our fancy on
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Itchy throat
I think I am allergic to something. I don’t know if it’s dust, mold, pet dandruff, but my throat is just itching and irritated all the damn time now. I actually went to the doctor and got instructions to use Flonase and Mucinex. None of which is helping my throat. Still hurts especially on the
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We bought a house
We closed today. ::lies down:: OMG, it’s over.
Bossy, bossy, bossy
You guys are so bossy about our floor choices. And some of you think that we haven’t done our research. Must be because our books are usually haphazardly slapped together without any background. 😉 Let’s run through some options here. Bamboo. No. Jessie Mihalik has bamboo floors in her house. They are very comfortable. They
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House Buying Woes
We are back from Buns and Roses, which was a lovely event, and now we have to write like the wind, because… drum roll, please… we received our clear to close letter. While that doesn’t mean the house is ours, it does mean that we’ve received the final approval for our loan. This means that
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Healthcare Changes Cheat Sheet
This is a really good article that explains what changes will occur in ACA and how it impacts people who, like us, get their insurance from the market place. I highly recommend reading the whole thing, as it lays things out in an easy to understand format. Comments are locked to avoid mud slinging.