Last Menus

About 8 weeks ago, I took stock of my cupboards and refrigerator, pulled out my cookbooks, and printed off enough menu templates to last until we moved.  I filled in each meal, attempting to use up as many of my perishables as possible.
I just pulled out the menu for the last two weeks of our [...]

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Down to the Wire

My friends, two weeks from tomorrow, we will be moving all of our worldly possessions out of the snug little apartment that has been our home for 3 1/2 years.  It’s a bittersweet thought.  But right now, there’s mostly not time for thinking.
We’re “getting down to the wire,” as my friend Cassidy would say.  I [...]

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Skipping Class to Apply for Jobs

This morning I woke up early and skipped my first class so I could graze the countryside around Oswego for anyone who might want to hire Stephen or me.  I am extra motivated/anxious right now because we have found two duplexes in Yorkville in our price range with laundry room, dishwasher (well, one of them [...]

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Moving Sale=Success!

I know it may sound silly, but I prayed about this moving sale for weeks beforehand.  Stephen and I have been so burdened lately about how much we have, and how much others are in need, and a few weeks ago we went through all our stuff and got rid of about half of it.
But [...]

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Moving Sale

This is it, folks. We really are moving! The countdown is now at five weeks–and we have a place to live! Our dear friends, Charles and Karla, have offered their home as a place of solace until we find our own “House of Dreams” and jobs to pay for it:-)
Until then, the [...]

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