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Tag Archives: Moving
Someone else could say this better
If I was a more poetic writer I would make an artful comparison of the sharp knives next to the soft flowers. Maybe I would compare them to the difficulties we’ve faced in this move and the joys it has … Continue reading
Stuck in Colder Weather
This song seems to be perfectly summing up my recent mood. The obvious answer is because it is freaking cold here and oh my god why did we decide to move out of LA during the winter??? It could also … Continue reading
Ladybugs are only kind of cute
We spent our first night in the new home this past Friday. It was mostly fine, except that apparently there is a bit of a lady bug infestation, something I kind of forgot is common here in the South. The … Continue reading
Well…now what?
We made it to NC. By “we,” I mean myself, Chase, Honey, and the 50+ boxes of stuff that we loaded up in California and I prayed wouldn’t be lost in a wreck or sold out from under us on … Continue reading
So, that happened
For the past few weeks Chase and I had been counting the days until the moving truck would be loaded since we thought at that point we would finally be able to relax and unload some of the stress we … Continue reading
Soundtrack
What I am missing most in my life right now, besides my sanity, is better music. When I start packing each morning I look to my iPod and realize there’s no song that fully encompasses how I’m feeling. It was … Continue reading
The Joy of Packing
I am five days into packing for our move and it has already proven to be less fun than I thought, and I had set expectation pretty dang low. My plan to begin packing a month before our move was … Continue reading
Happy Monday
I’ve spent the last week in North Carolina, primarily to attend a wedding of some dear friends, but also to lay groundwork for our upcoming move. A week in the mountains during October was perhaps what I needed most at … Continue reading
Not an Ending
As I’ve told you all before, Chase and I are moving to NC in a few short months. We began the discussion of moving last year, but our decision was made final by a series of events that led to … Continue reading
Change is in the air
There is an infamous story about Tom Waits that’s mentioned Anne Lamott’s book, “Bird by Bird,” and by Elizabeth Gilbert in her TED talk, where he describes an experience with the creative process. The story goes as follows: Tom was … Continue reading