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Home Update: Week 8
Returning to (Almost) Normal Dear Family and Friends, 2 MONTHS IN! I can’t believe we’ve owned our house for 2 months already. Time is quite literally flying. We now have…
Before the very beginning
Home Updates: Week 6
It has only taken us 6 weeks to reach this point. The point of no return. We no longer live in Traunstein and the apartment we have called home together for 6 years now (and Thomas for 20) has a new occupant.
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Home Updates: Week 5
In addition to having company, we are also fast-tracking things. We move next weekend. Yes, mid-July is our new final deadline. There is a lot to do.
Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!
The New Colossus
Mother of Exiles. Today, somewhere between the celebrations, the fireworks and family, take a minute to reflect on who you are.
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Home Updates: Week 4
Now THAT is what I call a successful weekend: barbeque, campfire and then ice cream sundaes. So much for the work—it will still be here next week and the week after and the week after that. Family, friends and fun are what are most important to us.