Category: domestic bliss
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This was the snow storm last weekend, and we're due for another tomorrow. Ah, April in the midwest!
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I finished putting up rods, curtains, blinds and privacy film in the living room and master bedroom late yesterday, and finally unpacked the very last box sometime around 11pm. Thank goodness, because my first day at work has worn me out—sure was nice to come home to most everything tidy and proper. There's still much…
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I still have six boxes to go, and lots and lots of fixin' up projects, but it's starting to look like a home.
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My new apartment at The Paramount, before I moved in. It's HUGE—1400 square feet! It has three bedrooms, but one of those is really an extra living room/den that I'll be using as an office/studio. It has a freakish number of closets–three large ones in the hallway alone. The second bedroom (and second bathroom!) is…
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Ruby takes a break from packing.
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I finally got an apartment!!! Woo-hoo! As it turns out, it's the very first apartment I liked, in the building that Aunt Suzanne and I randomly happened to drive by when I was in Milwaukee for the interview. I recognized it from the craigslist ad, it had stuck out as a building similiar to the…
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Funny things happen when two thoughts collide….I was thinking about moving back to Wisconsin, had added a new appropriately titled blog category, "Once a Cheesehead…". I was also taking inventory of my belongings, deciding what to sell, what to toss, and what to take on moving day. It then seemed natural (and not at all…
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I can't move everything with me across country (again), so here is installment one of "You Can't Take It With You". Bidding is now open, more items to come. Items in the "smaller than a bread box" category will be posted in a few weeks as packing commences. Email me at katemikkelsen@aol.com if you want…
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-get new job. Check. -quit current job. Check. -upgrade AAA membership. Check. -give 30 day notice to landlord. Check. -do walk through with landlord. Check. -find new apartment! -get snow tires. -get oil change and 50k mile tune up. -get dog tuned up. -get quotes for moving containers/transport. Check. -get DOT street permits for moving…
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