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Life

Movin’

It has been awhile since I’ve made a post, so now that my life has started to settle down I thought it was time to get back in it. There has been a lot going on in my life, not the least of which is a server move in which I upgrade my hosting account…Continue readingMovin’

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Life

Eco Products

After moving to a new apartment that is a good 10 minutes further from my job and taking up more square footage (though in some ways less since this is a four story building), I decided that I wanted to try to take a few steps to lower my green footprint a little bit. To…Continue readingEco Products

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Life

Ikea & Schaumburg Area

Last weekend we took a trip to Ikea to buy furniture for our new apartment. It was an interesting trip to be sure, full of a lot of driving, and a lot of soreness due to all the walking. I first have to talk about the hotel. I stayed at the Summerfield Suites which was…Continue readingIkea & Schaumburg Area

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Life

Disappointments of the Apartment

I talked about the good things of my apartment and so now I thought I would talk about a few of the bad things we discovered about my new apartment after we moved in.Continue readingDisappointments of the Apartment

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Life

Moved in!

Well we are moved in, though certainly not unpacked. The move so far has been fairly rough. In previous years, we had done it slowly over the course of a couple of weeks. This time we needed to do it over the course of a couple of days. Sunday we spent the day loading up…Continue readingMoved in!

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Writing

The Writing Burn

I will be honest in saying that on a day to day basis, I really don’t have the burn, or even really want to write. I have many great ideas, but honestly I don’t feel like it often. Manytimes, I sit and force myself to write because I realize I have to write from time…Continue readingThe Writing Burn