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Today has been less positive than hoped

We spent some time talking to the strawbale architect consultant about building today, and the price for the timber frame alone is prohibitive, and startling…

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I didn’t think that moving to the US was going to be transformative in many ways. I mean, you take yourself with you wherever you…
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Creeping Americanism

So, my card holder finally no longer contains my British bank cards. They’re now securely & safely stored away… I’ve not quite had the heart…
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I suspect this gift horse is a trojan.

So, apparently the origin of “Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth” is the latin phrase “Noli equi dentes inspicere donati”. Which is all…
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Of course we did.

So, we went to look at property yesterday. 5 viewings, scattered across the Oly area. There was the first plot that was wet and surprisingly…
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Settle.

Life continues to be more or less the same as it ever was. I’ve been working, at least intermittently, and I’ve even been paid. That…
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Brrm, brrm.

So, yesterday being Friday, and the scheduled car-purchase day, Kathryn dropped me at the (conveniently close) Amtrak station and I got my first experience of…
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How’s it going?

It’s kind of hard for me to judge how it’s going at the moment. I’m still waiting for references to arrive, so each day is…
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As planned, then not quite as planned

Not that there was a plan. But yesterday actually seemed to go okay. Spent the evening offering my nursey services for free. There’s a volunteer…
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Making it happen (slowly)

So things are plodding along. I’d like to make things happen faster, it feels bad being at home while Kathryn’s out working. I feel like…