Last week I wrote about how during the holidays I walk the line between wanting to do and buy everything and taking on way too much and feeling overwhelmed. Plus I'm feeling this pressure, admittedly totally self-created and self-imposed that since we are in a new city and in a new home, the holidays need to be more magical then ever. This is so ridiculous on so many levels, but it's there sitting in my head taunting me. If anything, I should get a complete free pass for Christmas considering … [Read more...] about three things at the center of our holiday
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three things about renting
When you go from being a homeowner for nine years to being a tenant in a rental, some interesting stuff starts to bubble up. Here are three things we're discovering about renting: 1) You adopt the N.O.P. (Not Our Problem) mentality. Don't get me wrong - we're good tenants. But big things like the aging roof or the drafty windows, just aren't in our realm of responsibility. We redid just about everything in our last house. We're used to getting stuff done. There's a beautiful, but dying, tree … [Read more...] about three things about renting