a change of pace…and plates

I miss walking. I used to walk everywhere in New York, plus I lived on the fourth floor of a walk-up. I never had to go to the gym because I got all the exercise I needed just going to and coming home from work everyday! But now I don’t need to [...]

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the drawer project

Last week we finished replacing the handles on the two dressers we bought from Craigslist. I don’t know why it took so long to complete this project, but it did.  While the dressers look a bit mid-century modern to me, I’m not really sure how old they really are. Old enough that none [...]

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“before” pictures

Here are a couple of shots of the apartment taken last week shortly after we arrived.
Master bedroom — with crazy deluxe queen-sized Aerobed and dressers from Craigslist.

Office — I get the left side (and J’s stupid old desk).

Living room — left side and right side.

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good at shopping, bad at unpacking

Our Thursday excursion to Bed, Bath and Beyond ended up taking the entire day. We spent about 3 hours in the morning debating between fancy flatware and crystal patterns (we did not end up picking anything) and learning about knives and the differences between stainless and non-stick cookware. The customer service manager literally [...]

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the night we arrived

 

 

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shopped til we dropped

This is what $213 worth of groceries looks like. By the time we reached the checkout line, we had 88 items in our cart. In New York, that probably would have cost at least $300.
Besides the $213 on food, we spent $403 at Nebraska Furniture Mart yesterday, the largest furniture store in the universe. [...]

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omaha, sweet omaha

J and I actually left NJ on Saturday around 11:30 AM and arrived in Omaha at 1:45 AM on Monday. Our 8-hour drive to Cleveland on Saturday was mostly uneventful — except for the periods of heavy downpour that made it nearly impossible to see the cars ahead of us on I-80. Though [...]

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on the road (almost)…

J and I are embarking on Part 1 of our drive to Omaha in just a few minutes. Gotta make a quick stop at the pharmacy, Dunkin’ Donuts (of course), and Best Buy (for an FM-adapter for my iPod) before we hit the highway. It’s Route 80 all the way, baby. We’ll [...]

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the past two days

Tuesday was my last day of work. The girls in my department took me out to lunch at Blue Ribbon Bakery, where I ordered my usual: tomato soup and a BLT. Of course we all ate lots and lots of bread. I realized that I’m going to miss coming into the office [...]

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on the next episode of “house”

My doctor could give House a run for his money. She deduced that the chills, fever, and rash I was suffering from stemmed from a drug allergy. Turns out I’m allergic to sulfa drugs. I stopped taking the antibiotic that was causing this commotion, and within a couple of days my temperature [...]

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