Brent did most of the packing for our new house. That’s kind of his way. I helped around the margins, and powered through the weekends, but he did most of it. One of the first things he packed …
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Social excursions keep me going while I’m on the road
Each morning of this trip, we wake up early. Earlier than usual. And we're early birds in our real life Maybe it's the fact that we're in beds that don't belong to us. Maybe it's because we …
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It’s on
I was getting ready, and I was irritated. "Brent!" He had just come back inside after doing some sort of packing-related errand. "What's up?" "Where's my jewelry?" "It was right here, …
My new favorite makeup brand (and it’s from the drugstore!)
One of my favorite Christmas presents from Brent's mom is a digital subscription to the New York Times. I love it, and read it every day (though I try my hardest not to look at it right before …
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Solitude is fleeting, and precious
When Brent flew Clara to Phoenix so she could hang out with her grandparents instead of being stuck in her carseat for three days straight, I knew I'd be alone. But my day was so busy -- packed to …
The allure of shiny objects
Anne and I (and many other people!) call it shiny object syndrome. It happens to everyone -- creatives, non-creatives, and I guess people who fall somewhere on the creativity spectrum. It happens …
It’s finally hitting me that we’re leaving
On Friday, we had people over to play games. We've done this more or less every weekend for the last 6-9 months. We have people over around 6, we make something for dinner, we chat and socialize, …
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The normalization of internet friends
It's funny how something can go from extreme to mainstream in a few short years. Take meeting people online. 2011: The Craigslist Killer came out, fictionalizing a tale from 2009 about ... you …
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I’ve never been to our new house
I was talking to my friend Dan the other day about how I feel about giving personal finance advice, now that I'm no longer living as close to the edge as I was when I started Frugal Portland. "My …
On taking, and editing, pictures
I have a great camera (Canon 6D, full frame), enough excellent lenses that I don't feel like anything is missing (a zoom, a wide angle, a macro and a 50 that opens up to 1.2!), a holster belt where I …