Let’s Everything Break Now
Murphy’s Law: As soon as you buy a new place, no matter how perfect things seemed on the home inspection and final walk-through, some shit is going to break. Or in our case, everything breaks. Case…
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We Finally Moved Into Our New Home
We did it. We actually did it. After months of floundering, of crunching numbers and coming up depressingly short, of selling nightmares, of offers shot down, of deals gone wrong, of temporary living situations… We finally…
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We Just About Nearly Very Soon Pretty Much Got the Dream House
Because this has essentially become a real estate blog as of late, let’s go ahead and wrap this story up in a nice, neat little bow. Kinda. I mean, it’s the makings of a bow. It’s…
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Adventures in Tiny Living
Once upon a time, I lived in a 3,000 square-foot house on an acre of land. No, I was not rich. That’s just the size of houses and land in Massachusetts. Because the acre of yard…
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Finding The One: The House Hunt Continues
You know those well-intended, helpful people who tell you, after your fifth relationship in a row crumbles, “when you find The One, you’ll just know”? Turns out they are the same people who say things like, “I’m…
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Now I Can Open My Meatball Buffet
Let’s cut to the chase: I was laid off on Monday. Well, hello! And how are you? I’ve been better, I’ve got to say. Being laid off kinda sucks pond scum (shout out to my dad…
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I’m Your Private Dancer
Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about my dancing days. Maybe it’s because I’ve been binge-watching dance team competitions and wigging out over the new Starz ballet drama Flesh and Bone. (Okay, that’s EXACTLY why.) It doesn’t take…
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Truth Telling, Italian Mama Styles
Pickin’s out there are slim for home buyers. True story. If, by the time we sell our house, we’re able to find a halfway decent abode that isn’t falling apart and that we can afford in the…
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Italian Superstitions Gone Wrong
It’s finally happened. I’ve cracked and gone full religious fanatic. Which is pretty funny, coming from an atheist. After much turmoil surrounding the sale of our house and purchase of a new one, I’ve come to a…
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