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Let’s Everything Break Now
August 12, 2015 The Olive Gal 2 Comments
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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
July 28, 2015July 28, 2015 The Olive Gal No Comments
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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
July 1, 2015 The Olive Gal 4 Comments
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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
June 11, 2015June 11, 2015 The Olive Gal No Comments
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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
June 5, 2015September 23, 2015 The Olive Gal No Comments
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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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I’m Back!
May 25, 2015 The Olive Gal 2 Comments
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I’m Back!

Cue the James Brown: In The Emperor’s New Groove, Emperor Kuzco makes everyone feel like scum because they can’t get down to their own theme song like he can. Well, suck it, Kuzco. James Brown wrote this song…

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Now I Can Open My Meatball Buffet
May 5, 2015 The Olive Gal 1 Comment
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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
April 29, 2015 The Olive Gal 2 Comments
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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
April 21, 2015 The Olive Gal 2 Comments
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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
April 9, 2015 The Olive Gal 1 Comment
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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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