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Dream It, Do It: Update on Our House
Things are progressing well with the design of our new house. I met with the architect again to talk through the changes we asked him to make to our house. He made some really smart changes to our changes. Based on the most recent design, we asked him to make a few more adjustments, such as stretching the second bedroom closet all the way across the wall and creating a hallway closet by commandeering a bit of the closet from the second bedroom.He also had a few more suggestions:- He wants to lower the ceilings in the two bathrooms and the foyer to 8′, so he can move the
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Dream It, Do It
Publishing books has been a long-time dream of mine. The content of my character and the contours of my life have been shaped by books. I still remember some of the books I read in high school and college that shifted my paradigm and my life choices.
After Matt and I planned the perfect wedding for us without losing our savings or sanity, I wanted to share our story (and the similar stories of others) with the wider world. I counted my lucky stars when I found an agent and later a publisher (the book is due out this December via Voyageur Press). It took a ton of work (and … Read More
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Backyard Dreaming and Scheming
During our meeting with the architect, we had the chance to look at how our house will be situated on the land. It helped me realize that we will actually have quite a bit of land. Even though it’s a 1/2 acre, lots of that is in the creek, and the flat part of the lot looks pretty small. But based on the survey, I think we’ll have a pretty good chunk of land to work with. Before I jump into the specifics of what to do with that land, I thought it might be better to “start with the end in mind” and focus on the vision piece:- We
