Category Archives: the big move

good news

Posted on September 22, 2006 by dichroic

There’s a bunch of good news in the last 24 hours. First and biggest: I can’t believe how little news coverage there’s been of Mahmoud Abbas’s statement that the Palestinian Unity govenment would recognize Israel. My mother was nearly crying … Continue reading →

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moving tasks and moving memories

Posted on September 21, 2006 by dichroic

We met with the realtor today, a.k.a our friend She-Hulk. It’s very convenient to have a very good friend who’s also a very good realtor; not only can we trust her to do her best for us in sellin our … Continue reading →

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so much!

Posted on September 19, 2006 by dichroic

Rudder’s coming home tonight, hooray, hooray, Rudder’s coming home tonight, hooray, hooray, Rudder’s coming home tonight, everything will be all right, There’ll be a Rudder in my house today. Ahem. Sorry. It’s been a long month. Last night I couldn’t … Continue reading →

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and yet more moving tasks…

Posted on September 18, 2006 by dichroic

Hey,my husband’s been away for a month. I have to talk to someone. I’m feeling a bit better about my vehicles. My neighbor had hasked us to tell him if we ever wanted to sell the pickup, so I did. … Continue reading →

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Look what I did!

Posted on September 18, 2006 by dichroic

… all by myself! The yellow Formica table only came from the kitchen (I think it was originally Rudder’s parents’ or grandparents’) but that double pedestal desk (mine from college) was all the way upstairs in the erg room, behind … Continue reading →

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moving stuff and marathons

Posted on September 18, 2006 by dichroic

Yesterday, I sat with Cubemate while she erged a marathon (in a very respectable time). She can’t make it to Saturday’s ergathon, so she decided to do it a week early. It’s a good idea to have someone there for a feat … Continue reading →

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Dutch? not much

Posted on September 15, 2006 by dichroic

I’ve started yet another new blog, this one for Rudder and me to document our move and our life abroad. It will  be the one we tell all of our friends and family, so may be a bit sanitized. (Not that this … Continue reading →

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cat trauma

Posted on September 14, 2006 by dichroic

Funny, I thought I wrote an entry yesterday. Maybe not. (Oh, there it is. Still learning this system.) At any rate, I goofed. Turns out it was a bad idea to schedule the decorator and the vet for the same … Continue reading →

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minor goof

Posted on September 13, 2006 by dichroic

Note to self: do not schedule a meeting with the decorator on the same day as the vet appointment for the cat. I didn’t realize she was going to plunge right in and have us moving furniture. So now the … Continue reading →

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minor moving tribulations

Posted on September 12, 2006 by dichroic

My cell phone is not ringing these days. That’s not a problem with the hardware but with the people who should be calling. I haven’t talked to Rudder for two whole days. Possibly more important though less enjoyable, no one … Continue reading →

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