a brief moment of panic, but i’m over it, i think

By Karah | February 23, 2013 - 7:08 am | dogs, life, rental houses

I tend to pride myself on being an even-keeled, take-it-as-it-comes, what-will-be-will-be sort of gal. But I have to tell you, I had a brief moment of panic the other day. This whole living in transition thing might just be wearing us all down. Just look at Marley all sad-faced laying in front of the door to ensure we don’t leave this hotel room without her. Poor puppy. :( On the other hand, Mico seems to think the big bed and cool temps are just about perfect. Ignorance truly is bliss. ;)

we’re buying a house

By Karah | February 16, 2013 - 7:08 am | key west, life, moving

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Well at least I think we are anyway. We’re under contract. We had the house inspected. She needs all new electric. Which we kind of knew but it’s still a punch in the gut when it’s confirmed and you think for a second “but that costs money” like it’s the first time the realization is, well, real. ‘Cause before the inspection the figurative ideas and projects and upgrades don’t cost any money. They’re just grand plans that are going to magically happen with minimal effort and monopoly money. Before the inspection I saw the house and thought …

cheap {and easy} Valentines Day ideas

By Karah | February 8, 2013 - 7:08 am | holiday, life, quick tip, valentine

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Now, I’m not suggesting that we all go being cheap and easy this Valentines Day, or any other day for that matter. But if you’re going to, who am I to judge … as a matter of fact, I’ll be an enabler here and show you some fun, cheap and easy Valentines Day ideas I’ve seen around the interwebz and brainstormed in my own little noggin lately.

i’m big thriftin’ {thrift shop challenge}

By Karah | January 31, 2013 - 10:14 am | life, thrift shop

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You know it. ;) If you’ve been here before then you know that we have justthissecond moved to Key West. We are still entirely in transition and I’m not really in the market for shopping for anything, let alone these.

as we’re walking away …

By Karah | January 19, 2013 - 7:08 am | dogs, life, moving

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Ok, so the song actually goes … … “Now I’m falling in love as she’s walking away” … But it was really all I could think of when I took this picture. This is the last view I had of our humble Curacao abode as we were walking out of the yard at the house in Curacao and packing up the taxi to head to the airport.

flying with a dog {or 2}

By Karah | January 10, 2013 - 7:08 am | dogs, life, moving, quick tip

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getting our move on

By Karah | January 7, 2013 - 7:08 am | life, moving, quick tip

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So, how do you respond to change? Do you turn a blind eye until it is so close it smacks you in the face or do you grab the bull by the horns and hit it head on … so to speak? I guess you can say I am the latter. I may be a little too much in my element when it comes to moving. Hence the title … I can’t dance, but this girl can ‘get her move on’. ;)

spreading some love {24 acts of kindness}

By Karah | January 4, 2013 - 7:08 am | kindness, life, quick tip

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Happy, Happy New Year!! How has the first week of the year been going for you? We’ve been busy cleaning, organizing and doing all of those pre-move things. Is it crazy that I actually enjoy it? For someone who is by no means a clean freak, the whole pre-move deep clean is a bit of a ritual for me. A sign of things to come, I guess. Anyway, I thought what better way to start out the new year than with a little rundown of how it all went down with our random acts of kindness adventure. Remember our advent tree? The one where we counted down the days to Christmas doing somewhat random acts of kindness.