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change of address

for years we kept hearing about this real estate boom and decided it was time to get in on the action – hope it’s not too late? after 2 1/2 years of looking and countless open houses (probably close to…

i blame george

less than 24 hours until george w is on his way back to a retirement filled with brush clearing, so i’m taking this last chance to blame him for an troubling miscarriage of justice. in our previous visits to new…

7.14%

day 50 update. yesterday i went to the fracture clinic for my 7 week check up. x-rays all looked good and per my 20 year old doctor i’m now allow to start gradually bearing weight and should be crutch free…

gotta love your stuff

today our container arrived. after 94 days in transit (actually 113 since i left boston) me and my stuff are once again one. maf (the biosecurity people) are way behind so about 20 items/boxes had to go back for inspection,…

sitting on the dock of the bay

88 days after our container left our house it framingham it has arrived in wellington. Tracking Information Container : MSCU5003138 Type : 40′ DRY VAN Status : IN TRANSIT Shipped To : WELLINGTON, NZ Shipped On : 30/08/2007 LOCATION DATE…

stuff everywhere

day 3. 3 pm. saint louis, mo. 99°F. we started early with the goal of unloading the truck into the storage unit before it got unbearably hot. our storage unit is on the third floor so we had to unload…

ready for our union cards

day 2. 10:45 pm. saint louis, mo. 95°F. we formally started day 2 at 6 am with breakfast at the denny’s next door to our overnight accommodations truck. i felt surprisingly good. just think of all the cash we can save from…

no room at the inn…

…or any inn from rochester ny to cleveland ohio. day 2. 3:40 am. outside cleveland, oh. 78°F. uneventful drive through mass and most of new york. it is about 10 pm, we’re coming up on rochester and we’re starting to…

truckin’

day 1. late. western ny. 81°F stopped to fill up at the giant travel center of america auto & truck stop. since we needed diesel we’re over on the big rig side. dad is using the giant window washer to…