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July 17, 2023

Getting to Know Our New House in Austin

So many things have happened over the past few months and it’s been exhausting! I really want to take the time to use this space here to reflect on the goings on at our new house outside of Austin, TX….

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January 8, 2023

First November in Austin, TX, Thanksgiving in Wisconsin, and Selling and Buying Houses!!!

As expected, the weather in November in Austin is very mild. The one Sunday, we decided to go chill by the lake and get some sun. The view is beautiful! I think this was one of the very few quiet…

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January 7, 2023

First October in Austin & Cedar Park, TX – Happy Anniversary to Us!

In an effort to be caught up with where we are today, I’m going to cover the entire month of October in one post. It was a busy month! We’ll start off with me working from home. I really loved…

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January 1, 2023

Labor Day Weekend 2022 – Getting the Boys to Austin & Starting School

We flew back to Philly August 27th, the weekend before Labor Day. I got two days working in my old office in Delaware, a visit with my hairdresser, visited family, had last dentist appointments with our old dentist, and then…

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December 11, 2022

Month of August 2022 – Getting to Know Downtown Austin

I’m going to get us caught up to modern day as quickly as I can over this next week! Exciting things are happening and I want to write all about it!!! For the month of August, I found us an…

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November 30, 2022

Getting Out of Dodge (July 30th to August 6th) – Moving Myself From Philly to Austin

After all our stuff was packed and out of the house, I worked in the office for a few days, had my Shakeology breakfast shake in the morning, ate take out for dinner every night and slept on that air…

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September 17, 2022

July 20th – Big Moving Out Day!

Hi ya’ll! I still have things to catch you all up on how things went down getting out of Pennsylvania. Here are some pics from when the moving company came to put all our things in storage. It was an…

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August 23, 2022

Packing our POD – July 12 to 19th

The POD arrived on July 9th, but with the trip to Alabama and Austin, I did not get to start packing until I returned on the 12th. That said, it was also only me and I had my regular corporate…

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August 17, 2022

Catching Up on our Move – July 7 to 11th

Wow! Time is flying! I was hoping as I would go through this move that I would have more time for reflection and writing. Was I ever wrong! I’m lucky if I’ve had time to think about what I need…

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July 5, 2022

Sweet Dreams are Made of These

I’m off work this week and thank goodness! There is so much to get done. I keep remembering our sweet dreams will be accomplished with lots of hard work. I keep remembering what my introverted neighbor said at the beginning…

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June 25, 2022

Figuring Out Our Next Steps

Having never done a cross country move before, I’m often trying to figure out what is the next step. I’m frequently shocked by not knowing what I need to do next. The whole thing can seem so overwhelming when you…

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June 10, 2022

Selling PA House – Next Steps to Get on the Market

Hi ya’ll!!!! See how quickly that is starting to fall from my tongue! Our house in Pennsylvania is still not on the market, but I’m trusting in the process and the direction we’re being taken. We have been in contact…

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