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EDIT: After publishing last night, my alarm bells were ringing. 'This is too good to be true.' So asked my Dad what was up and yooooo, these loans have a VARIABLE interest rate, so the interest can shoot up at any time. Mi padre said he'd
confessions
I've been so busy with my own priorities today that I barely know what happened with Gamestop. I hardly keep up with bitcoin too. Or whatever is currently trendy in the markets. I don't feel FOMO around it. Because I have a shortcut. I read The
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When I need to rest, I get sloppy. I bet this happens with all of my brain work too, but with painting my house it's obvious. I painted the guest bedroom closet today and yoooo, it's a mess. Usually, I get sloppy because I want to
confessions
I was going to put in an offer on a different house last year. Doesn't look like Austin, does it? It's an 18 acre property on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state. The ocean on one side, a lush pine forest on the other, towering mountains
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Austin had the hottest home-buying market in 2020, with the median price of a home going up close to 24% in Dec 2020 vs December 2019. It's also expected to have, again, the hottest housing market [https://www.zillow.com/research/zillow-hottest-markets-2021-28667/] of
My dad lives in a super humid, subtropical part of Texas (seriously, there's leaf cutter ants and carnivorous plants growing wild there). Mosquitos can eat you alive in his neck of the woods. To top it off, he has a 1.5 acre pond right below his house.
All week I've forgotten to write here. I even stacked up pre-written posts but I forget to even come here and press 'publish!' It's because I've been completely obsessed with fixing up my house. It's like... there's
Do you ever go over your past and fantasize about what you would have done differently? I do. I think about how I would have skipped out on college and started businesses instead, and how I would have gone to therapy 10 years ago and met the love of my
Many years ago, I wrote my dear friend Nick an 'official' letter for his birthday on some nice stationery, in my best handwriting. I told him he had my formal permission to fuck off and create whatever art he wanted in his life. That he wasn't
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I bet that you are absolutely not a bored housewife looking for 'room makeover' photos on Pinterest so... I'm sorry, but I'm proud and I want to share! I bought a house on Nov 30th. This is what the primary bedroom looked like when
makers
> I’ve been crying a lot when I finish my videos. I just get so happy, that I start crying. I am just so thankful for being able to do this that I just burst into tears. I can not believe this is my job and I just got
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Last year I checked out a couple of Workaholics Anonymous meetings [https://www.madisontaskett.com/i-went-to-a-workaholics-anonymous-meeting/]. They have lovely little rhyming advice ("Even when offered the best, I say no if I need rest") and phrases that are super easy to remember.