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My weekend: solo

Posted in September 17th, 2007
by ournewoldhouse1 in Clear Lake house, bathroom, bedroom, budget, dining room, wallpaper, washing machine

While Brandon is in San Antonio for two weeks training for his job, I’m making a lot of little steps of progress that will hopefully amount to a lot of transformation by the time he comes back.
On Friday after work I drove up to Clear Lake to take care of some cleaning, check on the […]

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I can has insurance!

Posted in August 14th, 2007
by ournewoldhouse1 in Clear Lake house, insurance, mortgage

If you’re sick of the lolcats and their Engrish, too bad. I love them and I will emulate them on my blog.  So
 The point is, we have been given an insurance quote by someone who seems reasonably reputable!  So that’s a HUGE load off my mind.
Meanwhile, in all the excitement about the house and […]

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Diverting my energy

Posted in August 13th, 2007
by Kelli in Clear Lake house, budget, future plans, gutters, power tools, retaining wall, trees, yardwork

Since we’re going to be so busy the rest of this summer working on our new old house, Brandon and I made it a point to go up to Clear Lake this weekend and work on our other house. We did some outdoor jobs that we’ve been putting off too long. Brandon mowed the grass […]

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