Category: joanna irl
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No-Buy 2019: New (free) Couch!
One of the more interesting aspects of this project is that, even just three weeks in, I’m stretching my creative muscles to figure out ways to make things work. Part of that is being on the lookout for opportunities and being willing to jump at them when they present themselves. Case in point– our old…
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Project: No-Buy 2019
*dusts blog* *wipes away accumulated ads and other garbage* *shines monitor* Whew. Is this thing still on? HELLO. I think the last time you heard from me was at least three months ago. I could check, but…. nah. Let’s just start this fresh. This year is going to be a big one for me with…
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Site updates, Summer 2018
Hello! This is just a quick note to let you know about a few updates that have come to the site. First, you may notice a slight layout change. I think it looks nice and shiny now! There may be a few more tweaks over the next little bit, but I really like the new…
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It’s April and I’m back from my SoCal staycation
Highlights from a southern California staycation, including whale watching, the Disney California Adventure Food and Wine Festival, Universal Studios Hollywood, and WonderCon in Anaheim.
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New Year, New State
Well, here we are. It’s 2018, we’ve moved halfway across the country, and life is beginning to show the signs of settling back into some sense of normalcy in our household. J went back to work and I am waiting on school to start and generally speaking we’ve got an idea of the next few…
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Choosing Military Housing
So. We’re moving back into military housing. If you remember the last time we did this, you might wonder why we made this decision again, so I’m going to walk you through the thought process. The pros, the cons, and why we ultimately went this route (at least for now) may help you through your…
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We’re moving in HOW many days??
Somehow even though I’ve been counting down the months until we would move away from Chicago since, oh, 35 months out (what can I say, winter is NOT my favorite thing and there’s a LOT of it up here), this move feels like it snuck on me. Maybe it’s because we just moved into the…
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Birthday Camping Weekend in the UP
I’m a month late posting about it, but for my birthday last month, we went camping in the Michigan Upper Peninsula and got an early taste of fall that was so much fun. We camped in Tahquamenon Falls State Park, which is home to the second biggest freshwater waterfall to the east of the Mississippi…
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Travelogue: Scotland 2017
It’s been a long summer. I originally saved this draft in mid-August, about a week and a half after I returned from Scotland, but it has sat empty since then because Life has been happening and I just haven’t had the time to really write up a proper recap. My instagram was probably a pretty good…
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Move.mil and the DPS System Make My Head Hurt: tips for setting up your HHG shipment
Okay. We have “Hard Copy Orders” in hand. This means that J is officially set to transfer to….. San Diego! Ta-da! But this also means that now it’s time to start all of the hoop-jumping that’s involved in actually, y’know, setting it up. This isn’t like doing a civilian move (which I just negotiated last…
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