In: Apartment Life
11 Mar 2010Hypothetically speaking, say you have a really nice neighbor that lives downstairs. You’ve talked to him a few times and realized that he’s a really pleasant dude. You know he smokes weed every now and again, but you don’t really care, because he does it outside and it doesn’t bother anyone. But then all of [...]
In: Apartment Life
24 Jan 2010There once was a lovely couple that lived in Northeast Minneapolis. They were in love with their quaint little duplex, because it was basically perfect for their family of three plus an assortment of pets. And then all of a sudden the landlord turned into a little bit of a d-bag. For a while, he was incredibly [...]
In: Apartment Life
16 Jan 2010We moved into our current abode about a year ago. We haven’t received any type of notification to renew our lease, but I guess I’m not really complaining. We’d sign another lease in a heartbeat, but I guess it’s not really our responsibility to remind our landlord that we need a new lease, is it? Besides, the [...]
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22 Dec 2009Looking into ‘10 and after being on a salary freeze for all of ‘09, I’m gonna buckle down and focus on finances. I’ve needed to for quite some time, but I’ve always managed to sneak by with some type of disposable income. My disposable income of years gone by has been, well, disposed of in [...]
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26 Oct 2009When we moved into this duplex in February, we were immediately worried we’d be the loud neighbors. We’re not small, The Kid walks around like an elephant, and we have two 80 pound dogs. I think we’re a recipe for annoying upstairs neighbors. Add random dogs coming in and out like it’s a halfway house [...]
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13 Oct 2009Now I know we don’t own our current residence, which prohibits anything past just thinking about it, but two of my favorite co-workers have either bought a house or just had an offer accepted on a house (as of today), and looking at pictures of new kitchens is something I’m currently obsessed with. Nope, I [...]
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2 Aug 2009Jenni brought a contest/challenge type thing to my attention last week and I couldn’t really say no to it: 5 A Day to Keep the Clutter Away. Here are the guidelines straight from the website:
Find 5 things a day that you can get rid of. Size doesn’t matter. It could be a spoonrest or an [...]
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22 Jun 2009Over the last two weeks, I’ve been reminded that I hate to sweat. A lot. We reside on the second floor of a duplex that was built… a long time ago. In the winter, we were rarely cold, because a) hot air rises and b) we have this ridiculous furnace that could probably heat all [...]
We just dropped off our foster dog to her new home. Happy Mother’s Day to Peeka’s new mom!
Our Mother’s Day was spent trying to get a foreign object out of the toilet. The General’s been working on that for the past three days, but one final day of jamming an auger up and down both [...]
In: Apartment Life| Family| Twitterpated
26 Apr 2009Me: I’m awesome. My work is awesome (I’m still not sure how I landed the perfect role for me) and this coming week will mark 1 year being there for me. I’m seeing a therapist weekly and my desire to smash my face against restaurant windows while happy hour patrons are happily munching away on [...]
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