It seems my wish of moving may becoming a reality.  We’re close to signing a lease agreement with a family that would like to move in on July 1st.  I’m truly excited by this, but also nervous.  This means we have A LOT to do in just a few short weeks.

By going through with this, we’re taking a huge risk.  We had hoped the house would sell.  Houses on the streets around us have sat on the market for months so we knew our fastest option to move would be to rent, or even rent-to-own, the ho...
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I hope to move from our house soon and, if not soon, then in the next year.  If there is one thing I could keep as mine, it would be my flower garden.  It’s been a labor of love and frustration.  I decided to plant it years ago when I couldn’t keep grass alive due to the intense southern sun exposure.  The first year water restrictions went into place was the last year I saw grass in that area.  That was also my first summer at the house, so I had no idea what kind of watering that sectio...
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