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A Year with the Stigma
Well folks, it’s Saturday afternoon, and I’ve completed my summertime Saturday morning errands: bank, farmer’s market, natural food store, regular grocery store, pharmacy, and Starbucks (to bring home to a just-getting-out-of-bed CF). Some laundry has been washed with our homemade … Continue reading
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Where I’ve Been and What I’ve Seen
Wow! I didn’t mean to be gone so long! Funny how life gets in the way of blogging Last I wrote, I promised a discussion on getting/purchasing used/pre-owned/trashed items…but c’mon, folks. You know me better than that. How many times … Continue reading
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A Series of Failures: Air Conditioner
Hello, all! We’re BACK from our vacation (highlights forthcoming), and now that we’re back we need to start dealing with the many little failures that we left behind. And one, which you’ve yet to hear about, shoots straight to the … Continue reading
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A Series of Failures: an Apology and Explanation
Hello all! It’s been several weeks since my last post, and for that I am sorry…especially since I gave myself an assignment in my last post, and didn’t really follow through. Here’s what happened actually: I began watching an episode … Continue reading
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“Trailer Trash,” the Cartoon Version
Hi folks! This has been a pretty crazy week, so I’ll leave you with a question instead rambling on today: Have you all seen this cartoon on Hulu called “Trailer Trash“? I haven’t watched any episode yet, but I’m thinking … Continue reading
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More on Being “Trashy”: the Urban Dictionary Version
Hello, dear readers! Last week, I told you a rather embarrassing story about our inability to put the trash out–which then led to some questions about what it means to be “trashy”–and perhaps why one might associate being “trashy” with … Continue reading
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The Trailer Park Sale: a post-script
Yesterday, due to the lateness of hour in which I was writing, I seemed to have forgotten another moment in my journey through the stigma of living in a trailer park. You see, after the sale on Saturday, I decided … Continue reading
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The Trailer Park Sale: a lesson in humility and tongue-biting
Hello, dear readers! I know you’ve been dying to hear about how that sale went, haven’t you? Of course you have! Well, first, we made $52. That is better than I expected (and enough to buy paint samples!)–but unfortunately there … Continue reading
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An answer to the question: “So… how can you afford this?”
Well, it finally happened. One of my dear friends finally put two and two together (or…couldn’t figure out how two and two would go together in this situation) and asked: “If you two couldn’t afford an apartment, how can you … Continue reading
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Paperwork and Phone Calls and Plans, Oh My!
I joked to a friend last week that purchasing and fixing up a mobile home would be good practice in home ownership. I don’t think I was too far off the mark! I spent a good part of the weekend … Continue reading
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