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October 22, 2014

Grown Up Stuff in New Beginnings

I’m travelling this week to finish a fixed asset audit for our plants. I’m in Gleason, Tennessee right now, and I’ll travel to Crenshaw, Mississippi tomorrow. I booked my hotels, I rented a car...


October 05, 2014

In Need of a Life in New Beginnings

I need to get a life if for no other reason that I have something to write about. It’s not as hard as one would think I think it is. I live in the Atlanta area, so there are loads of clubs and ...


September 21, 2014

Must...up...date... in New Beginnings

I wish I could write something noteworthy. That is, I wish my lack of writing were due to me being engrossed in something interesting. Sadly, such is not the case. Honestly, I’ve just been lazy...


I actually made my very first PC. Let me rephrase that, this isn’t my very first PC. Rather, it’s my very first PC that I made myself. I’ve wanted to do this for a while, but I was too afraid ...


August 15, 2014

Oh, God, the pain! in New Beginnings

At least my ankle is feeling better. It's still a little stiff, but I only feel the pain at the very, very tips of the range of motion. My arm is another matter, though. I was getting anxious ...


I seriously hope I'm not growing old before my time. Somehow, I must have sprained my ankle Thursday night when I was working out. I was practicing spinning side kicks on the heavy bag, and I l...


I haven't been kissed or kissed anyone in over eight years, now. That's a really long time when you think about it. I wrote about these experiences before in my Open Diary, but I suppose I'll s...


I realize recipes scale in difficulty. I'm actually trying to make something new at least every two weeks, preferably every week. It doesn't have to be immaculate. I merely want to claim that ...


There's one thing that bothers me about my home. Pictures. That is, the lack of pictures is what bothers me. My walls are so bear. I've hung my college diplomas, and I even bought a few piece...


This week was a lesson in gratitude. I walked through the front door of my condo Tuesday night into what felt like a sauna. Yep, my air conditioning was broken, just in time for the 4th of July...


June 17, 2014

*Winces* in New Beginnings

That $ 200 estimate I was hoping for in repairing my neighbor's wall and ceiling? It's going to be $1,000! I think I need to lay down.


June 17, 2014

Bam! in New Beginnings

I totally nailed the chicken fettucini alfredo recipe last night. My first time cooking in over five years, and I pulled it off. In hindsight, I probably should have adjusted the proportions of...


I need to just accept that in acclimating myself to living on my own again is going to require my making mistakes. I really blundered in the purchase of my washer and dryer off Craigslist. Don'...


Living on my own is awesome! I get to keep things the way I want. My bathroom is always clean. I can always use the sink because it's never piled up with someone else's dirty dishes. I don't ...


I spent the bulk of this weekend completing my move to my new condo. I'd been moving odds and ends there since I closed a couple of weeks ago, but this was the weekend to really make it habitabl...


May 12, 2014

Closing in New Beginnings

I closed on my condo Friday. It was a hectic day. I had to work late Thursday night, so I could take off Friday to do everything I wanted. I got up shortly before 9, so I could go to my bank a...


I was supposed to close on my condo Friday, but I requested some repairs, which the seller agreed to. However, he needed an extra week to make said repairs, hence the delay. I'm taking next Fri...


April 26, 2014

Things I Love in New Beginnings

Regards to .essie. who originated the topic of this entry. I liked her idea, so I decided to try it myself. Finishing a work out - I don't enjoy working out per se, but I love getting to the e...


April 20, 2014

Office Crush in New Beginnings

I'm not sure if the following is a happy benefit of maturing or a sad benefit of being romantically inept. I believe I have a crush on my coworker Galina. Not that anything would ever, ever, ev...


April 19, 2014

Next Step Forward in New Beginnings

I got the condo! The seller took his sweet time responding. Apparently, someone else made an offer of the seller's asking price, but the seller declined because that person wanted too many "con...


April 13, 2014

Progress in New Beginnings

I made an offer on a condo this week. It's a two bed two bath with 1,200 square feet of living space. It's in Alpharetta, about 10 minutes north of my office. It's also been recently remodeled...


I think I’ve figured out my housing conundrum. I’m obviously not going to be able to afford a house I like that isn’t a money pit, so I’ve started looking at condominiums and town houses. I act...


I lost the house. I set up a house inspection for yesterday, and man alive did he find problems. The siding needs to be replaced; the roof needs to be reshingled, the pipes need to be refitted,...


As I mentioned in my last entry, I made an offer on that house. The owners countered with an offer half way between my offer and their asking price, and I accepted, so I’m under contract now. I...


I'm in the process of making an offer on a house. Specifically, this house. ). I found the house's online listing Thursday night. It had just been posted. I moved quickly to set up a visit w...


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