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6 Tips to Simplify Your Move
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6 Tips to Simplify Your Move

I’ve moved 26 times in my life, not counting college moves. I’ve moved while 8 months pregnant. I’ve moved while recovering from surgery. I’ve been kicked out, invited in, I’ve moved for heartbreak and for celebratory promotions. No matter how many times you do it, and under what circumstances, moving sucks. After a major relocation in…

#DontBeALostBoy: The Unglamorous Reality of Peter Pan
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#DontBeALostBoy: The Unglamorous Reality of Peter Pan

Have you heard the song Lost Boy by Ruth B.? While the lyrics are far from complex, it’s haunting melodies are beautiful to listen to. Apparently, it’s meant to be a universal tale of loneliness and belonging. Call me jaded, but all I can think of is how many young, artsy females are captivated by the…

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words, Not a Thousand Dollars
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A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words, Not a Thousand Dollars

Act natural. (What was wrong with me? Seriously.) Once upon a time, in the land of hair spray and cassette tapes, a family unit would travel to the nearest Sears/Walmart/JC Penney portrait studio in order to awkwardly pose in the fashion of the day and capture the moment in time. (See Exhibit A, to the…

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House hunting is a lot like scoping out neighborhoods on Halloween

As a kid, I learned there was a strategy to picking a good neighborhood to trick-or-treat in for Halloween. There are certain landmarks to look for to get the “good” candy, but then again, sometimes we can be surprised, thinking a neighborhood will have chocolate when really they give away the cheap stuff…There were plenty…