Buying a new home carries with it a long list of options and decisions to be made, and each one of them is important. Becoming a homeowner is a huge responsibility, regardless of whether it is for the first time or for the twentieth. Each new house or apartment presents …
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Pin Share Tweet How was your Thanksgiving? I hope it was enjoyable, even if it wasn’t quite how you celebrated in previous years. After Ed and I got Covid tested, my older daughter, Kelly and her husband did also. When their tests came back negative, they came to spend the …
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Hello Friends. How are you? How was your week? We had a happy, simple Thanksgiving here at home. All the usual foods, but no guests, which makes everything feel like much lower stakes, you know? We missed our big kids who were in the U.S., but we had a lovely …
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Hello, Friends. How are you? How was your week? I thought my mind wouldn’t be so distracted after the election, but I was definitely wrong. I look forward to a future time when we don’t have to think about the President for days or weeks at a time. (Remember what …
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Hello, Friends. What a week! How are you holding up? Did anyone get enough sleep the last few days? As I write this, we still don’t have an official winner for the presidential election — though I’m confident, based on where the numbers are right now, it will be Biden. …
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As a first-time homebuyer, you’re likely concerned about the financial obligations that come with owning a home. How much can you expect to pay each month? What about taxes? How can you best protect your investment? Similar to other large purchases, like a car or a boat, homeowners are expected …
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Hello, Friends. How are you? How was your weekend? We spent Friday at Olive’s new apartment in Paris, getting her all set up. (Looks cute and cozy now.) And then I spent half of Saturday and Sunday reading Midnight Sun (the Twilight story told from Edward’s point of view), and …
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The McAfee logo is displayed at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on Feb. 25, 2019. (Agence France-Presse/Getty Images) McAfee Corp. plans to return to the public markets after nearly a decade as a private company, but the security-software company is re-emerging as a structured entity that would take a …
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Hello, Friends. How was your week? To me, this year felt like it was inching along, and then suddenly it seems to be in high gear. I can not believe we’re halfway through October. Our kids have a two-week school break starting today, and we are all looking forward to …
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