House Hunting


House Hunting
It's a late start to the day, well for Buzz at least who is still fast asleep (he doesn't sleep much other than on weekends), but I have managed to complete one of my longer daily tasks for work and am about to get myself gussied up to go house hunting. Okay, apartment hunting. We have picked out four or

Fat Girl Gone Skinny


Fat Girl Gone Skinny
Some of you who have been here for a while will remember my story of once being a fat girl. Well, today I was thinking about the difference between being a fat girl and no longer being a fat girl (notice the inability to say skinny girl?). There are things that people never tell you about getting skinny...just like the

Oh Hell, I Give Up


Oh Hell, I Give Up
Do you remember how insanely excited I was about *the* perfect apartment that we found? An apartment that offered us so much more than where we live now and yet still came in under the rent we're paying? We pay $1,000 even where we are now and on April 6th the apartment we fell in love with was $990. We

Expanding Myself and Going Home Again


Expanding Myself and Going Home Again
Okay not exactly going back home again but in a sense I will be. I recently joined a local group for expats. There is a group here in Raleigh that is made up of citizens of the UK who transplanted over to the area for a variety of reasons and this week I joined. It was a big decision for






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