Lisa

  • Buying a short-sale or foreclosure

    *** I am not a Realtor. This is just advice from my personal experiences in the home-buying world. Be sure to consult a professional if you are considering buying a short sale or a foreclosure. *** Since we’re now moving and some of my cohort members are looking to dip their toes in the pool…

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  • Surprise!

    So we’re… moving again! Mac received an RFO yesterday, and we are officially leaving Colorado this summer. Last fall, Mac had a suspicious feeling that HRC (the Army HR branch) was planning on us moving, so he reached out to them to find out. A lot of Army captains move twice between finishing the Captain’s…

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  • Happy 5th blog-iversary!

    About five years ago, I started blogging on this little slice of the Internet. Even though things have been sparse for the last year or so, I appreciate all of y’all who take the time to spend part of day with me. I have some ideas to refresh the old blog, so you may see…

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  • Battle at Bristol

    Way back in September, Mac and I attended the largest football game ever. Virginia Tech took on Tennessee at the Bristol Motor Speedway. My parents and in-laws joined us. We stayed in Blacksburg and took a shuttle down to Bristol the day of the game. We tailgated for close to 7 hours (in retrospect, a…

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  • Aztec Ruins National Monument

    After Four Corners, we hopped on US 160 and looped back up into Colorado. On our way, we stopped at the Aztec Ruins National Monument near Farmington, New Mexico, another Ancestral Pueblo community. This site is quite small, and you can walk around the whole structure and property. At the center is a large, circular…

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