Author Archives: RLW3

She looked great!

Several weeks ago, my youngest daughter, Cakes, came up to me with her face beaming, “Dad, I bought a new dress for the prom.” “What prom?” “The Senior Prom.” “When is that?” “April 10th.” At the time, that seemed like … Continue reading

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This feels very familiar!

This post is long, but what a story! Yesterday, I was in a predicament. I had to make a decision about which realtor we are going to use. There are two properties that we liked from our two days of … Continue reading

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It hurts me to write about it

I looked at houses again tonight, but not for long. Why? Picture driving the little Paseo (and I am emphasizing little!) with the manual transmission (and I am emphasizing “manual”) while trying to look at the 8.5 X 11 printed … Continue reading

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Good house hunting

Things got a little complicated today… My wife has a co-worker at Costco who wife is a realtor. He has been pushing…wait a minute, that’s a little too strong…he has been encouraging my wife to call his wife. Well, last … Continue reading

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Welcome to my nightmare

I am quite alarmed at the current state of our country. Many of our current “representatives” seem to be intent on waging war on the founding ideals of our country. They do not like living in a meritocracy and wish to … Continue reading

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Mother Nature gets a little violent

I never ceased to be amazed by how little I know… and how much other people know. A very violent thunderstorm blew through the area. While that is exciting, it isn’t really news. After all, this is the Midwest. But, … Continue reading

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Why did I call her?

I am too far behind…I’m not even going to try to “catch up” so… We are now officially looking for a house… I called the realtor who helped us back in September of 2008. I did so a little reluctantly… Why … Continue reading

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Are you…?

Two years and one week ago, I left Los Angeles and moved to Kansas City. We only knew one family here and even they aren’t really all that close to us. So, I really expected to have to start over in … Continue reading

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I threw him a curve

Since tonight was his last night in Kansas, I called my son early in the day to go out to dinner together. I wanted to have a fatherly talk with him. The evening got off to a pretty rough start. When … Continue reading

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I get to play the “bad guy” part

Sometimes being a husband and a father is a thankless job… I suppose the same can be said about being a wife or a child…I can’t really see how, but I’ll just ASSUME that is is THEORETICALLY possible…but it’s a … Continue reading

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