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Our little dingo prowls around the trash pile in the yard.
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Jetta odometer after the Oakland-to-Austin drive
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our first Monroe meal: roasted chicken, potatoes, broccoli, and Hatch chilis
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(2) cooking
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Friday night activities: (1) cord management, entertainment set-up
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Guests, I promise this bedroom will look better when you visit.
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Things get basically in the right place.
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We take a picture from the construction site to document a view of our backyard we'll never see again.
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Like magic, the first floor of the house next door gets framed up while we move in.
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Dad-Marc helps Bryan take down the light fixture by twirling slowly underneath it. Should have taken a video.
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Dad-Marc
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Mom-Susan
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When everything was in the house, we celebrated with a bloody mary (how else?).
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Our Austin movers get to work, well supervised.
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almost-empty master bedroom
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empty guest bedroom
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view from the stairs
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view from our big staircase window, prior to the house next door going up
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empty kitchen
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empty TV room
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empty...middle space
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other side of the empty living room
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empty living room
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checking out the house the next morning
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We neglected to pack anything to sit on, eat with, or do on our first night, so we improvised.