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Andrew’s Last Pre-Move Projects
My craft project of choice for quite awhile has been melty beads (I use Perler brand beads but there are other options available). I’m about to pack up my big pink bead bins for shipping and, unfortunately, my craft doesn’t travel easily so I’ll be without until we get our shipping container with all our
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Date Night(s): MÄS & NAMA + Avery
Last week we had two fabulous nights out at our favorite restaurant(s). When we talked about local places we wanted to enjoy as much as possible before moving to Portugal, MÄS and its sister restaurant NAMA overshadowed everything else. MÄS offers innovative food which Chef Josh Dorcak describes as Cascadian Cuisine and we describe as scrumptious
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One Of My Favorite Things
My prized possession is an upright Nickelodeon piano. We bought it from a neighbor in 2006 about a year after moving into our house on Sarah Way. We hired movers to roll it down the sidewalk from their house to ours. It was a hilarious sight to behold. I love that it is old and
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Furry Friends Will Travel More Than 5,500 Miles
We have been crazy pet people for pretty much always. We don’t have human children, and our furry kids are very important to us. At the largest, our brood was up to ten pets. We have owned cats, dogs, a hedgehog, bunnies, and a guinea pig. When we started planning for early retirement and an
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Stress Busting One Stitch At A Time
Post retirement, I have been spending time catching up on cross stitching projects that had fallen by the wayside while I was working as a 911 dispatcher. Between twelve hour shifts and overall exhaustion I was not able to dedicate as much time as I would have liked to one of my favorite hobbies. I
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March Retirement Status
Michelle and I have been working hard to make our dream of early retirement come true ASAP. Since this is our first post we’ll go into some history and extra details about the process. If you want more specific info about anything, post a comment and we’ll do our best to answer all your questions!
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Finazzos Set Up Our Blog
Hello, this is Andrew & Michelle. We are getting ready to set up our blog. We are preparing our move to Portugal in the upcoming months. This will be the spot we use to keep in touch with family and friends. We’ll be sharing info about our retirement process, international move, and all the adventures