If anyone tried to call our home phone in the last couple of days, they might have noticed that the line kept ringing and the answering machine didn’t pick up. That’s ’cause our phone (and therefore our internet) was out. We first noticed it Wednesday night. Atkins mentioned that his iPhone wasn’t connecting. We figured [...]
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It’s officially one year since we pulled up to Chicago in our Penske chocked full of all our worldly possessions. Ah, how full of optimism we were! How easily we thought we would get into our new home on Lake Michigan. Our temporary home, the Heart O’ Chicago motel, quickly lost its appeal as we [...]
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When I moved to Chicago in the summer of 2007, I thought that living near a beach would be a summer time bonus. It turns out that Lake Michigan freezes over in the chilly month of February. Living on the banks of Lake Michigan is kind of like living on the ocean. The body of [...]
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