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As I mentioned earlier, in a previous post, I am fed up with California, yesterday I finally did something about it. I moved to a state that has a lower cost of living, cheaper gas, and better paying jobs. I surprised all of my friends with the sudden move, and especially surprised...
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I'm working on a magazine article about Bakersfield bugs and am looking for some local input. Most of my information is from the internet, scholarly stuff. I'd love to hear about some of your bug adventures.
Experiences with white flies, aphids, bees, the dreaded: glassy-winged...
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It's definitely been awhile since I last posted anything. After Cameron's accident, recovery, in all aspects of our lives, has been the central focus. In that mode of existence tunnel vision easily forms, and it's difficult to look outside the confinement of being "the...
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It had been awhile. Time had passed, the seasons had changed, I had changed, my situation in life had changed, things at work had changed, but in the face of all these changes one thing, as I was to be quiclky reminded, had not changed. Not one bit, and that was that moving still sucks. I was...
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Things have been quite busy in the MakesThingsGo house these last two weeks. A week and a half ago, we decided to talk to our real estate agent about selling the condo and she advised us to put in on the market the following Sunday. So the race was on.
First up was getting the...
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I'm starting the countdown to Bakersfield. In the next 100 days or so my family and I will be moving to the US of A.
Although there is an air of pleasant expectation, there are also uncomfortable feelings particularly the feeling of leaving behind a comfort zone.
However, with...
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Well, just as we got settled into our little apt in Los Osos, my oldest son, Pepper, decided to move over from Bakersfield and go to work here. Since he was staying in town so my 16 yr old, Shawn, could stay in Bako and keep going to his Beloved Ridgview HS, this meant that Shawn would have...
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After living in Bakersfield (on and off, tho more On) for the last 31 yrs, I am in the process of moving to Morro Bay. When my dear ex-husband, Greg, came to Bako from St. Luis, he had a bit of Culture Shock moving to a smaller town. With the stores that close earlier, people knowing you from...
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