Nate and Mae: Archive

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Moving to Hawaii: Tip 1

When it comes to housing, be prepared to pay twice as much rent for half as much space, cleanliness, and maintainability.

Feb 20th

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Feb 1st

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Jan 6th

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Home for The Holidays

In about 20 hours and 5,200 miles we’ll be back in Detroit - a mere two weeks after landing in Hawaii. How and why did we plan it this way? Because I (Nate) wanted to get all this on my taxes for Fiscal Year 2011. Was it worth it? I don’t know - I guess we’ll find out as close to early April as possible. Whatever the case, we’re excited to be around family and...

Dec 19th

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Random Thought

The amount of insects in our house is equal to the amount of different types of poo we clean off of every surface (a few times a day) - including the ceiling. Like Axel once said, ‘welcome to the jungle, baby’.

Dec 19th

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Dec 17th

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Dec 16th

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Watch

We took Max to Kualoa Beach a few days back. We were afraid he’d be uncomfortable with the ocean. Obviously, that wasn’t the case.

Dec 16th

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Dec 14th

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Nov 28th

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Nov 22nd

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Nov 21st

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Nov 16th

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Week One

Everyone keeps asking me “how’s paradise?”, and the only real response I can offer is that I’ll let you know if I find it. As a non-tourist, nowhere is paradise. Hawai’i is no exception. Getting here and doing things that you need to do to actually live somewhere; Costo trips, Target trips, grocery trips, Costco again - not to mention the expenses that go with...

Nov 15th

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Nov 15th

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Nov 15th

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Nov 15th

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Nov 15th

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Nov 12th

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Nov 11th

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Watch

Our New Home, videoed by Nate. (We need more closet space.) Everything else is perfect. (Once we clean all the grime left behind by the previous, slightly gross tenants.) THE YARD IS PARADISE.

Nov 10th

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