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Bee-ing Real.

Posted on Jun 20, 2022

I am a beekeeper. 
In the spring, the entire goal is to keep the girls healthy and with enough space to produce new bees. 
A crowded colony is going to leave to find a bigger place. And they really don’t care what interest rates are doing at the time. 

The Queen Bee lays up to 1500 eggs per day.
Things get hot and crowded FAST. 
Who decides when it’s time...

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Cherry Picker

Posted on Jun 09, 2022


Cherry-picker.

Lekkerbek.
[That's Dutch for cherry picker. Sort of.]

Picking the easiest and best. The tastiest. Avoiding the difficult things that make you uncomfortable.
For years I've been putting myself through some pretty hard things at CrossFit Belleville in the name of fitness.
I've figured out what I'm good at. More than once I've 'cherry-picked...

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Its A Shift Show.

Posted on Jun 01, 2022

We're in a funny spot in the local real estate market. 2 months ago homes were selling for $100,000

or more over asking price.


Now we see homes sitting on the market longer, or selling for $30-$40,000 over asking instead of $100,000+. Some are even selling with conditions or for less than asking price.

In other words, it's a shift-show. 'Scuse my Fren...

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The List.

Posted on Apr 14, 2022


Title search is one of those important dates in your home purchase agreement that you probably don’t even think about after your deal is firm.

[It’s buried there on page 3; Clause 10.]

And 99% of the time you don’t need to, because everything is 100% A-OK.

But a lawyer running a title search is sort of like the anesthetist in an operating room.

Suuuuup...

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Toes to the Bar

Posted on Apr 11, 2022

 
In CrossFit there's a particularly evil movement called 'Toes to Bar'. 

You've got to grab the pull up bar and through some miracle of gymnastics, get your feet over your own head to touch your toes to the bar. 

Repeatedly.

I've been working on this movement for years and still can't do more than one in a row. 

Coach tells me that it's not the first one...

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Movin' Up

Posted on Apr 07, 2022


Moving up is hard, it's a big step, and sometimes it takes a while. 

I can be working with someone for a long time prior to them making their move, like my friend Eric.
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Eric had a really specific idea of what he needed in his new home, however, what he needed was in very short supply. It took over a year to find the right place, and once we foun...

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