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2008 is Half Over

By Ryan Stephenson | Published: July 1, 2008

I wasn’t prepared for this year to speed by so quickly, and I failed to plan coherent thoughts to share just now, but found myself staring at an embarrassingly old last post. Let’s play catch up! Family: I have not broken our beautiful baby, Charlotte, though she keeps us busy and provides me plenty of [...]

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earthquake

By Ryan Stephenson | Published: April 18, 2008

A moderate earthquake near West Salem, IL, woke us up this morning at 4:30 CST. We might’ve slept through it had it not been for some glasses rattling and a delayed recognition of what we were experiencing. We live on the 3rd floor of a 7 story brick and steel building in downtown, St. Louis, [...]

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Six Week Checkup

By Ryan Stephenson | Published: December 23, 2007

I’m just checking in, it’s been a little while since I’ve said “hi.” Kelly’s been home with Charlotte since birth, I took off work that first week, and we’ve apparently been parents for about six months. Time has passed in a way that I can’t measurably define it – I’d believe you equally if you [...]

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Moved In!

By Ryan Stephenson | Published: July 8, 2007

Thanks to many friends’ assistance, Kelly and I are officially moved into our condo in the redeveloped Ely Walker building in Downtown, St. Louis. Many thanks to Sean, Jim, Steve, Amanda, Hans, Kurt, Amy, Henry, and Kelly (you’re probably the only people reading this anyway). I hope you’re not too sore, because you made the [...]

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New Home in Ely Walker

By Ryan Stephenson | Published: June 7, 2007

This morning Kelly and I closed on our loft condo in the redeveloped Ely Walker building in downtown St. Louis. We have a crew coming in to paint the place before we move in, and we’ll wait out the few last weeks of our apartment lease down the street. Moving should be pretty easy since [...]

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Ely Walker Loft Walk-through

By Ryan Stephenson | Published: May 21, 2007

We had our walk-through today at Ely Walker, and the finishings look wonderful. We found some things to be touched up (paint, patching, and sanding), finished (missing two outlets), or fixed (hot water’s not yet running, and bathroom water isn’t all flowing), but nothing that makes me panic yet; they plan full completion prior to [...]

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Houseless

By Ryan Stephenson | Published: February 1, 2007

I think we closed on our house tonight. [update]closed as in sold, and not my problem anymore.[/update] I’m skeptical because we seemed to get so close so many times, but something always interrupted the process. While we today signed the house away, received a check, and confirmation from the buyer of their transaction, I don’t [...]

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The Wild West

By Ryan Stephenson | Published: January 20, 2007

So, our homestead in one of the western counties is under contract to be sold, and since we’ve vacated the premises for less rugged pastures, we occasionally have to trek out to collect from the pony express. Recently, an ice storm responsible for bringing down trees and power lines for many residents thawed enough for [...]

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