Author: Jessica

I am a teacher, traveler, artist, writer, homemaker and a whole lot more. In January 2009, I bought the Cape of Dreams. It was the second house that I had ever owned, but it was the first that I bought by myself. I now live in the house with my husband Douglas, our dog Kahlua, and Crème de Menthe, the cat. Because, what life is complete without a little Kahlua and Cream? I love arts and crafts of all kinds, and I refinish furniture as well. We are slowly redoing our entire house. You can read about my projects on my blog www.CapeofDreams.com

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As I mentioned on Monday, we had a yard sale on Saturday and Sunday. My friend Nadia from MaMeMeMa came over and our tenants even came down for a while on Saturday. Nadia’s husband was around to help out for quite …

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This has been an exciting morning. First, I received my class schedule for the school year. Then, I found out that our application for an exchange student has been approved. Menderes will arrive in two short weeks! In the meantime, …

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Less money and fewer trees, our property lost a lot of green today. It was a sad day at the Cape of Dreams. This is what the yard looked like on Wednesday. This is the view today. Obviously this was …

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