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Scenes from a house hunt, part 1

Me: So what’s this view that the description goes on and on about? Let me step out to the back patio and…whoa!

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Me: That…is…stunning. The Hillsborough River. That’s lovely. Is that a manatee? It looks like a manatee!

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Me: It is a manatee! Oh, I could throw some nice parties on this patio. Great view, nice newly-built seawall, good pavers…

By the bye, it just occurred to me. We looked through the house and didn’t see a laundry room. Did we miss it? Oh, it’s here? Where?

OH HELL NO.

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Joey deVilla

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