We got this house this morning at 9:30 am finally, and they aren’t charging us interest until today. We also get 1 cent per month cheaper payments…a whole $3.60 if we stay there thirty years! Anyway, been busy at work all day since then, and now I’m about to head out to dinner and more […]

Well, we went to closing at 3pm today on our new house. Everything started out fine, it took about a half-an-hour to sign all the paperwork, and another 20 minutes to “make copies” before we were told that due to some back-end stuff (everything’s fine on our end) the loan was taking a little longer […]

Yesterday afternoon, my wife and I did our final inspection of the house that we are building. The last few things are being fixed by tomorrow, and we close later this week! This will be a busy weekend but I am looking very much forward to being out of our apartment! I haven’t posted much […]

Well, it’s online to school, anyway. This week begins my second year (chronologically; I’m half-time so I’m still a freshman) of college. I’m taking two online classes this semester, a Technical Writing course and one on Database Design. Both appear very interesting, although fortunately they should be somewhat easy given my experience. I’m looking forward […]

…and if I don’t want to, for that matter! I may be another year older, but it doesn’t quite make me feel as old as having a seven-point-five month old son, or building a house that we’re closing on next month, or approaching my second wedding anniversary in October. Isn’t all this stuff what old […]

If you would pray for my dad today I’d appreciate it. I’d rather not explain the situation (long, complicated history) but my family really, really appreciates the prayers! Thanks.

Normally, I really like the cans of soup or fruit that come with the pull-tab to open, rather than requiring a can opener. Generally easier to open, and not messy. Plus, you don’t have to find the can opener. However, it’s very bad if a can comes with the tab broken off the top (it […]

I didn’t see it until Thursday evening, but on Wednesday our new house was framed! It’s really awesome to see the slab go on the dirt, but it’s just started to feel real now that we can walk around from room to room, even if we can walk through the studs as easily as the […]

I haven’t written a personal post yet, so if you’ve followed this blog, you probably think I’m going to talk about “building God’s house” or something church related.  Actually, I haven’t talked about religion either — I created this blog to talk about technology, and I plan to stick to that.  Mostly.  From what I’ve […]