Since I’ve left college, I’ve been thinking about the proposition of when it’s appropriate to stop by unannounced to people you know and people you do not know that well. The epiphany came recently–now that I own a house. There has been a hole in my life since leaving college. I’m happily married, but I [...]
Photography from our two week trip through Germany has been posted. We made a U-shaped trip this October (view our approximate route on Google Maps). We made sure it was after Ocktoberfest. Drunken tourists were the last thing we wanted to see on our trip. For most of the more than a 1000-mile trip, we [...]
This will have to be quick. It’s past midnight here in Frankfurt. We’ve seen over eight castles close up and many more from afar. We had some Fiederweissen (fresh grapes, as in this year’s harvest, plus yeast) at a wine museum in Burnkastel-Kues the other day. It was great! We’ve had pork about every night. [...]
My car was broken into on the first night in my new neighborhood. No, I’m NOT suggesting that any of my neighbors broke my car window, although (as Emily Craighead said) that teenager that asked to cut my lawn for $10 looked kind of shady. The only items that were stolen were my $100 aftermarket [...]
We took possession at closing (the REO seller didn’t even show up for the signing) and went to work two days later. The first action I took was to buy a dehumidifier.The humidity was 75% when we took possession. We have had the rainiest summer in close to 50 years in Indiana, so we were [...]
At some point in every home owner’s life, one must think that at least one of the former occupants was either lazy, cheap, dumb or all three. The other factor to consider is that Realtor/Seller often cover problems in a house in order to sell it. The cheapest option is to carpet over any existing [...]
Yes, mortgage papers were signed last week. Rachel and I now own a home. It’s a split level in a much more upscale neighbor than our current apartment at the Orchard. We are next to one of the nicest neighborhoods in Indy. We are still in Indianapolis. I’m not sure if I wanted to make [...]
Minimalism is the opposite of the standard blog layout. Blog authors tend to link everything on every page to every other page. I’m trying to reject the 100 person blog roll in the sidebar attitude for something simpler. For the last week, I’ve been burning the midnight oil to consider changes to the Rachel and [...]
We are waiting on graduate school admissions to decide whether to buy a house which will determine when we are going to Netherlands/Germany for one or two weeks this summer or fall. We really like our missions focused church and have made many friends there –although almost all of them are married with kids so [...]
As of January 2008, the most open field for presidential candidates in many, many years–especially on the Republican side. So you have been browsing around YouTube watching presidential candidates debate? A few years ago, I never thought I would get “news” through YouTube. Of course, I’m hesitant to call political debates news. News it seems [...]