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January 24, 2007

House, cars and life in general

Okay, so today is a day of news ... so I had to share.

First, a status update on the house situation. Last time I posted about our house hunt, we were still waiting on financing and I mentioned that we had found a house that really liked. Well, shoot to a month later and we're basically in the same situation ... we're still looking for a house. However, our financing did go through. We did make an offer on the other house that we were looking at, however the counter offer that came back didn't sit well with either of us so we decided to pass.

So, we went looking again recently and found a really nice house in a really nice (and new) neighborhood. Amanda took dad to look it over this afternoon and he gave it the thumbs up. We decided to make an offer, so Skip (our realtor) came over this evening and we signed all the paperwork ... again.

Seriously ... how many documents do you have to sign when you're actually buying the darn thing? Just making an offer takes an hour to fill out the paperwork.

We also heard back on the car situation. Basically, the timing chain broke and the valves WERE warped ... so we had to decide if we wanted to rebuild the top of the engine or replace the motor all-together. We managed to find a motor that has 12,000 miles on it with all the goodies (AC, power steering, etc) for roughly $1000.00. I know a good deal when I hear it, so we jumped on it. So, now my new car will be significantly newer when it's all said and done.

Hopefully I'll get the thing back sooner rather than later.

Finally, I've been staying pretty busy these days. Between work and more work, I find it hard to get in any good "relax time" for myself. Then I need to make sure that I get to spend some time with Amanda so we can enjoy one another's company and before you know it, the night is over and it's time for bed. No time for games, no time for posting on the blog ... etc etc etc.

Work has been going pretty good. I've gotten some good reviews from my superiors as of late, which is always a good thing. It's nice to know that the hard work that you put in on a daily basis is seen and appreciated. What's even more interesting is that I'm getting ready to cross over a major milestone ... my first year anniversary with the company. And what a year it has been too. We've gone from having absolutely nothing to a full working plant in a year. My IT department has grown leaps and bounds, and we're continuing to grow on a regular basis. I'm expecting to have around 20 employees under my wing within the next few months.

Thank goodness for my right hand man, Dave. Without his help, I don't know where I'd be right now.

Lets see ... what else?

The German studies have been going pretty slow. It all falls back to the time issue that I mentioned before. I have all kinds of great study material, but I really haven't had any kind of time to put towards it. Learning a language isn't one of those things that you can just put a little bit of time in here and there and expect to learn everything quickly. It takes time and dedication. I have the desire and dedication, just not the time. Hopefully that'll change in the near future.

So, I guess that's all I have for the time being.

Auf Wiedersehen!

... heraus~

Posted by ed at 08:43 PM | Comments (0)