Only 239 To Go! ⇒
Well, we now own about $400 of our house. Check out the proof below of our first ever mortgage payment!
Congratulations Colleen and Kenny ⇒
Our friends Colleen and Kenny Hagerty were expecting their first baby 10 days before ours is due. Due to a sudden spike in Colleen's blood pressure, their son has been born by C Section 4 weeks premature (just shy of being considered full term) on July 26th. All is well, though he is naturally quite small (5 lbs something). Colleen is doing fine too.
Oh yeah, they named him Kian McCready Hagerty (McCready after the lead guitarist of Pearl Jam).
A series of unfortunate events ⇒
You know that Seinfeld episode "Even Steven?" Well, it seems to be true for us! We have been having a string of excellent luck - the baby, the house, the new job, Erin got a raise. Well, the scales are tipping a bit. Most of it is explained in the last entry called "Home Ownership Week One" but I don't think I mentioned that in addition to the ants, the rotting kitchen counter (which, by the way our house inspector is, of course, denying any responsibility for due to...