Month: September 2010

JoAnn wakes me up a bit before 11pm last night…police activity across the street at *that* neighbor.  Understatement. There were a total of 5 or 6 Tacoma Police Department cars, including K9. From what I gathered from JoAnn and overheard, it involved gunfire. And I’d be shocked if drugs weren’t involved in some way. Still waiting to…

No, not that day, silly. Today is the day–and in a few short hours actually–when we find out if Sammy passed his belt testing Saturday. This would be the last belt before black. Pretty cool for an 8-year old. We’re really proud of him, especially considering the amount he had to learn when we switched dojangs…

It is official: we’re leaving Tacoma. Fleeing. Becoming refugees. Leaving the house that is trying to poison our little girl, that requires $20k+ of work which only covers the lead, not removes it. Leaving behind the house that has lost now over $94k in equity. Pretty funny reading the recent headlines about the recession being over. Those academics might…

JoAnn wrote a great post about the house we toured today, complete with pictures. We liked it. Perfect? No. Heaps better than our poisoned house and situation? Absolutely. I could sleep well there at night, and the tears of anger and fear that I don’t let escape my eyes would turn to tears of relief…

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Thanks to an inquiry on Twitter, I realized I still hadn’t updated about the cabin. Despite everything lining up, it’s not happening. The issue turned out to be that the cabin, as originally built, was a 1-bedroom with a septic system to match. When it was remodeled, the septic wasn’t changed, since it wasn’t a…

This illustration is courtesy of First Citizens Bank. They purchased the FDIC-closed Venture Bank out of Lacey, WA a year ago. I loved Venture, so First Citizens has a high bar set for them, which they have not only missed, more kinda limboed under. The following story is a great example of why more companies…

Back from a short hiatus, now that the vast majority of the work on this big migration is done and things are settling back down… There is a fairly new Christian song getting some good air time lately from a band called Luminate, titled Come Home. Below are the lyrics: You’re best friends with the word “regret”And…

I knew I hadn’t blogged for a while, but going on 3 weeks? Yikes. Things have been a bit chaotic, between the lead issue, stoppage of the mini-renovations, the wonderful drug-selling neighbor, the gift that was bestowed upon us, and the consideration of leaving this neighborhood and walking away from this house and the mortgage.…