This is the night ( Read more... )

The landscapers have finished most of the work. There are still a few plants to go in here and there, but we LOVE it!

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A woman is eating school lunch every day: http://fedupwithschoollunch.blogspot.com/

OK federal government -- I just found out that since you don't recognize John and I as married, he can claim the first-time homebuyer tax credit. (He wasn't an official owner of our Rockford house.) That's $8000 we didn't know we would get!

Just had a light earthquake nearby: http://quake.usgs.gov/recenteqs/Quakes/ci14571828.htm

This is us in front of our pool (it still seems weird to type that) on closing day. We need to do lots of landscaping, and the back wall needs to be stuccoed (is that a verb?).


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We had fun visiting friends in Rockford. Here are two videos from a party one night.

The first is our friend Harry receiving a gag gift from our other friend Tim, who is playing the Casio keyboard. The gag gift is related to an actual gift Harry received for Christmas.

The second is Harry telling they story behind the gag gift. It was a lot of ( Read more... )

Life is good!

• We love being in the house and Palm Springs. More pictures to come.
• We went to Rockford for my great aunt's birthday at the beginning of November.
• A good friend stayed with us Thanksgiving week. We visited him in Sacramento the weekend of December 4-6.
• I finished my first semester at MSJC, with my last final on 12/17. I received a ( Read more... )

The desert is amazing. It seems cold, although highs are still in the 70s. It does get to around 50 at night - but still, that's nothing ( Read more... )

Very cool first Friday in our house.
Having a bunch of fun playing our keyboard equipment.