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sold!… to the highest bidder

Posted in Family, Home Construction, tagged , , on June 30, 2008 | 3 Comments »

The house is sold! The buyer’s accepted our counteroffer and we are over-joyed and extremely stressed. The next hoop to jump thru… contingency clauses.
If all the inspections pass and the buying party acquires financing (contingencies 1 & 2), we’ll be closing the sale of our house on August 15th. That’s a mere six weeks away…and ladies [...]

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the student becomes the teacher

Posted in Family, tagged , on June 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

We’ve always read bedtime stories to our kids. Even when they reached an age when they no longer needed us to read a bedtime story, we read them stories. Sometimes I would make up stories and let them use their imaginations to build the characters in their heads.
Cameron has been out of this stage for [...]

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quote of the day

Posted in Quote of the Day, tagged , on June 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

‘Tis better to be silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
-Abraham Lincoln (1809 – 1865)

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we’ve got an offer

Posted in Family, Home Construction, tagged , , , on June 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

We can’t believe it! A young couple looked at our house just a few hours ago and they’ve already made an offer. That’s amazing, considering today’s market and the fact that our house has only been on the market for like 3 weeks. Unfortunately, the offer is a little lower than we’d like. But only [...]

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quote of the day

Posted in Humor, Quote of the Day, tagged , , on June 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I smell pancakes. I’ll have waffles.
- Cotton Hill, 1927 – 2007 

I love the animated series, King of the Hill. Cotton Hill was always one of my favorite characters.

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the sandlot or not

Posted in Family, tagged on June 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Baseball may be an American past-time, but for my son Cameron, it’s become a topic of disappointment. Because of the competitive nature of playing sports in a large school district, you have to be the best to win a starting position on a team. For the first time in his life, he’s found himself on [...]

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quote of the day

Posted in Quote of the Day, tagged , on June 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The bravest sight in all the world is a man fighting against odds.
- Franklin K. Lane

With the recent floods in Iowa and the tremendous recovery effort here in Cedar Rapids, I thought this was a very fitting quote. – the UB

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pool party at karl’s: APE-MAN 2008

Posted in Family, Friends, tagged , , on June 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Last weekend we were invited to a pool party at Karl’s house. Karl is a friend and former colleague I used to work with years ago at Procend. He invited a group of us for an APE-MAN 2008 outing. For those not in the know, APE-MAN takes many meanings, for example – Annual Pool Event minus [...]

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plug of the week: roaster’s coffee house

Posted in Plug of the Week, tagged , , , , on June 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Some of you already know I frequent a quaint little coffee shop in Hiawatha, IA – Roaster’s Coffee House. This place has the best and largest variety of coffee in the area. They roast premium beans on site in small batches to ensure the greatest freshness. The aroma is magnificent – fresh roasted beans from all [...]

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movie review: get smart

Posted in Family, Humor, Movie Reviews, tagged , , , on June 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »

I took Cameron to see Get Smart this past Wednesday. I’m a huge fan of Steve Carell (from the Office), so I had high hopes that this movie would be hilarious. I rate this movie 4 1/2 stars out of 5. It was very funny and entertaining. I only shave a 1/2 star because of a couple slow [...]

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