Jan
17
our new home
Filed under house, moving at 7:43 pm | Leave a Comment
After a “short” (i.e., 4 month) stay with Brad and Lori, we are finally moved into our own place. We closed on the house mid-last week, and moved in on Saturday, taking advantage of my three day weekend due to the MLK Jr. federal holiday on Monday.
All things considered, the move went very smoothly. It helped that about 2/3 of our possessions were still packed and stacked in boxes. We are also very fortunate that Rachel’s mom flew out from CA for the week to help make sure there were enough hands to care for Micah (and Moby).
After several days of living here, we’re still very excited about the house. While there are still plenty of boxes that need unpacking, items that need sorting and storing, and pictures that need to be hung, we are over the hump that divides the initial phase of feeling like you’re living out of a suit case and the phase where things start to feel like home again (in spite of the mess).
The house has all your standard features: bedrooms, bathrooms, kitchen, etc. It seems to have plenty of room for years to come, and even has a nice bedroom and bathroom for visiting guests. (Hint, hint. Come visit.)
It is comforting to look back at the events during our move from MI to VA, and see how God orchestrated the timing. On Aug. 2, 2006 (Rachel’s birthday), we received the call letting us know I had my full clearance to start my new job. The next day the house we eventually purchased in VA was put on the market. The day after that we put our GR house up for sale. After encountering multiple closed doors in the ensuing months while trying to find a new place to live, we decided to wait until our GR house sold before doing any more searching here in VA. The week before we were scheduled to begin the house hunt again, the house we ended up buying dropped its price low enough so it showed up on our radar (i.e., it was in our price range). Were it not for some timely roadblocks placed in front of us, we likely would have made an offer on a house much sooner, and it would not have worked out as well as our current house.
All that to say, we’re extremely grateful for God’s faithfulness, and the help of our whole family during this process.
Jan
11
that’s my DMV
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Shortly before Christmas (sorry for the tardy post), a couple blogs I frequent highlighted an interesting story from the Washington Times. The story details how a couple guys dressed up in crazy disguises (complete with spray paint and buckteeth) obtained driver’s licenses from the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles.
I hadn’t realized before this incident that the Virginia DMV also issued ids to several of the 9/11 hijackers.
Our DMV’s compiling quite the track record …
Jan
6
gas station boycott
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It’s no secret that some people are boycotting Citgo for various reasons. Me? I’m avoiding them simply because their gas is too expensive:
Sure, gas is more expensive than it used to be, but $22.60 per gallon for regular and $246 per gallon for premium?! The decimal points in their prices have moved from position to position with each passing price change, though never in the correct place. It was amusing at first, but after a couple months, I’m now beginning to wonder.