January 20, 2005
Winter sucks

Gravity, Ice, and the law of conservation of energy conspire to break a rocker arm (at least) and render my wheels worthless. :(

Got some cell phone pics. Only uploaded one so far (need to get a BlueTooth adapter for my PC...) And I haven't rotated it. but for your gloating pleasure:

*Update* Too much damage for the tire place to fix it. Having it towed to a collision specialist. Not sure what I'm going to do yet. If it's 2-3K to fix, my insuracnce premiums would go up by %45, or $700/yr. If it's more than 3K, it's a %65 hit. So it's possibly right at the point that just junking it and getting a new, though pretty cheap, car would be as good a solution financially. Whatever I got from the insurance company would be paid directly back to them over three years. So it'll take some figuring to determine the best course.

Here be more pictures. Anything that's behind the wheel is probably upside down.

Posted by danisaacs at 08:00 AM
January 18, 2005
Buying a house

This is old news, but I wanted to make sure we made through financing and house inspections and all the other things that preceed a closing. But a week from today, I will close on our new house @ 9:30am and close on the old, er current, house @ 4pm.

It's a significant upgrade. Literally twice the size, and twice the price. But we have another bun in the oven, and if I want to keep my own room, we had to get a bigger house.

Posted by danisaacs at 10:08 PM
I like socks

Consider youselves marketed to.

Posted by danisaacs at 09:45 PM