Archive for April, 2009

New House in the Works

// April 23rd, 2009 // View Comments // Blog, News

newhouse

We have been looking for a house to purchase in Beaumont since we moved down here back in November 08. We are almost done, just playing the waiting game now on financing and paperwork. The house is really nice. Its got a clean look and feel to it. It has all the features that Sarah and I were looking for, minus a 2 car garage for me :(

We must have looked at 20+ houses before we settled on this one. We found the house early on but wanted to see if anything was better or cheaper. There wasn’t anything better in our price range, with the features we wanted.  Since we have animals, we like hardwood floors, so that was a requirement. It also needed a nice size backyard for our dog Siena and so Sarah can plant some flowers. We also wanted to have a house that wasn’t a “fixer-upper.” I am ok with minor repairs here and there but I’m far from being a handyman. This house is a 3 bedroom so we have our guest bedroom and an office for me. I think it will be a nice fit for us.

Our closing date is scheduled for May 22nd.  Hopefully everything will go well.  I will keep everyone posted.

Check out the slideshow below if you want to see more pics.

New Site Look Part Deux

// April 21st, 2009 // View Comments // Blog

magaling

I’m so fickle! Decided to change my WordPress theme once again. The last theme was pretty whimsical but very inflexible for making changes. I think the look and feel of this theme much better:

  • It has a very slick featured content area
  • It auto crops images I want to use for thumbnails
  • It has built in areas for advertising
  • Integrates into feedburner’s subscribe to RSS by email
  • Twitter integration to show my most recent tweet
  • Adsense ready
  • Tabbed Sidebar

The theme is called Magaling and created Padd IT Solutions. I highly recommend it.