Crazy Go Nuts

Yup, it's been 2 months and 6 days since I last posted. I'm a slacka, I know. Actually, it's been crazy go nuts in Dana - land. Over the last two months, I've been to San Antonio, Texas for my brother James's boot camp graduation; James also came home for the holidays, staying with us for a week; Chip & I moved into our first investment property the week after Christmas; 3 weeks before we moved, the landlord screwed up our internet connection, so I couldn't blog anyways; work has been crazy; and oh yeah, Chanukah & Christmas festivities too.

James did indeed make it through basic training for the Air Force. Watching his graduation brought bittersweet tears to my eyes - while I disagree with our current Administration & don't like the military industrial complex our armed forces have become, I am proud of my brother & excited about his future. He will be home again in March or April, & then he'll head off to Ramstein, Germany. Most likely, he will do a tour of duty in Iraq or somewhere nearby, but his permanent base will be in Germany for at least two years. I'm sure being overseas will be an eye opening experience for him.

This will be week four in our new home, & there are still boxes piled up in the garage. Hopefully the last few will be unpacked and/or shifted into a neater pile by the end of the week. Chip & I have been talking about investing in real estate for four years, & now our dream is finally reality. We plan on buying several more properties to flip over the next two years, & we will most likely stay in our current home until those are sold.

Time to feed the zoo & go to bed, so I'll sign off for now. I'll try to post again before another two months goes by.