January 8, 2010: Firehouse Subs

It is the final Friday of the year end financial freeze.  At midnight, eastern time, tonight the freeze ends and the busiest financial IT season begins. The financial freeze might be ended but the deep freeze of Texas is in full swing.  It is even colder today than yesterday and boy is it cold!  It …

January 7, 2010: Someone Looked at Our House

Today’s big news is that, for the first time, someone went and looked at our house in Peekskill!  This is a really big deal since no one has been looking at houses at all thus far.  Just having someone go through our house is a major accomplishment. Of course, there wasn’t any interest in our …

January 6, 2010: Locked Out of the Office

Walked to work again today.  It is getting pretty cold down here in Texas.  We were not expecting it to be quite so freezing cold and we do not have warm jackets or anything so I am walking to work with just my fleece.  Not very much for blowing winds and temperatures dipping below twenty.  …

January 5, 2010: First Day in the New Office

This morning was my very first time going in to the new Irving office.  It is awesome being able to walk into the office.  I have never really been able to do that before.  At least not since Pittsburgh. The walk in only took a few minutes.  A very easy walk.  It is crazy how …

January 4, 2010: Moving to Irving, Texas!

Today is the day, we are moving to Irving, Texas and, if all goes well, we will no longer be homeless vagabonds but normal people with an apartment to call our own.  I can’t believe that we are finally going to really be Texans now and not just squatters in Bayou Vista. Liesl decided that …