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PunkMunkey
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posted July 08, 2006 20:03
So yeah...went out and bought the family a house. Well, technically we're still in escrow waiting to qualify for the particular loan we're going for, it's a first time home buyers loan so there are quite a few stipulations, one being an income cap that we have to be under...with all the overtime I've been putting in we should just squeak in under the cap provided I not work any more overtime for the rest of the year. Luckily the boss is keen to work out some sort of comp time arrangement for any extra hours I put in and I only have to curb the overtime until after we qualify...then it's nose back to the grindstone. So there you have it...by late November we should be moving in. They've poured the slab and are set to commence framing in the next week or so. It's kind of a fast track build but that will actaully work in our favor...the timing will be just right in terms of how it will impact our taxes for next year. Needless to say we're very excited about it. We've been wanting to take this plunge for so long that it's almost weird that it's finally happening. We'd never felt like we'd found the right place or that the timing was this right before, but this time everything just seemed to fall into place. Anyway, here are some scans of the floorplan and elevation:  First Floor
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 Exterior Elevation
Keep your fingers crossed for us...we're confident that things will work out one way or another but we'd still appreciate all the good luck that we can get. 
So what's everyone else been up to? [ July 08, 2006: Message edited by: PunkMunkey ]
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Christy K.
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posted July 09, 2006 20:56
Dude, 4 bedrooms?! That's nutty and awesome all at the same time. I hope everything works out! And what are you going to do with four bedrooms? Big family?!  Things on my end have been okay. I'm back to where I was 5 years ago: becoming obsessed about getting into school. I'm hoping to get into a Master's (maybe a Ph.D.?) program for Urban and City Regional Planning. I have about eight schools on my list (UCLA, UC Irvine, UPenn, NYU, Columbia, University of Illionois at Chicago, Pratt Institute, Portland State University). I've been studying for the GRE like mad. Hopefully I can get a really stellar score to be in contention for a fellowship for school funding. Same old boring nerdy stuff. And I've been listening to the new Cursive nonstop. It is top notch. Definitely weird, but wonderful to listen to.
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posted July 10, 2006 09:18
The house really isn't as big or extravigant as it may seem  ...and as far as the four bedrooms go, they're *small* bedrooms...one, of course, is for Aimée and I, one for Caitlyn, one as a shared office/workspace and the final one will be a multipurpose room with space for Caitlyn's desk/art table, our treadmill and some other odds and ends...the house itself is about 1600 square feet, which fills up pretty quick once you've amassed the amount of stuff that we have...we're still undecided on thwhole "expanding the family" scenario, but haven't completely ruled anything out...Christy - Ph.D. ?!?!...impressive! Urban and City Regional Planning...my company actually has a fledgeling Community Planning and Urban Design division that is part of our larger Environmental and Resource Management division...most of their contracts have been based out of the East Coast thus far, but I do know that we've acquired a couple of smaller firms, one based out of Ventura, CA and another based out of Portland, OR that specialize in town planning and urban design services. The two new acquisitions will be working under the HDR|Town Planning umbrella and will have a main office located in San Francisco I believe. Anyway...good for you! and good luck on the GRE, I'm sure you'll do well. Jody - Busy summers are the best!...make full use of your leisure time, that's my motto  . It's been in the 90's to 100's here so outdoor activity is best kept to swimming or running around in the sprinklers, we've been doing a lot fo that lately...How's Olivia? must be getting pretty big by now I suppose...It's amazing how fast they grow...Caitlyn will be in her Pre-K class starting in August...PRE-K!. Ugh. time goes by way too fast. Anyone else out there?
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posted July 11, 2006 21:21
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Originally posted by Jody:
p.s...i forgot to wish you "good luck"!!!
Thanks!...we're a bit nervous, naturally, but still very excited and optimistic. And here's an actual pic of the house as it stands right now... 
Olivia is such a pretty little girl!...and where did she get the blonde from?...it's almost platinum! So cute!
Here's a fairly recent pic of Caitlyn Anne...taken sometime in May at a wedding we attended...  She's definitely not the same little baby that I posted pictures of not so long ago... [ July 11, 2006: Message edited by: PunkMunkey ]
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posted July 13, 2006 15:50
Okay folks, here goes...I was going to leave my highly respected and highly paid (NB Americans: sarcasm) job in Gasoline Retail, but in October I may be going from about 12.5k a year to about 16k or possibly/hopefully more which would be nice to say the least. Should I stay or should I go? If I stay my pay is doubled; If I go it could be troubled. I am a wizard. I am also drunk because I just got back from the pub, and I don't have work till 14:30 tomorrow so I'm going to go meet my brother at his work and get shitfaced. Two nights ago I came back drunk and hatched this exact same plan and ended up falling asleep in some contorted shape which left "pins & needles" in my thumb which still remain. I hope one day to lose a limb to this drunken reckless slumbering. Just because it would look cool. Like a Pirate. Today is my Mum's birthday, and tomorrow my Dad's. They can, and will, consider themselves lucky to get cards. I have spent time camping recently, and I have a lot of DVDs I have bought but not yet watched, including, Hidden, Dear Wendy, Mean Creek, and Deathwatch. Most of which I expect to be shite. I just received a text message. I am very much looking forward to my birthday in August when, as I previously posted, I will see Quasi live and drink too much. I also chanced upon the support act for said gig on MySpace today, and, simply put, I have farted out more melodic and skillfully crafted tunes than they can muster up between the three of them - I guess the music industry is cruel and I've just gotta turn up late. Today I did not get married/have kid(s)/improve my life or better myself in any way. But I did enjoy gambling and Budweiser, and is that not what man dreamed of since he first made beer and slot machines? Yes. I am a fool. e.w.a.n. w.y.a.t.t. h.a.l.e.
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PunkMunkey
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posted July 19, 2006 21:32
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Originally posted by Christy K.:
Speaking of childhood cartoons, Animaniacs is finally coming out of DVD! I'm so excited. So excited that I preordered it like a nerd.
I'm currently resisting the temptation to buy these  (although I'll probably implement a rent/burn scenario provided I can rent this set from somewhere)...I'm also tempted to pick up a few other "things" that I know I should not...like this: 
The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
MUST RESIST!...CANNOT GIVE IN!...SO WEAK!...but I've gotta watch the spending since we're still wanting to do a bunch of stuff to the house upon move-in (painting, getting better shelving, miscellanous house stuff)... I rolled by the house site yesterday and they've already started framing the place and tacking up gypsum board walls!...Aimée is giddy with anticipation...I guess I am too, I just hide it better...I'll have to resize some pics and post them in a day or two...we've been visiting the site about every couple of days to check on progress (it's right on the way home to our existing place) and so far it seems like the builders are ahead of schedule ... Anyway...what the hell happened to everyone else tht used to hang here?...We haven't heard from the French contingent (Kim?!?...Dave?!? Hello?!?)...the Geek contingent (Paul?!?)...or the Rock City contingent (Norm?!?)...surely the fate of the bored hasn't been left in the typing fingers of a mere five posters! ACK! [ July 19, 2006: Message edited by: PunkMunkey ]
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posted July 22, 2006 14:48
Hello, I am alive.Yes, you could read the blog, which would be easier for me, lazy as I am (it still exists, here), but I will make the effort as I was mentioned by name and now feel all important. Results for school came out on Monday, and I can happily announce that my first year is finished and I am number 2 in my dept. Go me. I am also a full-time employee since two weeks ago, at my work. I am now "Service Manager", which means I teach a lot and also manage the other teachers (well, teacher), and the receptionist types. I am not in love with my job, but I have no valid reason to hate it either, so I am going through the motions. Assuming nothing goes down that disgusts me with my job in the five weeks left on my trial period, my second year of university will be done via correspondance (and Saturday classes in Caen, about an hour away, every second or third Saturday). I am hoping it will go alright, as I hope to eventually move into teaching in a more academic environment, and for that, ye olde diploma is definitely required. David is fine. He is currently in the other room playing Maple Story, his latest internet game addiction. He still has a pretty shitty commute, but still enjoys his job, which I suppose is the most important part. We haven't bought any CDs or seen any concerts other than those of our friend's band in quite awhile. I guess we are old (although not THAT old, since there are no kids or houses to be spoke of for the moment, but you get my drift).
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posted July 24, 2006 17:42
I read, I want to post, but I am so lame, I have nothing to say. My most major of all purchases recently is concrete. $1,800.00 worth of it to be truthful. The city forced me to repair a sidewalk that looked just fine to me. Other than that, Calvin is doing great, Lisa is too. I hate my employer and that is about it. I will post again, I promise, and I won;t even be bitter.RJ, congrats on the house, that is really awesome. Everyone else, great to hear things are going well....
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PunkMunkey
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posted July 30, 2006 15:44
Thanks for the sentiment Norm! Good to hear taht the family is doing well...you've gotta post some more pics if you've got the time!...Bummer to hear about your forced concrete repair...unfortunately with all the cool stuff that comes with owning you rown place there's also all the responsibility and expense...that's one thing that I'n not necessarily loking forward to. Since we're on the topic of homes...new house pics!:
From the enrty looking upstairs.
The media niche with a closet to the left.
The view from the kitchen into the family/great room.
The progress so far.
The build seems to be moving at a pretty good pace and on Friday the 28th we chose our carpet/tile/window coverings. Still crossing our fingers that everything goes as planned... As far as everything else is concerned, it's pretty mcuh still business as usual...maintaining the status quo I suppose. Sometimes I feel like all this grown up stuff is such a hassle...like it's gotten in the way of all of the fun yet meaningless stuff I used to do...like driving 6 hours to see a show or drinking and watching the the sun come up,then drinking some more or taking a day trip to a city a couple hours away just to spend all my money on used CDs, ...but I look around me and see all that I have, a wife, a child, stability, little luxuries like food and a house and I realize that to have all of this I've only had to sacrifice very little...life's not the same as when I was 24 or 25, there are more responsiblities, more stresses...but there are also more meaningful rewards. Sorry...that was a total Doogie Howser moment. [ July 30, 2006: Message edited by: PunkMunkey ]
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posted July 14, 2006 08:48
). Caitlyn convinced Aimée to buy it for me as an early birthday gift because she has, what I believe is, a secret crush on Optimus...she frequently tries to convice me to let her watch the DVDs of the 80's Transformers animated series and is constantly on the hunt for Transformers toys when we go to Target...she's such an enigma...one minute she's playing princess and the next she wants to learn Kung Fu...but I wouldn't have it any other way...
