How scary was buying your first house?

I've spent a lot of time looking into it this week, and while it all sounds good... it's expensive. To get into a good neighborhood (we're going beyond decent, because i want to make sure the resale value will hold up) in a decent/good house is going to cost at the very least $170,000. With interest rates at 6 ( Read more... )

For the second time this semester some crazy dude was driving around really close to my school and we were put on lock-down. We actually stayed on lock-down for about 5 hours, and they still hadn't completely secured the area by 4, when school gets out ( Read more... )

If you would like to play ( Read more... )

Was anyone else apalled at the showing of the men on American Idol last night? Thank you, ladies, for showing us what this competition is really made of ( Read more... )

You're on this big kick latey about Global Warming, which I have not researched and have no expertise on. However, I would like for you to come to Texas and take a look at the 3 inches of snow stuck to the ground outside my apartment and explain to me how this global warming thing is going.

I live in TEXAS for heaven's sake! 40 should not sound warm ( Read more... )

Our Roomba arrived today! It's awesome. It's already my most favorite household appliance. (Duh.)

The dog is following it around barking at it and the cat is desperately trying to stalk it but can't seem to understand when it goes under the couch.

High class entertainment.

My fiance's family is just too practical for words. For years they have been buying their own Christmas gifts and then they tell each other what it is and wrap it up and pretend to be surprised for the family ( Read more... )

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Now there's a thought ( Read more... )

I'm all moved into my cousin's room. Complete with 3 computer monitors (and no computers) and drum set and black curtains.

Tomorrow we're going to look at houses!