A few years ago I noticed a sound from under the house, like a pump was running continuously.  I went down there, and found that it was.  In fact, we have four sump pumps under the house, and three of them had failed, some of them badly, resulting in small amounts of accumulated water at their respective sump pits.

Not long after this, we ( Read more... )

A couple of weeks back, I visited Jollibee for the first time; they've been popping up a little more around the bay area, but they've actually been here for some years. Last night, I went again, yum! I had no idea who they were before I went inside, but when I did, my first guess was actually correct -- they are a Filipino fast food chain, ( Read more... )

When you buy a house in the US, one of the required steps to get a mortgage is the "appraisal ( Read more... )

Now that my dad is on Facebook, I've decided that it's time for me to rejoin it.

So, I'm back :) No app requests, please.

Nicole and I are now married. The wedding was amazing, Nicole did a fantastic job with all the planning. We are both so happy that so many of our friends and family could make it. Now we're sitting in the airport lounge waiting for our flight to Cancun.

For those of you who don't know, my brother and family are visiting very soon for the wedding. My brother has bought a black 1970 Cadillac Fleetwood 75 Sedan (basically the same as the limousine model, but without the glass divider) to drive while he's over here and then decide what to do with (and to take back to Australia at some point in the ( Read more... )

Now I have my I-94, we have considered our options, and we will be going on our originally planned honeymoon, with a one-day detour to Mérida to visit the US Consulate there (which will require hiring a car and driving along a single freeway for around 190 miles each way ( Read more... )

Received in the mail today (delayed due to Independence Day long weekend, as I receive mail at the office): one form I-797A containing a replacement I-94 bottom half ( Read more... )

I was 153lb this morning.

We went to La Fondue tonight.

I'm 160lb right now.

So worth it.

:-)

Thanks to our neighbors, we have a new fence! :)

It is tall, solid, level and straight.  Such a big change from the old one on that side of the property.

(For those who know my house: this is the fence on the south side of the house, against the empty 2-story Victorian, and by 'neighbors' I mean the people who own all property from my place to St  ( Read more... )