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All of the offer/counteroffer paperwork is essentially done, so I’m ready to share some photos. I thought about providing the Realtor.com link and/or MLS number, but I then realized that this isn’t really a private forum and random stalker people could come hunt me down at the new abode with that sort of info. So, …

Well, in an unexpectedly quick response to last night’s offer on the *fantastic* house in Allen … Bruce (realtor guy extraordinaire) called a short while ago to give me the good news … Namely, the owner accepted the offer with only one slight amendment — he accepted my suggested selling price ($2,500 below asking), but …

Tonight, Daniel and I went to look at a house just over the Plano-Allen line (in other words, actually *in* Allen) that we saw from the outside last night and *LOVED*. The interior was every bit as we’d expected — nay, *hoped* — it would be, so we adjourned from our tour to the realtor’s …

… I’ve barely had time to blog. Obviously. Daniel and I continue our adventures looking for a house. After going through a couple of realtors (already), I believe we’ve found one we like and hope to go see one house in particular tomorrow. There’s a short list of maybe six or eight that we’re interested …

I promised school updates, but from now on those will be over on the Dr. Liz (in progress) blog.

There are many things that could fall under this category, and perhaps I’ll explore this as a semi-regular blog topic, but let me just give you one of the most important Rules For Not Pissing Me Off. Rule #1: NEVER correct my grammar, spelling, or syntax without first ensuring you’re right. This is not a …

Alright, alright, I’ve been MIA for a while. Sorry ’bout that. Will catch up today. Saturday night, Daniel, Paul, Sara and I went to see Green Day at the American Airlines Center. This was very much a Daniel thing, though I was happy to tag along and excited to go to my first concert (of …

I’m in Austin this week at a state-sponsored, Microsoft seminar/introduction/overview about .NET development. Honestly, how many of you did I just lose? 😉 It’s interesting. The .NET programming environment has some significant improvements over previous Microsoft standards, and everything seems to be about a thousand times more intuitive and easy to use than any programming …

Luckily, I found out from UTD late last week that my full-tuition-and-fees scholarship also carries with it a not-insignificant rider of $745, anticipating that students who receive the full scholarship are taking a full load and probably not working full-time. The money’s supposed to be for health insurance. Since I’m absolutely crazy — which is …

I just read a little blurb from a study that suggests women prefer Web sites designed by other women, and men prefer Web sites designed by other men. Fascinating! Key Website Research Highlights Gender Bias {snip} “We started off by looking at the personal websites created by 60 university students, 30 male and 30 female, …