New Year, New Blog Entry

Well, as the geek of the family, you'd think I would be on top of this blogging thing. Apparently not. My wife does so much better at this (link to her blog above!). I guess I either don't think of things to say, run out of time to do them, or am just disinterested, or a combination of all three. I will say that, hopefully, in a week we will have closed escrow and own our first home. It only took me 43 years to become a homeowner! Being military for 20 years and moving every 3-4 years kinda makes it a bit hard to buy a house. We have rented, lived in military housing, and I did a 2-month stint in the barracks! That sucked. But now, we are on the brink of the biggest thing we have bought since the Relay. Kinda scary, but a jump in the right direction. Renting vs. paying a mortgage for us is the better way to go. We will be paying less than we did for rent even after some new expenses (insurance, gardner). It is an exciting time for our family.