It's the home stretch...or so they say. We are supposed to be closing this month: March of 2022. Eight months later than their "worst case scenario" projection when we first contracted. But at least we have dates. Communication has, not surprisingly, dried up again. The house is locked up tight any time we go by, …
Continue reading Our Experience Building With Fischer Homes (Part 3)
ICYMI, Dave and I are in the midst of the home build project from you-know-where. Today marks a year since we made the mistake of signing a contract with Fischer Homes, and if you are curious about what we have dealt with the last 12 months, you can read about it here. The last update I …
Continue reading Our Experience Building With Fischer Homes (Part 2)
We are in the process of building with Fischer Homes, “the leading home builder in OH, KY, IN, GA, and MO.” If you're interested, you can read some documentation on our process here: Something Is Fishy About Fischer Homes. Earlier in the process, the Fischer rep asked us a few questions about our experience. One …
ICYMI, Dave and I are in the midst of the home build project from you-know-where. This is our third time building a new home, and if this had been our first experience, it most definitely would have been our last. It's been "overpromise and underdeliver" from day number one, mixed with an egregious lack of …
Can you believe 2022 is just around the corner? I'm still mentally back in the fall of 2019. BC, I call it: Before Covid. Hopefully, 2022 sees a bit more return to normalcy! Things started to feel more normal this past year, but of course there is still a ways to go. The 2021 year …
Hey gang! Three years ago I accepted a job with OpenVPN – the author of the original open-source Virtual Private Network (OpenVPN) protocol and leading provider of multi-platform VPN applications. I wanted to take a quick moment to share why transitioning over to this company was one of the best decisions of my life – and …
I started my skydiving journey just over a year ago — my tandem was August 8, 2020, and my first solo was September 5, 2020. I took the slow and steady approach and earned my license on April 18, 2021, and have been jumping consistently ever since! It was touch and go for a while, …
Well...here we go again. One of these days, my life will stay consistent for a few months -- but now is not that time. I have three key updates this time around: 1. We are moving again 2. I earned my masters 3. I'm a licensed skydiver 1. On the road again, this time to …
It’s been a while! Life has, needless to say, been a little crazy over here. Between work, grad school, and traveling, I’ve barely had time to breathe. And then on top of that, I decided it would be a good idea to go for my skydiving A-license too. Skydiving has been on my mind for …
March 15, 2020 Dear Diary, A new coronavirus (COVID-19) has crash landed in the US, and things are already insane. People are hoarding toilet paper and cleaning products, and there is now a national shortage of those items. I am grateful I just did my household goods shopping a few days ago. I have enough …
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