Posts Tagged ‘houston

One of the things we know about buying an older home (the one we want to buy was built in 1976), is that they usually have some issues. Those issues are compounded when the previous owner doesn’t truly care for the house, and only masks problems. (Like roof leaks and water behind the fridge) Unfortunately, [...]

2 down, a lifetime to go

In: life

27 Jan 2009

Two years ago today, I woke up in a hotel room in downtown Houston, opened the blinds up of my 18th floor room, and felt my heart sag just a little.  It was, in fact, pouring rain. The kind of pouring that it does in Houston in January, where it’s foggy and windy, not really [...]


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