February 1st, 2007 | by Rusty | published in Austin, Debt, House
It finally happened! I closed on my new house yesterday! And without any big hassles or issues. A few repairs are still being made and I have a lot of work to do on the house, but I am pretty stoked that I got to close and it all went through. And now unto the [...]
January 12th, 2007 | by Rusty | published in Austin, Trash
Christmas is over. The new year is here. Tons of people are at the gym for the next few weeks until everyone that joined decides they don’t really want to go anymore. And through all of this, our Christmas lights are still up. It’s 12 days into January and they are still hanging around the [...]
November 3rd, 2006 | by Rusty | published in Austin, House
So I’m still looking for that perfect house. It’s been frustrating to say the least. I’m headed out on Saturday with the realtor on Saturday to once again look at houses that I might potentially purchase. The housing market in Austin is slowing down some but people are still jumping on property left and right. [...]
October 6th, 2006 | by Rusty | published in Austin, House
It’s been fustrating to say the least, but I have been looking for a house since February to make some kind of offer on. The area of Austin, area 10 has been a hot area for homes since much of the California investors have been eating up this area. Many of them are making offers [...]
September 8th, 2006 | by Rusty | published in Austin, Travel
Tonight, I spent the evening with 12 of my closest friends and the very funny, and popular Brian Regan. I saw Brian about a year and a half ago here in Austin with some friends from work. Despite it only being almost two years, he show in San Antonio was completely new material. I needed [...]
September 6th, 2006 | by Rusty | published in Austin
Dang. It sure feels good in Austin Texas. To bad it’s not going to last. But then again the high tomorrow is only supposed to be 90 degress. I think tomorrow night calls for a night at Mozarts Coffee House. We’ll play it by ear.
August 27th, 2006 | by Rusty | published in Austin, Pool, Travel, Work
It’s been awhile since I posted. But I also just recently left Austin for my home town for some much needed vacation. My roommate Seth recently did this same thing and it somewhat inspired me to do the same. I’m saving for house here in Austin, so I don’t have much floatable income to throw [...]
August 10th, 2006 | by Rusty | published in Austin, Football
To whom it may concern: Thanks for our new view. Example posted above. So our UT Football tickets arrived today! To Dream the Impossible, really has come true. Most of the UT season ticket holders received a letter in the mail that their season tickets were renewed but that no seat request changes were honerd. [...]
July 28th, 2006 | by Rusty | published in Austin, House
I came home from work today, a long day and one of the longest weeks that I have had in some time. To my amazement, the house was a little warmer than expected. I looked over at the electronic thermostat and noticed that nothing was displayed. I looked over at the cable box and noticed [...]
July 20th, 2006 | by Rusty | published in Austin, Travel
Ok, I admit it, I am BIG on customer service! I believe that when we sit down at a restaurant, stay at a hotel, rent equipment, etc, that we should receive good, to great service. I mean, we are, after all, paying them for to use, eat, sit, what ever. Now, I am not saying [...]