Today at 2:30 PM we will be closing on our new house. We may not have been chosen to be on TV, but there was plenty of drama anyway.

Our story really began in November of 2007, when we first started looking for a house. And by “looking for a house” I mean “Carrie started looking online and we drove …

I’m really tired right now and did not have a great day (car died on the Eisenhower and Scout and I had to wait for a tow truck by the side of the road) but I did want to let you all know that:

1. We have been completely approved for our loan (and a quarter of a percent lower on the interest rate …

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Originally uploaded by Matt Stratton.

In case you didn’t notice, there was a big honkin’ storm last night. Carrie, Scout, and I actually ended up down in the basement for about 20 minutes when we heard the tornado sirens go off (especially when I read in the NWS alert that “the …