Archive for May, 2007

Time for a regular update

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007

The sale of SFH#1 is still moving forward... I think.  We've had no communication between my realtor and the buyer's realtor. The Tucson fixer upper still has no power.  I think we've run into the inspector from hell.  I'll post the whole story after it's been taken care of. My tenant in SLC ...

My tax appeals

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007

Remember when I made the post about appealing taxes?  Well, I went to the county assessor site to check the status and I could not find my either of my appeals searching with the appeal number or the PIN.  I go to the property search and look what it says! No appeal filed ...

Turning $1 into $1,000: A Poker Goal – update #1

Monday, May 21st, 2007

This is the first update to my goal of turning $1 into $1000 playing poker online.  I finally hit the $25 milestone at 1942 hands.  As you can see from the graph below, the final $2 was really hard to come by.  The self-imposed $1/$2 limit I put on myself ...

Compact flourescent light bulbs

Monday, May 21st, 2007

I think that most people know that flourescent bulbs save energy costs because they produce the same amount of light as an incandescent bulb for about 25% the cost. But that's not why I use them.  Here in Phoenix, the last thing I need in my house are a bunch of incandescent ...

I guess Casey’s I am Facing Foreclosure Blog has one week left…

Saturday, May 19th, 2007

because, we all know that he won't meet his goal.  His goal is to make $1,000 a week from now until forever or he has to shut down his blog.  Personally, I think it's another one of his trolling posts, but I admit I visit his blog once a week ...

Turning $1 into $1,000: A Poker Goal

Saturday, May 19th, 2007

About a week ago I went on temporary 'tilt' which made me donk away my remaining deposited funds.  I refused to put more money into my account, but I was still able to play using "Player Points" on my satellite tournaments. I actually had $0.75 left in my account, so I asked my ...

Remember the high water usage at my new house?

Friday, May 18th, 2007

Guess who found the leak in the sprinkler system this morning?  He knew he was gonna get a bath.