http://spencer.stantonfamilyonline.com/blog A blog from the mind of Spencer G. Stanton Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:12:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We are just one day away from the 2008 Beijing Olympics and I can't wait anymore! I love the Olympics and always have. For me, the first week of the Summer Games are the best because that is when all of the swimming events take place. I ... http://spencer.stantonfamilyonline.com/blog/2008/08/07/olympic-fever-ive-got-it/ Second verse, same as the first? Well, not exactly, but close enough.  I've decided that Houston doesn't like me.  Yesterday, I had another client in Houston that I had to fly out to meet with.  I scheduled the same flights as before so that I could do all of my travel ... http://spencer.stantonfamilyonline.com/blog/2008/06/18/to-houston-and-back-the-sequel/ So now comes the final chapter in our house hunting adventure... we finally moved in yesterday.  There were issues with worry all the way up until last Friday when things finally recorded.  Title was still working on some money issues due to a rate lock extension and the seller had ... http://spencer.stantonfamilyonline.com/blog/2008/06/03/house-hunting-weve-moved/ So after the last two months of looking, submitting offers, waiting on very slow banks, and a lot of headache and frustration; we finally signed our paperwork yesterday afternoon.  We still have to wait a bit for (you guessed it) the bank to sign their part but it looks to ... http://spencer.stantonfamilyonline.com/blog/2008/05/21/house-hunting-we-signed/ Greetings all.  Major things have started going with the new house.  The bank finally signed documents and we are in escrow.  All that is left in the air is how fast we can close and fixing one (hopefully minor) plumbing issue with the kitchen sink and hot water.  We hope ... http://spencer.stantonfamilyonline.com/blog/2008/05/02/house-hunting-moving-forward/ I went through a McDonald's drive through for breakfast yesterday and I saw a very intriguing sign for a new sandwich: the Southern Style Chicken Sandwich.  On first glance it looks strikingly similar to my beloved Chick-Fil-A.  I looked it up and all of the press information confirmed my suspicion ... http://spencer.stantonfamilyonline.com/blog/2008/04/23/close-but-not-close-enough/ Greetings all, I received this interesting math trick via e-mail and wanted to pass it along. It is quite ingenious. Grab a calculator or if you really want to, or go ahead and do this in your head. This does not follow the order of operations so do ... http://spencer.stantonfamilyonline.com/blog/2008/04/21/and-now-for-something-completely-different-2/ It has been nearly two weeks since we sent our signed forms back to the bank with their addendums.  We are still waiting for them to sign to be able to start our inspections and get moving toward closing.  It seems strange that a bank wanting to get rid of ... http://spencer.stantonfamilyonline.com/blog/2008/04/17/house-hunting-the-waiting-game/ On to chapter two of the house hunting process - the bids. Two things we wanted to avoid this time around were having to bid on multiple houses and bidding wars. We are 0 for 2. After nearly a month of looking, we found a house we ... http://spencer.stantonfamilyonline.com/blog/2008/04/05/house-hunting-the-bids/ Greetings and salutations to all of my loyal fans (I think I may have 3 or 4 out there), The last month has been quite interesting as we take on a new adventure; finding a new house. Nearly 4 years ago, we went through this exercise in an extreme seller's ... http://spencer.stantonfamilyonline.com/blog/2008/03/25/house-hunting-the-first-month/