One day in late July we were driving around North Richland Hills and found our dream house -- well, it had all the potential to become the 'dream house'. It was a foreclosure that needed quit a bit of work but we decided we were up to the task. We started the negotiation process in late July and finally signed on the dotted line on October 18th. We've had a General Contractor in there working on it since that very day and it will finally be complete on January 18th per the Fannie Mae agreement -- we knew our contractor would be good..just didn't realize how slow he was! Nonetheless, his work is superb so we opted for good and slow vs. sloppy and fast. It will be beautiful when finished!!!
Oh yes, God provided incredible renters for the Carrollton house too. We put a 'For Rent' sign in the yard on Sept. 6th and by Sept. 24th our renters were moving in.
Ed has had a great first year at IBM, in fact, he helped bring in a big deal in June that made him #3 in the country and #1 in the West. Of course, I was very proud of him (and great timing with this house we just bought)!!! He's been on the road a lot though, 29k miles in November alone --- the only bonus I seen in this is that it helped him qualify for Executive Platinum on AA for yet another year.
Me...same thing, not much change. I'm ready to get this house thing done and all moved in, after that I think I'm going see what else is out there. Oh yea, Newsflash, Chip Coyle, VP of Field Marketing resigned last week to take a job as CMO with Charles Phillips. We'll see how that changes things in Field Marketing, especially with Mark Hurd at the helm.
In summary....very very good year. Ed and I are very blessed and want to remember to continue to be grateful and always have a giving heart!!!
