Just Thinking...

So, was on Google updating my soccer team's website, and saw and thought about this blog.  It's been a while, lots of hits over the last year, thought I'd add for posterity.

House is still great.  Still no air conditioning failures, so I figure all is well by now.  Even the crawl space moisture has stabilized.  Looking for a new hobby - nothing to do around here anymore...  Ha!

Health has been good since surgery - no cancer residual or recurrence (knock wood).  Have a few more scans, in fact, another coming up soon - doctors all happy, me too.

People now ask me most about finances.  No, have not received a dime ('cept county tax refund back in 2010), judicial system still thinking.  What a broken mess.  It's all about keeping this going to maximize lawyers' fees as far as I can tell.  The local defendants (Porter Blaine, Venture Supply, Tobin Trading) are finally settling.  They aren't well enough insured, or at least, we aren't getting enough of their liability coverage.  Need to accept the settlement before we know what it is (did I mention a broken system), but best math looks like about $10-15K per family.  I spent $60K plus labor, and this was the super cost effective method.  Maybe we will see something this year.   The suit against the manufacturers continues, who knows for how long.  Orleans Homebuilders looks to be avoiding everything due to bankruptcy, scumbags.  Will build my own house next time - no builders required.

Anyway, I have a plan, and it is on track.  I expect to be free of all of this, financially speaking, by 2018 no matter what else happens.  New family motto: Ne Quaesiveris Extra (Self Reliance, or more literally, "do not seek outside yourself").

So, what brings you to this blog?  Leave a comment if you read more than a post or two...