Update number 2
In this post:
- Freelance update
- Computer update
- Moving update
- Trip update
So the more recent news (the previous post was written weeks ago, but just posted) - I have been keeping very busy with freelance work. I made double my usual salary in the moth of January, just in freelance work. I have steady work through this month. I am putting together my own graphics company to try to get new business and keep the freelancing going. I am looking for anyone who needs illustration, graphics, web, photo.
In other news - I HATE APPLE COMPUTERS!!! I had a computer that was two months old, saturday morning, I went to use it, and it was dead. Nothing had happened, but the hard drive was fried, and the data unrecoverable. This is about the 5th mac this has happened to. So they are fixing the computer, but can do nothing about the lost data. BOO! I am so sick of Apple, Gregg and I went in on a new PC - an HP with Vista. I am still getting used to it, but so far I like it. Gregg is especially enamored of the Majong.
Moving news - I can't afford to buy a house anywhere nearby. But I CAN afford a house in Salt Lake City. Yes, Mormons, I know, everyone knows, so don't make the joke. Just hold that one in. And the mall shooting - hear that also, don't send me the new link.
However, what UTAH DOES have is this - 30 hour drive to world class skiing, and climbing - 4 or 5 hour drive to Zion, Bryce, Moab - and a 6 hour drive to the Tetons. It has houses IN THE CITY for under 150,000. It has 1.5 percent property tax. (Seattle has about 9). It has health care with an almost non-existant deductible for about 100 a month. It has a huge population of outdoor enthusiasts. It is closer to many of the places Gregg and I often visit.
I, ever the grownup, have been approved for a mortgage, all on my own, no cosigners! Apparently my credit scores are impeccable.
I head to SLC the first weekend in March to check the place out, talk to the realtor and look at homes!!! Worse case scenario (The 150,000$ homes) - my total monthly payment, mortgage, insurance and taxes, will be in the 900$ range. So do-able!!! So who knows, we can get settled, then rent it out and travel the world! After all, If I have to start a new business anyhow, what difference does it make if it's here or there!
And, the final news - Gregg and I are going to Alaska this weekend to ski. Cross your fingers that we see northern lights!
Hope you all are well!
- Freelance update
- Computer update
- Moving update
- Trip update
So the more recent news (the previous post was written weeks ago, but just posted) - I have been keeping very busy with freelance work. I made double my usual salary in the moth of January, just in freelance work. I have steady work through this month. I am putting together my own graphics company to try to get new business and keep the freelancing going. I am looking for anyone who needs illustration, graphics, web, photo.
In other news - I HATE APPLE COMPUTERS!!! I had a computer that was two months old, saturday morning, I went to use it, and it was dead. Nothing had happened, but the hard drive was fried, and the data unrecoverable. This is about the 5th mac this has happened to. So they are fixing the computer, but can do nothing about the lost data. BOO! I am so sick of Apple, Gregg and I went in on a new PC - an HP with Vista. I am still getting used to it, but so far I like it. Gregg is especially enamored of the Majong.
Moving news - I can't afford to buy a house anywhere nearby. But I CAN afford a house in Salt Lake City. Yes, Mormons, I know, everyone knows, so don't make the joke. Just hold that one in. And the mall shooting - hear that also, don't send me the new link.
However, what UTAH DOES have is this - 30 hour drive to world class skiing, and climbing - 4 or 5 hour drive to Zion, Bryce, Moab - and a 6 hour drive to the Tetons. It has houses IN THE CITY for under 150,000. It has 1.5 percent property tax. (Seattle has about 9). It has health care with an almost non-existant deductible for about 100 a month. It has a huge population of outdoor enthusiasts. It is closer to many of the places Gregg and I often visit.
I, ever the grownup, have been approved for a mortgage, all on my own, no cosigners! Apparently my credit scores are impeccable.
I head to SLC the first weekend in March to check the place out, talk to the realtor and look at homes!!! Worse case scenario (The 150,000$ homes) - my total monthly payment, mortgage, insurance and taxes, will be in the 900$ range. So do-able!!! So who knows, we can get settled, then rent it out and travel the world! After all, If I have to start a new business anyhow, what difference does it make if it's here or there!
And, the final news - Gregg and I are going to Alaska this weekend to ski. Cross your fingers that we see northern lights!
Hope you all are well!
posted by Samantha Farbman at 3:45 PM
2 Comments:
Yay Sammy! Yay money! I'm glad that things are going well. And that's super-exciting news about the house. I'm also planning on buying a place and I LOVE talking about it, so if you ever feel the urge, you know who to call.
The $900/month sounds amazing, but to make it even better, would you ever consider finding a place with a basement apartment? I'm not sure what the rental market is like in Salt Lake City but even if the tenant pays something like $400, it's just cash in your pocket. Anyway, congratulations again!! And don't be stingy with the blog updates!
Way to be an adult, Sammy. Albeit a Mormon adult (yes yes, I know I wasn't supposed to swipe the Mormon card..). 1 question tho: since when is a 30-hour drive a good thing? Airplanes, my dear. Airplanes.
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