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I’m Whupped!

by jake2624 on March 31, 2009

The excitement of closing on the house must have hit me last night as I didn’t get a good night sleep. After a full day of work my friend Greg helped me move some stuff into the new house (Thanks Greg!!!!) After a couple of hours re-assembling beds, futons and all other manner of sleeping [...]

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CLOSED

by jake2624 on March 30, 2009

WHEW There were a couple of hiccups today, but the closing was completed about 4:45 – proud new owners of a Colorado Ranch (er, I mean four level. Colorado four level!). The movers stuffed as much of our junk in the truck as they could and should be at the new abode on Friday to [...]

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Brrr!

by jake2624 on March 28, 2009

Giant Goober – Go Badgers! I woke up early this today and headed out to get some early morning photos. I wasn’t really aware that it was 15 degrees out until I got out of my truck the first time… wow, that’s brisk at 6:15 in the morning! My first stop was the RTD parking [...]

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Status Report

by jake2624 on March 26, 2009

I was reminded this morning that I haven’t been doing a good job of keeping this updated… guilty as charged! So here goes… The house is a go! WooWoo! We had some hurdles to clear with USAA but the loan has been finalized. We are closing as planned on March 30. Everyone is pretty darn [...]

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Argh!!!!

by jake2624 on March 10, 2009

[UPDATE: Apparently this sort of shenanigans is normal in Colorado. Our realtor has talked us in from the ledge - for now. More to come....] Wow – we must be cursed…. it’s happening again! The current twinkle in our eye – 11655 Grove St – appears to have some serious lien problems. No word yet [...]

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Pledge To End Hunger – Hello Colorado

by Tara Jacobsen on March 7, 2009

So it is official that I am going to be moving to Colorado! With that in mind, when I saw this great program to help hunger in America I had to sign up and sponsor my new state! Here is some info and a link to how you can help too! If times are a [...]

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Let’s try this again!

by jake2624 on March 1, 2009

So, our dream house in the mountains got derailed but a number of factors – primarily a bad realtor. Everything happens for a reason however and we pulled ourselves up by our bootstraps and started the process all over again. Tara arrive in Colorado on Thursday night and had a full day of looking at [...]

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Rocky Mountain National Park

by jake2624 on February 22, 2009

I went up to Rocky Mountain National Park today to take some photos. A full post w/pictures is here. Enjoy!

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And now for something completely different…

by jake2624 on February 7, 2009

This morning I went to a local gun range with my friends. Wow. Talk about fun. You can read more about it here

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Peak to Peak Highway

by jake2624 on February 1, 2009

This Sunday Tara and I got up early and went for a leisurely drive. We ended up driving over 100 miles through the foothills between Golden and Estes Park. The highlight for us was the Peak-to-Peak highway. The scenic views were pretty amazing. One thing we noticed immediately was a cloud formation that seemed to [...]

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