Happy Birthday to Me!

OK, so it's not my actual birthday. However, I just realized that as of Halloween night my blog officially turned 1. Even though it wasn't technically till November 27th that I actually wrote about anything of substance I decided I'd bring it up now. So, I ended up with 38 posts total in the year, which was a bit below my goal of doing at least 1 per week but oh well. That just gives me something to shoot for during year 2.

In other news, I'm going to prison. Well, not really (I hope) but I do get to drive out to Schaumburg on Wednesday to talk to the police. I got a phone call from them last Friday afternoon and apparently someone with plates that were registered in my name two years ago was spotted driving away from a bank parking lot after breaking into a car and stealing stuff out of it. Of course, the plates have been expired since August of 2006 but apparently that doesn't matter. They were on Christy's Escort, which we sold back in July of 2006 and then threw the plates out. I am thinking that someone either working at a city dump or with a garbage hobby dug them out and then sold them to an unsavory type. In any case, apparently all I have to do is give them a statement so that they can close out the investigation. That sounds all nice and innocent until they slap the cuffs on me and put me in a lineup the second I walk into the station. Regardless, I think the lesson here for everyone is to not throw your plates away without shredding or otherwise destroying them first.

Finally, assuming I don't go to jail Christy and I were out looking at condos this past weekend and are hoping to move by the end of the year if all goes as planned (which of course rarely happens in real estate deals). We found a condo that we really like up in Evanston but we also found a house up there too for just slightly more money. We're going to take a look at it after work today. The prospect of going from a one-bedroom apartment to a single family home is hard to wrap my head around, but it's also very exciting too. I'll post some pictures if we end up putting an offer in to either place. Both places are within about 5 blocks of each other and are on the north side of Evanston near the Northwestern campus. It's also less than a 15 minute walk to the dowtown shop area, so although everything wouldn't be quite "at our fingertips" as it is right now, it's still very much an urban setting and I wouldn't need to rely on the car to get around. Perhaps most importantly, I have already made sure that the Taco Bell is within easy walking distance.