We've moved in!!

We've finally got a few pictures of our new house up on the site. You can check them out here. Thanks to everyone who helped us out during the move, we love our new home!

Moving Delays

We were very disappointed to find out that escrow did not close in time for us to move this weekend. It looks like we'll be moving during the middle of next week. We'll still get into the house, but it will take a little longer than anticipated. We're having a lot of trouble getting hold of the seller's agent, who seems to have difficulty getting the forms to us that we need. Everything is lined up for the house to close on Monday, so here's to hoping!

Finally Moving!!!

We're scheduled to close on the purchase of our new home this week! Hopefully the timing will be able to work out so that we can move in this weekend. We did our finaly walk through last night, and everything appears to be in good shape. The previous occupants still have many items laying around, but that should all be cleared out shortly.
It's going to be a very busy weekend. We plan on painting and patching the walls on Friday evening, while nailing down the upstairs floor since it's kind of squeaky. Saturday morning the new carpet is scheduled to be installed at the same time we will be moving everything from our condo. It'll be a tight schedule, but it will work. Pictures will be up soon!

Computer Help Section

It appears the section of the website containing step-by-step computer maintenance tutorials has been a little difficult to find. So, in order to make things easier the main navigation bar of Sagelife.net now has a permanent button to get you to the Computer Help section.

The tutorials available deal with the most common problems facing computers connected to the internet. If you follow the steps outline you will learn how to end programs running in the background that shouldn't be there, keep them from starting, remove viruses and spyware, and do other routine maintenance. We hope it's all useful, feel free to ask any questions that come to mind!

Iraq Election a Success!!

We have heard predicted for months that the Iraq elections would be a failure. The terrorists, aka "insurgents," would keep the people from the polls. The violence would be uncontrollable, and the Iraqi people are not capable of democracy anyway. Well, here's a few telling quotes from mainstream media:



"'This is democracy,' said Karfia Abbasi, holding up a thumb stained with purple ink to prove she had voted." - AP News



"At one polling place in Baghdad, soldiers and voters joined hands in a dance, and in Baqouba, voters jumped and clapped to celebrate the historic day. At another, an Iraqi policeman in a black ski mask tucked his assault rifle under one arm and took the hand of an elderly blind woman, guiding her to the polls." - AP News



"'I cannot describe what I am seeing. It is incredible. This is a vote for the future, for the children, for the rule of law, for humanity, for love,' Alaa al-Tamimi told Reuters." - Reuters



Want a great day it is. Congratulations to President Bush for his determination and courage in sticking to his principles. That's what leadership is. There is no question that the world is a safer and better place with a free and democratic Iraq.

Moving...

Well, we've listed our place for sell and are determined to find a house to live in. The real estate market in Southern California has slowed down some, but not that much. Our place went onto the MLS yesterday at 10:00 am and we had three phone calls and two visits in the first three hours. Hopefully it will slow down so we can finish getting the place ready to sell!



Buying a home is going to be the difficult part. The farther away from work you live, the more affordable the house. But traffic increases exponentially, it seems. We need some serious traffic help here in so Cal.

Christmas Joy

Christmas at the Sage home was even better than last year. We were able to spend time with all of the family, and Jackson just had a blast with his new toys. Amber was ecstatic over Jackson's new clothes, and I was thrilled with my new 6.1 megapixel digital camera I received to take pictures of Jackson for the website! As you can see, life is still revolving around our little one.



As you can imagine, I took hundreds of pictures over Christmas, but I wouldn't bore anyone with that many. I've put up a few select photos in the photos sections. We also have three new movies up in the movies sections, which I'm sure you'll enjoy!

Merry Christmas to all, and have a safe and happy New Year!