House for Rent in Durham

If you know anyone who is looking for a house to rent in Durham starting in July, you've come to the right place.

We're getting ready to move so we'll be renting our house out.

Here's the brochure that has all of the information. If you have questions, please feel free to call me using the number in the brochure. And please feel free to pass the brochure on to anyone you know who might be interested.

Exciting Changes!!

For those of you that may not have heard yet, we've got some exciting news. Julie accepted a job with Texas A&M Qatar, which means we'll be moving to Doha in July! Julie is going to continue working in Student Affairs, while I'll be setting out on my own in the wild world of entrepreneurship. Dewey is coming with us (of course!) - he loves sand and the beach, so we thought it'd be a natural fit for him.

Make sure to check out our new, consolidated blog (and subscribe to the RSS feed). The blog already has some info about Qatar, the country we'll be living in for three years.

You are hereby invited to come visit us! We'll have extra guest bedrooms and we'll be the best tour guides ever. Just let us know a little in advance, ok? :)

Here's a picture of Doha*, the city we'll be living in:



* that's not really Doha

Tax Question

Scenario:

* I live in North Carolina
* I work in North Carolina
* My employer is in Ohio

Should I pay any state income tax in Ohio? Why or why not?

Please post your answers in the comment section below:).

The Great Blizzard of 2009

It snowed about 3 inches today in North Carolina. That's the most we've seen since we moved here three years ago.

The dogs absolutely loved it, as you can tell by the pics.

Unfortunately I didn't get the day off, since I work from home:(. I guess I can't take the day off on account of bad roads.

 

 

 

Our Christmas Vacation

We were in Hilton Head, SC for Christmas with Julie's side of the family. It was great to see all of them, and it was also great to relax in some warm weather and sunny skies. Julie got me the coolest toy ever, an iPod touch, which is the coolest toy ever because of its coolness and also how cool it is. So cool. Dewey also came down with us and stayed in a kennel at night. We made sure we got lots of beach time with him during the day though, as you can see.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

 

 

 

 

Oh yeah, we went to Jordan too!

Someone mentioned to me that I forgot to post about Jordan, which was the 3rd leg of our trip.

Jordan is a beautiful country with lots of desert and not much else that I'm aware of. Oh, lots of winding mountain roads too.

In Jordan we saw Petra (the city carved out of the sides of mountains), Jerash (an old Roman city that is very well preserved), and the Dead Sea. The Dead Sea is so salty that you can actually see the dissolved salt in the water. Make sure you do not get any of that water in your mouth. It tastes saltier than salt, if that is possible, and you'll definitely want to cry a little.

 

 

 

 

And Finally: Qatar

Qatar was the last leg of our trip. It was by far the most modern Middle Eastern country that we traveled to on our trip. It was also the richest by far. In fact, the richest country in the world, if you measure by per capita GDP. And surprisingly it's not oil, but natural gas, that they make their money from.

It was very modern, and seemingly socially progressive compared to the other stops on our trip.

All in all, I think everyone was blown away by the country. Be it the beautiful buildings and architecture, or the fun sand dune hopping we did, we all had a good time.

And now I'm back in cold Durham!

Maybe I will blog about our Christmas soon...

 

 

 

 

All the pics from our trip can be found on Picasa.

More Pictures from Israel

 

 

 

 

Our Time in Israel

Israel was really fun too. We had to do the border crossing which took a long time and was kind of intimidating. We met up with our friends Trey and Jessie (they live in Bethlehem). We toured the Old City in Jerusalem, the Sea of Galilee, the Mediterranean, and Bethlehem.

It was great to learn more about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. If you want the "simple version" of what the problem is, I can't give it to you because I don't there is a simple version.

 

 

 

 

Next stop, Jordan...

By the way, I was looking up the URLs for Trey and Jessie's blogs, and I think it's funny that Jessie's is called "Oh Little Town of Bethlehem" and Trey's is called "The Middle of Nowhere". :)

Egypt is Pretty Cool

Egypt was the first leg of our Middle East trip. It was really fun. The group was me, Julie, Dave, and Jason (2 friends from Qatar).

We had a great time and saw some cool sights, as you can tell from the pics.

 

 

 

 

Next stop, Israel...