8th January 2008
Scanner Love 6: Abstract House

Abstract of the HouseAccording to my banker, Iowa is one of the few states to require that every house have what they call an, “abstract”, or a record of all hands it has been through, mortgage activity, etc. So, when we bought our current house, we got a very neat little folder with pages describing every transaction on our house since 1940 which is rather neat. I thought I would share the first page of our house’s abstract, detailing the first recorded transfer in 1940.

Note the mortgage for $1,200 — I guarantee you we didn’t pay that in 2005! (more like 40+ times that amount)


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31st December 2007
Scanner Love 5: Chubby Bubby

Myself, at a few weeks old.I was never known to be a fat kid, but apparently all children go through a phase in which they are a bit on the rolly-polly side of things. After all, they do call it “baby fat” for a reason.

In this photograph, yours truly is only a few weeks old, being held upright by my mother’s hand underneath what appears to be the remains of a rather unfortunate polar bear. Note the deep “Pralle dimple” in my chin and the rolls on my arms competing with one another to see who can be the next wrist. The best part is the expression on my face. I am either trying to decide if the photographer is a complete idiot or I am working on a diaper-filling event; I’m unsure which applies.


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