Crazy Drummer Stuff

 This is Part Two of “Our House(s)” series, and here is where it gets messy…  The ten years between 1990 (when we filed for bankruptcy and we were foreclosed on) and 2000 (when we were finally out of bankruptcy) were filled with disappointment, anger, despair and grief.  However, in the end, through a lot of hard work, we prevailed, and we came out much stronger and wiser.  In the year 2000 when we bought our Irvine townhome on Tanglewood (more on that story later), we finally felt that we had healed and that our lives were back to normal.  Nevertheless, what follows below is the story of our “coming of age” decade, filled with both lows and highs (after all, both of our wonderful sons were born during this decade), where we both worked like crazy, but also had many moments of enjoyment and triumph.  So keep your arms and legs inside the vehicle at all times, because this is a wild ride!   ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++...

2231 Ward Terrace, Anaheim, CA.     We bought our house on Ward Terrace in Anaheim, CA in the summer of 1984.   We had been looking for a house for a while, but the only home we could financially qualify for was a little condo, and we really wanted a house.   My friend Dennis from the band Whiskey and his wife Helen had bought the house on Ward Terrace sometime in 1982, but after Dennis had his accident sometime in 1983, Dennis couldn’t work anymore (you can check out my blog “For the love of music, drums and lifelong friendships, 1965-1987” for Dennis’ story).   A super sad story; as Dennis was off from work for over a year, they needed to sell their house.   Even though the house was a bit more expensive than what we wanted to pay, it had an existing loan that was guaranteed by the Veteran’s Administration (VA), which back then was transferable, so we took over the existing loan, and with a second mortgage from Helen’s dad, we got our first house! ...