So this weekend while thinking in the shower (this happens on a regular basis), I finally had an epiphany regarding a decision I'd struggled with for quite some time.  But all of a sudden there was enlightenment without societal guilt dripping into the picture.  Mike's ecstatic to say the least...  basically I've finally concluded that I want to be ( Read more... )

So life's been pretty normal normal... today I found out why one of my security cameras that faces my office wasn't working--the technician goes, "uhh, it's not working because it's ... not there..."   Beautiful!  Someone jacked my camera!  The hilarious part is that when we go back on the recorder you can see this white dude drive in on Tuesday ( Read more... )

Well, we're all moved into to our new house here in Sparks, NV.  It's pretty interesting... I'm still trying to find various odds and ends and figure out where I want to put other items, but it's coming along fairly well.  Unfortunately one fishie died in the process due to all the stress, but the others are still alive and well ( Read more... )

The Realtor called today and the bank apparently approved our offer!  Now, if all goes well with the upcoming inspection etc, then we should be closing right before Christmas!  There is no way in hell I'm moving before Christmas, though!  Maybe mid-January!  YAY!! It'll get way more exciting closer to moving day ( Read more... )

WE PUT A BID ON A HOUSE!!!!!!!!!  HOORAY!  Check it out on my facebook photo link below!

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2010398&l=923b3&id=146700180

This house is a 3 bed 2 bath with a nice full sized garage.  It's a bank owned foreclosure so the price has dropped from an original $317,000 when the original owner bought it to $199,900!  It ( Read more... )

So for Mikey's 25th birthday I bought him tickets to a concert coming to play at one of the local casinos.... Joe Satriani!  It was freaking awesome and I really enjoyed the show even though I only really knew one song, lol.  That guy has some amazing talent ( Read more... )

Eeep.... my nerves and stomach have butterflies because of the election tomorrow!  I remember the last go around I was so depressed by the results that I did not go to class the following day to prevent me possibly hauling off on the girls on my hall bouncing around with I "heart" W shirts!  Uggh...  yeah, i was their RA, so I didn't figure that'd ( Read more... )

Wheee, we got approved for our home loan!   It's good for $180,000 with $40,000 down, though we can stretch it up to $200,000 if necessary since the $40,000 will cover 20% down which allows us to avoid Mortgage Insurance.  The VA loan doesn't even need to be used right now since we've got everything else covered, so I'm excited!  Now I can start ( Read more... )

*does a white girl dance*  We met with our mortgage broker yesterday for like 1.5 hrs and have started the process to searching for homes.  Yay!!! There are already a few I want to look at and I'm hoping they're not all short sales.  It'll be an exciting winter searching for the perfect place ( Read more... )

So we're starting to actively look for homes because the prices are dropping drastically--especially foreclosures!  3 bed, 2.5 baths for $150,000 ish!  If we put $25,000-$30,000 or more we can get a really good mortgage rate too,  woohoo!  It's not a guarantee that we'll move right now, but it's too tempting not to at least look!  I'm so freaking ( Read more... )