Excitement!

 

No I have not forgotten about you, my favorite little blogger friends! We just have been busy.

Last week Josh and I put an offer on a house...and got it!! We are so very excited. It is in Montgomery, IL, which is about 15 minutes away from where we are now, but totally different surroundings-wise. MUCH more of what we are used to. And it is a fabulous house! I can't wait til we can get in it and get it all personalized so I can show you pictures :) The only downside - it doesn't come with an appliances. I guess that's not really a downside because it will be super fun getting all new appliances...but it just is expensive. We want to get nice ones so that when we go to sell it again some day it is up to date and that will increase the value. Other than that, it is perfect. It has a nice little yard, 2 bedrooms, a garage (!!!), a spot for a washer and dryer (!!!!) and a wonderful kitchen that I am most excited for! Plus it is nearly all white, so we get to start with a fresh slate and paint it whatever colors we want! I have lots of ideas... :) It will be nice though, because after the holidays are over, we don't have much on our calendar...so having a new house to work on will give us something to do.

So far they have told us not to anticipate closing and moving in until around Christmas time...but we are still hoping that things will speed up and it will happen a little sooner than that. Our lease is up December 31st, so we definitely need to be all moved out by then. So we could end up having a pretty hectic last couple days of December...but it will be SO worth it! Wednesday afternoon is the inspections, so after that they should be able to give us a better idea of when we can expect to close.

 

Also this week I had a job interview at Chase Bank. It was interesting...so we will see how that goes. I have also applied a few other places, so hopefully I start getting some calls. I am starting to feel like I need to do something...even if it's only a few hours a week. Plus the extra money would help for the new house. And I definitely want new things for my new house! :)

Thursday - my birthday :) - my sister came to see me!!! I was so excited. I was kind of nervous for my birthday because Josh was working, we already celebrated with my family, and we usually celebrate with Josh's family over Thanksgiving....so I was kind of thinking it wouldn't even feel like a birthday. But then she said she was coming and it turned out really good! We went into Chicago and spent some time walking around the city and did the SkyDeck in the Willis Tower, and I happen to live right by a huge outlet mall so we did some shopping.  I even let her take me into a few health food stores...and let her persuade me to try things. One of the stores we went to is right by the new house, so maybe I will have to explore it further. We'll see. I probably would be a lot more open to the things that they offer if it wasn't all so darn expensive! I am lactose intolerant, so I have thought about removing dairy from my diet...but the alternatives are crazy expensive. A small bag of shredded cheese (which was half the size of the normal small bag in stores) was $4.55!! That is way too much. I don't know how people can afford to eat that way. I know some of it is probably good for you, but man. SO anyways...she came to see me and I was very much glad that she did :) 

Okay well it is getting late so I should probably get to bed...hope you all had a fantastic weekend and have a wonderful Thanksgiving!!