the decision....

so after a lot of thought and talking with brians parents, we decided on an apartment. the big reason being dogs. we have our 2, kansas being quite the dominant female and they have 2 dogs, with kayla being a dominant female too... we dont see any way they could get along. the one time theyve actually met kayla attacked kansas and i ended up bleeding from a dog bite. not quite goign to work for 6 months. so we went and looked at an apartment pretty close to here yesterday. and were going to apply for it on saturday. would be a 2 bedroom 2 bath. so we can use the second bedroom for storage and not have to get a storage unit as well. were signing a 6 month lease and are setting 6 months as our deadline for saving a down. i am also changing jobs back to my old icu downtown sac. i really miss the people and the really sick patients. and there is actually an opportunity for overtime there. where i am now i dont get overtime ever. will keep you all informed! just thought id give you the update. =)

so i cut all my hair off.. couldnt handle long hair anymore..... brians cousin cut it for me..... dont you just love self portraits?

Happy Easter (19 shifts left)!

Looking forward to dinner on the 7th Tami and Billy. Mike and Carol, we'll call you and get together either tues wed or thurs. DAVID get my room ready and my fridge full of Perrier prepared. Becky can't wait to see you. Becky and Brian see you when we're passing through!

big decisions...

so our lease here is up soon, and weve been wanting to figure out what we need to do to buy a house. so weve been talking to dave (aunt kims wonderful boyfriend) about what we need to do. buying with no money down isnt an option really anymore, so were coming up with plans on how to save money. the easiest is to downsize life and living expenses that go with that. right now our rent is 1450, utilities run us about 150 to 175 a month and the list goes on and on. there are a few things we could downgrade but would only make a couple hundred a month difference. so it looks like were toying with the idea of buying a 5th wheel trailer and living in that for a year. brians parents have pleanty of space on their property and his mom is actually excited we would want to live there. if we went with that idea we could have the trailer paid off and save over 20000 in a year and then we could go on to buy a house with a nice down.the other option that seems to be fading out would be to get an apartment, but finding one that will let us have both dogs is hard to find and it would take us a lot longer to save. will keep you all updated. isnt that exciting... your little trailer trash sister! haha

Ignore the hand. If it's human, it's most certainly a large man's
This is our friend, Vicki. She's pregnant (not sure my drawing relays that)

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Hey Guys!
So Tami and Billy, we have off April 7 & 8th, so either of those nights will work for dinner. Let us know. AND we are buying a truck. Too long to get in to detail on the blog, but we will be driving it home! Woo hoo! Looking forward to driving home at a more leisurely pace. Mike bought the motor for the boat here at the fishing show for a great deal and we'll be hauling that back with us as well. It's all very exciting and as David would say EXPENSIVE. Still planning on leaving at the end of April unless we decide to stick it out a few more weeks. It's also nice because we don't need to know for sure so we can buy airline tickets etc.. Well hope all is well and Brian and Becky made it home safe and sound. Sorry we had to work all week.
C