This makes it all worth it....

Now, there are days when I say that I want a new job. And, that's fair. In the adult world, I can't think of anyone who actually would rather go to work than sleep in and play all day. (If that is you, then you are a sick sick person). But, there are some days that make waking up at the ungodly hour of 5 AM, driving 45 minutes to and from work, putting 400 miles a week on my brand new car, and all the other blah, blah, blahs of having a job actually worth it. Friday was one of those days. Take a look at the picture above. That's me with my brand new camera that I got for FREE from work. That's right FREE. A very expensive camera for free. I don't know anything about SLR cameras or mega pixels or anything really, but I have a way sweet camera now for when we do decide to have kids (that is not a hint at ALL!!!). It's a Nikon 3100 (I got to choose between the D500 and this one, but all the reviews said this one was better with video stuff and higher mega pixel. Again, I have no idea what these things really do). Love my life, and lots of pictures to follow.

Our Dilemma

If you don't want to hear me complain/rant, then you should stop reading this now.

Here's our situation: We LOOOVE our house that we live in. It was such a wonderful upgrade from an apartment, and quite honestly, I don't think I could ever move back into a little apartment where you can hear your neighbors do everything. And, I don't want to. We've been so spolied in this house, and even more spoiled because we're renting from family. Basically, we pay the same for rent as we would for an apartment. (and some of the apartments I've looked at, we pay less!!!). It's honestly the best sitauation. We pay apartment-like rent for a house... and did I mention how nice it is to park in a garage?

But now, we must come to a decision. My sister is moving to Texas in the fall to get her PhD, so we can't rent from her anymore. She's selling her house, and we are not in a place to buy right now (we have no idea where we will be in the next year, so we don't want to buy now and then have to rent/sell in a year). I do not want to move out of the area we are living in, but I also don't want to rent an apartment in the area. So, we're stuck. Do we buy? Do we rent an overpiced house that makes you sick thinking about writing your rent check? Do we rent a little creepy apartment in a super ghetto area (not that our house is in a better area, but it's way diferent in a house than an apartment complex). We have found some houses to rent that are for a decent price, but we'd have to move, and that seriously depresses me. It's not that I love the area so much, we've just really gotten used to it. Dylan's family claims the West side, my parents have the East Side, and this was our own little area. The main reason is we love our ward so much, and don't want to start all over in a new one. So, for now, we're homeless (well atleast in the near future).

If anyone wants us to live with them, just let me know. We are great roomates, and we'll even go halfers on the rent with you.

Oh my gosh, Oh my gosh you guys

If any of you have seen the musical Legally Blonde, you get the title. I saw Legally Blonde last weekend with my mom. She has season tickets to Popejoy (UNM’s theatre) and my sisters and I each get to pick a play we want to see with her every year. We all got to see Wicked, which was AMAZING, but Legally Blonde was right up my ally, so I chose that one for the Mom/Daughter date of the year. I LOOOOOOOVED it. I can’t even tell you how entertained I was. Maybe because I’m blonde, maybe because I love chick-flick stories. I was loving my life the whole time.

And, I’m going to say it, I even liked it more than Wicked. ( I can hear a huge GASP that so many of you are letting out). But it’s true. I guess I’m a true air-head, or maybe I’m legally blonde too.