There's No Place Like Home

Tommy and I met with Patterson Construction a few weeks ago and with Tommy just going to school we didn't really think it'd be possible for us to get into a house. Surprise! Surprise, we're hopefully going to be into our house by November 1st. We put down earnest money and picked out the house so we're crossing our fingers that everything goes as planned.... which it never does.

Our lease in our apartment that I hate so much I can't even begin to explain is out on the 31st so we're going to save money and pay down debt while the house and financing is finished and move in with Mom and Daddy temporarily. Which should be interesting for all of us. I'm pretty sure Mom and Daddy are nuts for asking us to stay with them but it'll be nice to have a little nest egg before we move into the house.

The kids started school on Monday. Kade and Cole are going to a charter school this year. We just weren't super impressed with their old school last year and the education they received. So far so good this year, they are super organized and a lot more parent involvement which I think is good. Uniforms for both of them which is a plus I think. The boys weren't too keen on the uniforms but they've adjusted to it and now don't mind it at all.

Tommy is doing super great on his Masters degree. Straight A student so far which totally doesn't surprise me. He's going to look for a teaching position at one of the local schools close to our new house. So we're hoping he'll get paid and also get a bunch of his observation hours done at the same time.