still prowling

well, thankfully the first offer fell through. we would have been paying way too much money for a house that we weren't crazy about.

we're still on the hunt, and looking for things WAY cheaper than what we had been. there still seem to be some promising ones out there.

the most important thing to do is to be able to save $$ and build equity. in 5-10 years, we'll be able to really find something great to settle into.

fatso update

i just weighed myself, and i'm down 2 lbs from my start weight! it's finally starting to move in the right direction. i just hope it continues...

the house hunt

so, after hitting some pretty extreme ups and downs over the past few weeks with looking for a house, we are going to be making an offer tomorrow morning. whoa. i can't believe it.

so, we'll see what happens. i don't want to get my hopes up. but mr. c & i decided that it would be ok to live there for at least 3 years (the length you need to stay in a house to keep all of the $8K tax credit).

it's 4 bdrm, 1.5 bath and a little over 1,300 sq ft. nice backyard, and decent landscaping. we wouldn't NEED to do anything right away, but we can see things that we'd WANT to do over the years. (extend the depth of the garage, remodel the kitchen)

i'll keep you posted. we're just SO exhausted by this process. i just want it to be over. (so we can start making babies!)

it's not if, but when

cancer. WTF?! ok, so i know SO many people who are undergoing treatment for cancer right now. i've come to the conclusion that it's not if we're going to get cancer, but when. what a pessimistic view of it i know, but it's so depressing!

i just hate that people have to go through getting poison shot into their bodies at the hope that it's going to kill off the attacking cells that are killing them.

among all of those people, these are a few:

a family friend of ours who is 23 years old is battling bile duct/liver cancer. they just went in to try to take the tumor out, and when they got in, they found mets on her diaphragm and pelvis. so she has to just keep going through chemo.

my uncle (mom's brother-in-law) has lung cancer and was given a deadline of about a year to live after already surviving the first deadline he was given of 3 months.

a member at church just found out on friday that she has uterine cancer and has to undergo a total hysterectomy in the hopes that they can get everything and that it hasn't spread anywhere else yet.

my dad just told me today that another uncle (his brother-in-law) who was given a clean bill of health that his prior cancer was in remission, went in to have routine hernia surgery and when the doctor cut him open, he was just full of cancer. how does that HAPPEN?!

i'm so saddened by all of this. it just seems like such an epidemic/plague. it used to be, even just 10 years ago that you sort of knew someone who knew someone that was sick with cancer, and now you'd have to really struggle to find someone who doesn't know someone affected by the nasty stuff.

God has a reason and path for all of us to follow, and through all of our struggles we need to keep our eyes fixed on the Cross and trust in His mercy and grace.