I know, I know... Its been a while. Sorry. I've been busy.
Christmas was absolutely wonderful. Wes and I had his parents' house all to ourselves. All we did on Christmas day was cuddle by the fire and watch movies all day. Oh, and play Wii. We have truly been blessed with wonderful, loving and supportive families. We got to talk to them quite a bit too, and they were very clear about how much they missed us, but again how understanding they were about us having to stay home.
During the break from school, Wes and I were both blessed with many, many hours from work. I was working full time and Wes was getting an amazing amount of tips (it being the holidays and all). It was painfully monotonous for me, but very very worth it.
Since then school has started up, as has my internship. I have MUCH fewer work hours (22), but about 12 with my internship, along with 14 credit hours of school. As I said, I've been pretty busy to say the least.
Oh, and on top of that, we're moving! Yes, again. It will be the 5th time since we got married. We've decided to move back in with Wes's parents for a few months before we leave for the summer to do installs. We debated for a long time about whether or not we should really do it again, but after about 4 lead techs and 1 or 2 owners have taken Wes out to dinner to basically beg him to go out again... He's been able to lay down many of the rules. I, for example, WILL have a job. And rent, WILL be cheaper. AND he'll be moving up on the pay scale by $10/install even though he didn't meet the quota for being able to do so. He's pretty much one of THE best installers they had and even though it was his first year, he had fewer service tickets on his jobs than pretty much anyone else. We don't know where we're going yet, but we're going. A friend of his got a back end check of 6 grand last and when we left last year, Wes had MORE installs than him.... So the hope is that we're able to save money, pay off our debts, bring up our credit, and put a nice down payment on a home when we get back. We've done a little research on houses, and the price range we've been looking for would allow lower mortgage payments than what we've been renting for... So it seems pretty worth it. We'll see how it goes.
Oh, we celebrated our One-Year Anniversary last Saturday. It was great. We didn't do anything big - just went out to eat at the restaurant we went to on the day of our wedding exactly a year before. We just spent of the rest of the night together. And alone. Which is rare for us.
Wesley is almost finished with his Eagle Talon is well. It is now in paint and all the parts have been paid for. It looks AMAZING. His teacher decided on the spot to enter it into a car show (he sad it was the best paint job that has come out all school year), and Wes is 1 of 4 from his program that are going to do a painting competition. He has tons of pictures up on his facebook if you haven't checked it out yet.
Above is the kitchen. I had to step outside of our front door to take this picture. You can see a little bit of the doorway which looks quite gross, possibly never cleaned... and one day, I will get to that. You can't see from the picture, but there is no baseboard on the right wall and yet again, pretty dirty. I don't think any amount of cleaning on my part will fix that problem though. Oh, and the sink... The piping is messed up underneath and it leaks really bad. We have yet to tell our landlords, instead we just use the left side. One day we'll get around to telling them, lol. The refrigerator door tends to open by itself when you don't close it hard enough and the burners on our stove aren't quite level. But storage is great! We have more than enough room!
I also love our bathroom. Its small, but big enough. The linoleum needs replacing, but our bath mats cover most of it so it isn't a big concern... I never thought that being small would be a plus for a bathroom! Once again, the storage is wonderful. And as you can see in the mirror, we have our awesome jungle shower curtain that I love! There's no back to our shower so we had to go and buy another liner. The shower head is so low that even I have to kneel to rinse out my hair. The window sill is pretty gross here too (as are all of them throughout the entire apartment) - and one day, when I have time... That will be cleaned.
And our living room! Its pretty big, but we were surprised that we were able to fit everything. We went from a decently sized 2 bedroom apartment to a decently sized one bedroom. The only thing in that whole living room that we actually paid for, is the bean bag. As you can see, we have plenty of seating, and as usual, we throw lots of game nights and "parties." We did not choose the color of the walls and at first, I absolutely hated it. I don't think it is quite as bad anymore, though I am saving up to buy some decorations to tie it in better... not that any of it matches anyway. Ha.
And my desk! We picked this up for free too... They were just going to throw it away! I don't use it all that much, but its super nice to have and to store all my scholastic stuffs. Oh, and those doors are to the landlord's storage rooms and laundry room. We have washer/dryer hook ups in there, but they aren't much good when we don't have a washer and dryer of our own. We also have our tent and cooler tucked back in there too between the desk and wall. Resourceful, I know.
