basement living!

well, we are all moved in to the pretty neat basement of my dad's house in carmel.  we have quite a bit more space than the apartment gave us (just basement alone!).  there's a good sized bedroom, a very nice bathroom, storage, a very large open living room area, a small "wet bar" (which boasts a sink, dishwasher, mini fridge, and more than twice the cabinets lakewood lodge offered), a little office nook, and a movie theater.  the bedroom is directly under dad's bedroom, so if we turn the fan off we can hear dad snoring while he sleeps :). 

the fact that i'm using about one-third the gas i used to is a huge blessing, since instead of a half hour drive i now have a ten minute drive to work.  scott is only five minutes from work, and i think he likes that very much!  the only draw is being so far from our friends, so we're still driving back to the old 'hood to see them all the time. 

this upcoming wednesday scott and i will be beginning Financial Peace University, the Dave Ramsey course, to help us get our finances in check and get on the road to purchasing our first home.  we hope to save some cash up and pay off some debt towards this goal before the end of october.  i think this class is going to help us out a lot, and for that i am grateful.