June 23, 2006

I am sitting here at work, on the 26th floor, wondering why I am here and not where I want to be... Home. There are so many reasons I am here and not there but they all come down to one thing, money. See, we built this great house a couple of years back and we love it, we love our cars, we wanted to have a baby and that took some medical maneuvering and we love to buy when we want, what we want. So, that is why I am here.

The House: Pretty traditional house, 2 stories, on a cul-de-sac, in a town that is small and no where near anything else. We love our neighbors and spend all free time with them. It is odd, many of us would rather spend time with our neighbors, all of who are the same age and all, almost, who have kids the same ages. We do bonfires, the kids play, we drink, do crazy things and then do it again next weekend. This is our third summer here and so far so good. My DH (dear husband) wants to finish the basement and put in an entertainment space, complete with a custom built poker table, but that is just going to have to wait a tiny bit longer. We put in the landscaping and a new deck last spring. A deck we don't use because we want to be where the neighbors are and they are all out front.

The Cars: Trailblazer and Town & Country. Love the T&C, it is not expensive and has all the stuff on it. But we can't drive it because we are leasing it and work is 100 miles round trip per day. But I am driving it this week simply because I want to. We have had it since January and it only has 2000 miles on it. The Trailblazer is the issue. We bought it, knowing how much it would be driven. DH has not taken care of it at all and it has some scratches and the windshield have 3 chips in it. It is highly expensive at just under $600 a month! We have three years left to pay on it and it is not even worth what we owe so we can't even trade it in! Ugh... How I want to get rid of that car!

The Baby: Katie... Oh my Katie! She took us 5 long years to come into this world. She is a miracle, truly. She was born on Feb 7th. That was an amazing day and the whole process is something I can't wait to get started again! She makes me so happy. I get home from work at night and my DH brings her to me. I look at her, say her name and she looks and sees me and puts out that face you see to the left. She is such a happy baby. We are just so lucky and I count my blessings everyday.

So, those are the reasons I am sitting in this chair at work... typing this, thinking of the fact that it is Friday and the weekend is here! I hope to get some good photos this weekend as it is the Hot Air Balloon Festival in my town and the weather seems great. Last year it was too hot and the balloons couldn't go up. We will see.