Cha-Cha-Changes

You've probably been asking yourself: Laura, where are all of the projects you've been talking about doing? Why are you so busy? Girl, what is going on?

Or maybe you haven't. And that's cool too.

Here are my explanations. And before you get too excited, no, I'm not pregnant.

1. I got offered a new job!!!!
Yes, the extra exclamation points are necessary. I have been job hunting for awhile (which, with a toddler and a full time job, was hard work!!), and was finally offered a position that is more or less in line with what I want to do. The real selling point? When I mentioned the fact that I am a mom and have a life outside of work that I need to keep chugging along, they didn't back away - in fact, they embraced it, which is quite telling of what kind of company they are. Though work is important to me, family ranks #1 on my list of priorities, and as such was an important factor in whether or not I accepted any job offer. Unfortunately the commute is about the same (actually, about 5-10 minutes longer, booooooooooooo) but I'm looking at it as a built-in opportunity to exercise. Training for a 5K, here we come!!

2. We are buying a house!!
Yep, we finally decided to take the plunge! Only here's the twist: we're buying the house we're in right now. I must admit it's not our dream house, but it's the best of the options we've looked at and it's available at a fair price. And really, does anyone really ever get their dream home as their first house? My guess is a big fat no. Unless you're Richie Rich or someone ridiculous like that. Plus, this way we don't have to move, which is a HUGE plus because moving is a PITA. Also, the house we're in now provides a ton of blogging possibilities, which certainly doesn't hurt.

3. We got permission to paint the front door!
Finally! Yay! And I didn't even have to offer baked goods.

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However, since we are buying a house (see #2) we have an appraisal scheduled for Monday morning, which means the front door may have to wait in favor of some other projects (like finishing the office, cleaning the basement and garage, etc.). Brian originally scheduled it for yesterday morning, but with less than 24 hours notice and a lot of tweaking to do to make sure our house was in tip-top shape, I convinced him to reschedule it so we wouldn't be up all night killing ourselves.

Soooo yeah. That's what I've been up to. Lots of exciting things happening in the K Household lately! I'm hoping to share the final office redo next week, so stay tuned!