Lately...

Moving is one of the things I hate the most. It has been pretty stressful trying to make our places feel like home. I have a love/ hate relationship with craigslist. I get major anxiety when we have to meet up with someone and I hide while Jared does all the work. Slowly, but surely our place is coming together. I tend to get frustrated because I want it to look perfect immediately but Jared has to reassure me that things take time. Moving out here with only some clothes has been quite the experience. I have rented and moved a few times now but Jared has only experience dorm life where everything is provided.  So that has been a little adjustment for him...

This picture basically explains our lives the past couple of weeks since Jared goes to work everyday and I am currently unemployed and trying to make our home look good. 

HAHA. It reminds of some days when my dad comes home from work and the look he would give us girls. #oops 

Our most recent purchase is a washer and dryer. I have never been so happy. The past few weeks I have been going to a laundromat... not fun. I am SO lucky to have a husband that is a money saver. Jared hates to spend money and has been so good at saving since he has been in the military. It has really helped us in the transition. So he has struggled lately with all the spending we have had to do. 

Being unemployed has its pros and cons... If I were living in a normal city, I would have lots of fun everyday bargain shopping at the mall and finding good deals at the nearest nordstrom rack. ( Jared is very happy I don't have access to any of that)  However, we live in MISSOURI... so basically I make Jared breakfast, pack his lunch, work out, hit up the nearest grocery store for dinner, then clean the house. Over and over again. Oh and blog of course. Because Jared says, "that's what a housewife does." Don't worry, he paid for that one. For those of you wondering if I will be unemployed forever... I was just certified to be a substitute teacher! School starts on August 15th and that's currently the plan. I'm really excited actually to teach and to start working again because being being a housewife in the middle of nowhere will start to be very boring. Plus, Jared is starting to get a little too used to the housewife treatment. 

Our newest tradition is that every friday is date night. We are trying to make up for all the dates we missed out on since we were always so far away from each other. Last friday we went to a Chinese buffet in town. (There isn't too many options, haha) But it was actually pretty tasty! 

Then we went home and watched a movie. Jared's favorite thing to do is watch movies. He tries to every single night. However, it is not my favorite thing because two hours is just too long of a time that I'm not allowed to talk. So we have been compromising and I try to limit his movies to a couple a week.  

Our Saturday's consist of driving one hour to Independence because that is where the nearest Target and Costco are. Independence and Kansas City are really fun cities! If only we lived closer to them. But again, Jared thinks that being far away is for the better of course haha. 

This coming Sunday, Jared is speaking in church! It is his first time, and he is so nervous, it's adorable. So get ready for a pretty exciting blog post next week!