Thinking out loud =)

Not much is going on lately. John's Aunt Edres and his uncle (Farmer Barney) are in town from Pima for the weekend. It is great to see them! They are so fun =)

The kids are enjoying school. The first 6 weeks is over, so we get report cards on Wednesday. The school has all their information online, so I already know they are both doing well, but it will be nice to see it on paper.

Caitlyn and Caleigh are fun to have at home. We have playgroup on Wednesdays. It's an adjustment only having one class, but I'm trying to enjoy it and live in the moment.

John is almost done, and I'm getting antsy. I'm filling out applications for him all over the place (otherwise known as DFW Metroplex and Arizona). I'm pretty sure we'll move closer to the metroplex for a year or two. Life's pretty much one big question mark right now. I've applied for a couple of positions in AZ. I have John's applications in for several positions in Arizona as well. I have applications in at several districts in the Metroplex and John also has applications in with several companies in the Metroplex. I guess the ideal situation would be him finding something else SOON and me going back to work next year. Caitlyn starts Pre-K next year, so we will only have one child in full time daycare. We will not be rich any time soon, and we have a TON of credit card debt, but I think we will be able to get out of credit card/ vehicle debt in 2 years and have a nice down payment for a house saved in another year or two after that. I keep crunching the numbers using a debt repayment calculator. It's fun to plan and set goals about paying off our debt =) Ideally we would have finished school, purchased a house and THEN had 4 kids, but I've always been one to do things my own way. I guess it has worked out ok because we did not get caught up in the subprime/exotic mortgage mess and the housing bubble in AZ will have long since burst by the time we are ready to purchase our own home.

On a lighter note, I love Tina Fey's Sarah Palin character!! Check her out here and here! Also, if you are Mormon or grew up around Mormons you have to check out TAMN. She's a satirical character and the author totally hits the nail on the head with her. Everyone knows a goody two shoes Mormon girl like TAMN.