Catching Up

I dropped off the earth for 2 whole weeks. And I really had

nothing going on! Anyways here is the last 2 weeks of

my boring life ;)

We got new furniture for our living room and LOVE it.

It has added seating room to our place and also made us

realize that we actually like our house. 

The way this house is designed and decorated is

definitely not how I would want our home to 

be decorated. The grey is quite cold, but since this

was an investment home we went with what

was the trend right now. New furniture just spiced 

it up so that we can enjoy the house while we are in

it. We have spent more time on our main floor the

last 2 weeks than we have the entire 2 years we

have lived here. 

{bringing home the chaise}

{being able to snuggle up- with our electronics of course ;)}

I applied for a permanent position back at FMC. It was a really

hard decision to make. There have been lots of sleepless nights 

deciding what was the best thing for me to do. I'm 

very fortunate to have found someone who really wants me

to make the decision for myself and work where I will

be happy but it also means the decision is all mine

which is HARD!

The list of pro's to reclaim my permanent at SHC in the 

fall is REALLY long and the list to stay at FMC is 

REALLY short. All the reasons at SHC involve

more money, less commute. 

The short reason to stay at FMC is happiness.

Which means that IF I am offered a job at FMC, that is

where I will stay. At the end of the day I love my coworkers at 

both places, and it's busy at both places but I feel like things

are more emotionally settled at FMC which is something 

that means something to me. I am an anxious person 

naturally and I like going to work, feeling like I am good

at my job, and that people recognize that and appreciate

me professionally. I was missing that at SHC and I can't see

that changing any time soon with the management style that is

currently in place. 

Which means we have been exploring COCHRANE!

The thought of moving closer to the mountains, being in

a smaller community has always been appealing to both of us.

We went looking at some showhomes on the weekend and 

although there were a couple floor plans that would be perfect 

for us, I'm not sure if we want to build right away again. 

There are many good reasons to build and lots of 

incentives to do so right now but I'm not sold yet. 

I can't see us moving in the next year but perhaps next 

spring we will be calling Cochrane home.  

We had a delightful day exploring the area, found a great

spot for a delish pasta lunch and then realized I was late for work!

So we rushed home, got changed, was heading out the door...

 

 

{yummy lunch in Bragg Creek}

 

{the cutest decor with nature out the windows- LOVE}

What I meant was CRASHING out the door.

Soooooo sucky. We are having the worst financial luck as of 

late. We are really getting our shit together finally but man

life is really testing our abilities to stay on track!

Hopefully things come in 3's and we are finally done

1. our friends REALLY expensive wedding that is drying up our savings

2. The car being broken into and insurance not covering us

3. replacing my rear window

Anyways, I was annoyed and couldn't help but shed a few

frustrated tears on my way to work that day 

{thanks mom for opening the flood gates}.

It put me in a bit of a funk at the beginning of my shift to then

walk outside on my lunch break and see the beautiful sunset. 

hmmmm.... Life is pretty darn good.