Silent No More!

hey! it's ian! i know i haven't blogged at all in weeks, so here's some updates!

Yay!

not much is really going on. we have to move out so we are kind of looking for a place to live. we don't know for sure if we want to buy or rent, but finding affordable places to rent or buy is a challenge in this city. especially if you make a combined income of just under $50000. i am leaning towards buying, for a few reasons: 1) its our place, so we can do with it what we want. 2) we can have our dog (99.9% of the places that are out there for rent say NO PETS. the other .1% are on the north shore *yuck*) 3.) renting just stinks, because you're throwing your money away.

those are all the reasons. there is one duplex we are/were looking at but haven't actually seen yet, which is only like 130,000 (believe me, that's good for a half duplex) but it's been a real challenge to get in to look at it. also i saw this one house that is 135000 and has a nice yard so maybe that would be nice. i don't know. sometimes i panic about it, but then other times i could really care less. mostly i am just kind of looking around and if there's something that interests me then i will think about it a lot. but i'm not panicking.

speaking of work (oh, i wasn't speaking of work? whatever), i've been working a lot lately. longer days mean longer hours. it's good and bad. lots of money rolling in on payday, but i'm tired and dirty and won't get to see my wife very often. but it is a lot of fun running a machine that eats aluminum and poops gutters (for those of you who don't know, i work for Continuous Gutters, we build and install custom lengths of aluminum gutters and downpipes). in the sun all day, different location every day, what more could you want? more money. a new tool belt. ladders that work. a cow-orker who shows up every day, never hung over. a radio. that's about it.


well this has been fun, hasn't it? we've shared some laughs, we've delved deep into my personal life. good times, good times. have a great day!

ian