Looking to the future!

Well, it seemed like the right time to start looking to the future for James and I. On Saturday, we went apartment shopping for next November. I know, seems rather early for that, but we want to get a feel for the area and for our next home.

We have had problem after problem with our current apartment and are looking for a better place. We love the square footage of our apartment, but hate calling maintenance every couple of weeks to fix our dishwasher, sink, or toilets. For a while, every other week maintenance was in our apartment to fix something only to break again and again. We have also had a problem with an upstairs neighbor smoking weed or something nasty. The cops came out one night and hauled someone off. It was that bad.

James and I had a great Saturday looking at 5 different apartment complexes. We definitely found some that we WON'T rent a couple that were really nice and "in the running". More than anything, it was nice to spend the day together driving around and dreaming. We enjoyed going to Shawnee Mission Park for a drive and a stop by the lake to watch the geese. They came right up to us out of the water. Pretty cool! We then went downtown to the Power & Light district and went to a nice restaurant on the second floor of a building for dinner. They had great live jazz playing and we were sitting next to the window so we could watch this city's nightlife as well. The food was good and it was wonderful holding hands across the table with the man of my dreams.

We have been blessed greatly. When we didn't know how we could afford everything with my hours at work being cut due to the economy, my parents have stepped in and swapped cars with us so we have one less car payment. My credit card company lowered my interest rate over half by making a phone call. That cut that bill literally in half. The Lord is taking good care of us. Our faith is being increased when we look back at how the timing has been spot on. We could not have planned it better.

I love James. I love our families. I love looking to the future and dreaming of the possibilities.