South Carolina

This past week has been a great one.

From the house front everything seems to be going well. It looks like they have agreed to all of our improvements we asked for and it doesn't seem like there are any holdups on either end before we close in one month. We sign Sept 26th but probably will take a few weeks to actually move in completely. We spent this past weekend looking at appliances and we have decided to try and find some good deals at the Sears Outlet in town. We are trying to find a fine line between quality and a good price.

My work has been really good. My second week was significantly better than the first week. I am continuing to learn everyday and just trying to make smart trades. I love what I do and hope that success follows.

Erica has not been put on any projects but has become much better friends with her colleagues which has made things a lot more enjoyable.

We have both been pretty busy with everything going on but enjoy hearing from everyone throughout the week and will keep everyone updated as things happen in our lives.

Upcoming Week

As everyone is aware a lot is going on in our lives and usually I write about what has happened but thought I would let everyone know what is going on this week before it happens.

My first week of work went really well. It is a lot crazier than I thought, a lot harder than a thought, but a lot more awesome than I thought. This next week I'm hoping to continue to learn to be the best trader possible.

Our main focus these next few weeks is getting things ready for the house. We have realized that there are a lot of things that we will need right away and other things that we will want very shortly after we move in. We are looking to purchase a refrigerator, a washer/dryer, a lawnmower, a ladder, and lots of paint. I know many of you have recently purchased these things so if you have any input or advice we definitely would appreciate it. Be praying that everything falls into place with the house.

Oh yeah...it's almost college football season :)

Visit to Grandmother's House

So about a month ago we got to see one set of grandparents and this past weekend we got to see my other grandmother in Knoxville, TN. It only took us about a 3 hours to get there, which was nice, and we got to spend a wonderful weekend with her.

Pics of new house

The front of our new house

View of the front door hallway

View of the hallway to the bedrooms

The guest bedroom and the room to be determined

My car in front of our new house with a shot of the basketball goal

Erica in front of our new house

The guest bathroom

The garage

The bonus room which will end up being Kevin's office

Picture from the living room looking at the kitchen and the stairs to the bonus room

Another picture from the living room

More views of our house.  That is Erica and the home inspector.

Our master bedroom

Our bathroom

Our tub

Our first guest bedroom

Picture of our living room

Picture of our kitchen and our dining room area

Our backyard.  The trees are ours as well.

Another view of our backyard.  We have a huge backyard.

Our deck

Yesterday we had the inspection of the house and decided while we were there to take some extra pictures of the house.  It was the first time we had been to the house since we officially purchased the house and it was a lot of fun to be in our new home.  Hopefully our pictures will give you an even better idea of what our house looks like.  Obviously none of the stuff in the house is ours and we will definitely change a lot but we are very excited.

We Got the House

So we just wanted to leave a quick note and let everyone know that we accepted an offer on the house and if all goes well should be moving in at the end of next month. We couldn't be more excited and will keep everyone posted on all the progress.

House Hunting

This past weekend has been a fun and exciting time for us. We went looking at houses on Friday and found one that we really liked. The next day we put an offer on the house, and are currently waiting to hear back from the sellers. We are really hoping that this works out because it's a really great house. They are supposed to let us know by tomorrow at 10 am so hopefully we hear good news.

If anyone wants to look at the house just click on the link below...

http://greenville.fnismls.com/publink/default.asp?GUID=9877f998-3020-4648-9253-2264e8f2f38c&Report=Yes

It is a 3/2 but also has a bonus room upstairs which feels like a 4/2. One of the great things about the house is its huge backyard. We will let everyone know the status of the house hunting as things progress.

Kevin also starts his job tomorrow which is pretty exciting. All the training and studying hopefully will pay off tomorrow.

Exciting things going on

Well it seems that week after week there seems to be much more going on than the week before.

The first and most exciting news is that I passed my series 55 exam this morning. This was definitely the hardest test I have taken in my life, but thankfully I passed on the first try. If you look up online to try and find out what the series 55 you will have a hard time finding a good definition but basically it will allow me to have access to all the quotes on the Nasdaq and allow me to trade as a proprietary trader on the Nasdaq.

This past Sunday we attended church at the new facilities that were built for Simpsonville First Baptist and went to Sunday School for the first time. I will say that the class is not even close to the size of Houston's First Baptist but everyone was very nice. The new facilities are amazing and we really like the direction that the church is going. Hopefully we can get really involved with the future of the church.

This past week we both met with our realtor and we went over a lot of different options as far as homes and areas. We went out and drove to some of the neighborhoods and this Friday we are actually going to look at 7 different houses and hopefully find one we like. If we find one, we are thinking we might move in before our lease ends here. If there are any that we really like, we will post pictures online.