House Buying Inferno

We bought a house over the past month. Let me tell you that is a full time job. You have to do so much running around, getting information, emailing, you should get paid for it. I guess you do in a way well not really since you pay for the house. Then we're in the house and we have to adjust to living together full time. Fun? Not so much.
I am so tired at this point and it seems as though things are never finished. There is always something else that needs to be done. Some things are nice. I love the fiance' and after the first week he is trying to pick up after himself more. Rocco, the Chihuahua, is loving it but is still really excited to see his Granny Mom when she comes to visit. Plus he's never been alone all day so there is another adjustment. I get to put whatever I want wherever I want it. I get to use whatever scent I want in my Scentsy.
Here's to hoping I actually start to benefit from the little sleep I'm able to get. I'm sure turning 32 in the middle of all this hasn't helped. Good times, good times. :)

Taxes & Living in the US of A...

So I did my taxes yesterday and my fiance's today. Do you have that "I've just been molested" feeling??? Yes. Not only did gasoline cost me out the butt all year but now I get to focus on how much I paid in taxes and how little I'm getting back. It makes me ill. What about a break this year due to horribly high gas costs?

Does anyone else wonder how people making minimum wage can even make it? I mean you might as well just encourage people to be on welfare. They'll never be able to get ahead working minimum wage. One of my neighbors was asking how we're supposed to teach the generation in high school now to earn wages when it would cost the parents more in gas than the kid is able to make!!!!

I try to be pretty optimistic about things but honestly the state of the States gets me down. I'm not saying I would want to live anywhere else and that all things are going downhill. I'm just saying I'm not sure this is what my Dad fought wars in Korea and Vietnam to uphold. He was/is proud to be an American but was brought to TEARS this last year when he was pulled aside in the airport and searched. He is 75 years old and has more medals than I'll know what to do with (display proudly) and was brought to tears because security "randomly" selected him on the way to and on the way back from Las Vegas. I mean is this what they do just to prove they're picking everyone? Personally pick the creepy looking people and don't randomize it. I could give a shit. They should not look creepy if they're going to pass through security. I guess they're so busy making sure they're not discriminating! Search everyone! That sounds even better!

Again, I love my country I just wish I had something more to be proud of. Something that could make me glad I pay so much in taxes. I'm free. But I have $40,000 in student loans for degrees that have done nothing for me so far, I pay a huge chunk of taxes to get a piddly amount back, I can't have a kid because a. Medical costs b. Daycare costs c. School/College costs, I can't get married because we work everyday to be able to buy gas and save as much as we can since we're afraid if we buy a house without a huge down payment someone will find a way to take it away from us!

Oh and I've seen so many blips on our news about how Oklahoma's economy is still doing alright. News for you... I watch the housing market monthly and this month the most amazing thing.... In the past houses were reduced between $1,000 to $5,000 and this month I noticed many reduced $10,000 and even $20,000 so while I should be thinking "Oh crap. Here goes our economy." Instead I'm thinking "Thank God finally we have our 10% to put down". People this is what I've been waiting for and it makes me feel like a buzzard flying over to swoop in on other people's hardship. = (

Oh well that is all for today. I promise to be in a better mood at a later date. = ) Good luck to all and thanks for paying your taxes.

Me

I'm a 31 year old, living outside of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Woo Hoo! Right? Right? Um sure whatever. I am just starting this blog as a place to post my thoughts on things about life and such. I don't know if I'm the only one that is finding out the older you get the less patience you have for things that annoy you.
Let's see. I'm a procrastinator so we'll see how this goes. Sometimes it might be really short.
Some background about me....
I went back to college in my late 20's and finished up other than 5 elective credits... I now 2 years later have finally gotten around to taking those final two classes to finish out my Bachelor Degrees in Business Management and Marketing. Yeah I double majored so the Marketing credits would fill any electives needed for the Business Management degree... Only instead I was still 5 elective credits short of finishing BOTH degrees.
Then I put off finishing because I feel like I'll be expected to get a real job. I mean I have a real job now it's just SUPER easy. I'm trying to enjoy having a easy job for a while because I worked in credit card collections for 9 years! That is a horrible job. Although I know how the credit industry works really well.
Does that mean I'm debt free? Absolutely not. But I'm getting there. Other than the almost $40,000 of student loans I have that is. = ) That is one of the subjects I'm sure to touch on with this blog. I paid off a credit card last week and I am cheering for anyone else in that position. 3 more to go for me. One of them my ex-employer. = ) That is the one that will bring on the celebration!
Also I've been dating the same guy for a total of 5 years now. We had a very odd start to our relationship though. We dated for a year then he vanished.... Not really I knew where he was but some weirdness happened (that lasted ONE year). Now things are as close to perfect as they can be. I'll tell the entire story in my next blog or two. = )
Also, things bug me. Relationships with friends that have changed over the years, relationships with parents (wonderful but didn't used to be), relationships with co-workers... Etc. I'm not saying they all bug me in a bad way it's just people are hard to figure out.
Ok, that's enough for now. I'll get into other stuff at a later date. Thanks for reading.