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It's been a little while since my last post. Sorry!! Well, as I said before, Pete and I have moved in together and things are going perfectly so far. We've been a little slack in getting things unpacked and getting the apartment to where it looks like we live there and not just using it as a storage locker, but we'll get there. :-) We've come up with a great plan to get all of our debt paid off too. I think that I can hack most of mine out by the end of the year. Once I get my credit cards paid off I will only have the car payment and my student loan. I'm thinking about doubling up those payments once I get the cards paid off, but we'll see where the finances are. Once we get all that paid off we are going to start saving to buy (or possibly build) a new house. I figure if we can get enough saved up for a nice piece of land and a good chunk of the building costs, we will be sitting pretty. I, personally, would prefer to build because we have such specific things we want our house to have. I want to have a good kitchen (for once in my life!!), he wants a martial arts room. I'd also like to have a game room (with a pool table, fooseball, etc.) So anyway, we figure in about 5-7 years we can probably have enough saved up for that. Luckily our bills aren't too much, and with our salaries combined we have that much more to work with. I'm still tossing around the idea of a second job that I can use to specifically save up for the big things, but I am not sure if I want the stress of that yet. We shall see. It's been nice only having to work 8 hours in a day and have two days off a week. It's been so long since I have been able to say that!!

Pete has been bringing up the future alot lately as well. I woke up one morning last week to a text message that said "I'm going to marry you" It absolutely made my heart melt when I read it. He's also been bringing up making a family together. He's even named our first son already :-) Well, we both did, but he brought it up first (I swear!!!) He wants to name him after his brother (Gabriel) and I want to use my grandpas first name as his middle (Pasquale) Now I know Pasquale is not a very common name, but it actually flows really well together, especially with his last name. So, now we just need to make sure we have a boy!! I think we may be screwed if we ever have a girl, cause I have no idea what we would name her!! Anyway, I think I am getting a bit ahead of myself here. It's just so nice to be able to talk about the future and know that the person I am with has the same feelings and outlook as me. I have spent way to many years of my life with guys who say they don't want to get married or they don't want kids and me thinking I can change that. I'm glad to finally be with someone who wants all the same things as me. It's the best feeling in the world.

We are getting ready for our drive back out to NY in August. I still can't believe that my little brother is getting married!!! I should be getting my dress for that this week and I am praying that it fits. I am nervous because I had to order it over the phone, so I have no idea how it is going to fit. Well, if worst come to worse I will just have to have it altered and hope for the best. My other concern is that it is strapless and I am going to have a hell of a time find a bra that is going to fit my knockers!! I'm also getting excited about this trip because it means that I can get my babies back!! I have missed them so much these last few months. When my dad or my brother tell me stories about things they have done I just start crying because I feel so bad that I don't have them with me. So, less than two months to go and I will have them back with me!! I'm hoping they don't punish me too badly for leaving them so long. I know my dog tends to hold a grudge. She was pretty unruly for my brother for about a month after I dropped her off with him.

Ok, so I think I have made this long enough. Those are my updates for now. Maybe I'll brave posting pics of me in the dress when I get it.