http://www.mosaiclife.com Piece by Piece. Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:03:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Woah, it's 2010. Craziness. 2009, as mentioned below, was a busy year, filled with extreme highs and lows. Here's hoping 2010 is a little more stable. Brandon and I didn't really do anything for New Year's. We stuck around the house and played with our toys from Christmas (new computer and ... http://www.mosaiclife.com/2010/01/04/new-year/ So I missed blogging the things I'm thankful for on Thanksgiving, so I thought I'd do it now. I feel like it's hard to list off the good things that have happened without sounding smug or braggy, but here goes. Over the last year, Brandon earned his master's degree, and I ... http://www.mosaiclife.com/2009/12/02/giving-thanks-a-little-late/ Man oh man have things been busy. We bought a house, moved into said house, and unpacked most of our stuff. We love our new place, and from time to time we'll still say in amazement, "we own a house!" It's a great feeling. I went and turned 27 yesterday. As ... http://www.mosaiclife.com/2009/10/14/251/ So we seem to be nearing the time when we ought to have kids. I think now that we've bought a home and become all responsible and whatnot, it would pretty much make sense to begin expanding the Wason name. But of course, there's reasonable hesitancy. I mean, we're totally one ... http://www.mosaiclife.com/2009/08/27/on-the-subject-of-children/ So to celebrate our 7th anniversary, we decided to float down the Chattahoochee on inner tubes for a couple of hours. It's inexpensive fun, plus we were able to stick around town just in case the sellers of the house accepted our offer or we had to counter it. There's such a ... http://www.mosaiclife.com/2009/08/14/anniversary-and-hypothermia/ We found out yesterday that the sellers accepted our offer on the house. We got it! We're incredibly excited and can now think of little else. However, now the big long process begins. Getting an inspection, getting an appraisal, going through with the loan (we've been pre-approved, it's just that ... http://www.mosaiclife.com/2009/08/11/they-accepted-our-offer/ So we decided to put down an offer on a home. We're really excited about it, and we hope it goes through. It's crazy that we could be homeowners soon. I've never felt more like an adult. I always wondered what would finally make me feel like I'm not still ... http://www.mosaiclife.com/2009/08/06/house-buying-progresses/ So over the past 9 weeks or so, I've lost about 16 lbs. Since I finished school, I've been able to cook and plan out healthier meals. We don't eat fast food any more, and we usually only eat out on Friday night, which is our "date night" (and has ... http://www.mosaiclife.com/2009/08/04/reemergence-of-collarbones/ So we've begun the early stages of the home-buying process. Not shockingly, it has included a rollercoaster of emotions even in the first week. I've gone through feeling incredibly anxious, to elated about finding something I love, super depressed because it seems like our budget has limited us strongly, and then ... http://www.mosaiclife.com/2009/07/29/woo-home-buying/ So now that I'm finished with school, it's on to the next goal: buying a home. We're saving up our money over the summer and we're going to see what we can get in the fall. We aren't sure yet whether to get a house or a townhouse/condo. There are ... http://www.mosaiclife.com/2009/07/05/on-home-buying/