iHouse.

This post is brought to you by me trying to distract myself with frivolous things and escaping from the stress of today...

I got an iPhone!  I left AT&T and the Blackberry family after many years of pretty decent service to join HTB on his Verizon plan.  In the process I got the new phone (FOR FREE) and am hoping for a lower monthly bill.  I got this fancy case (the white and gold striped one) to celebrate (I know, my logic is slightly flawed).  It looks just as great in person, and survived its first meeting with a linoleum floor like a trooper!


In less frivolous matters, I will say I am stressed out at work, "Titanic" tech is a little more than two weeks away, and Nathan and I are searching high and low for a home.

It would be neat if we were blogging about the whole house-hunting experience, but since we don't take pictures at the properties it seems a little pointless.  I'm not sure if we're allowed to do so, but I'd feel a little awkward.  We've seen ranchers, colonials, and Cape Cods, among others.  We've seen fixer-uppers and we've seen houses so spanking fresh you can still smell the paint (literally).  We've seen dead crickets and cigarette butts on the floor of a sketchy kitchen and we've seen a furnace from 1912 in a basement.  We've visited houses that were empty and calling out to me to dream in them, and we've been in houses still housing occupants and their yappy dogs (or over-curious children).  It's an adventure.  I am thankful for three things: our knowledgable and friendly real estate agent, and the good sense and kind heart of my fiance. This feels like a long road, but I believe our home is at the end of it.