Broke.

Not only are we broke, but our beloved TV broke as well. Ben thinks it's a thermal fuse, which can be fixed for around $20.00. Either that, or a lamp, which would be closer to $100. Either way, much cheaper than an actual new TV. In the meantime, we've been reading a lot of books and watching movies from the library on the laptop. yay for the library!

Even though we're totally broke - like, poorer than I've been in a long, long time, we got pre-approved for a home loan last night. I really don't understand why a bank would offer to give us money right now, but I'll take it! We'll be looking at 2 or 3 houses this weekend. Yay! Unfortunately, none of the houses we're looking at have everything we need. Boo! But they're getting close. The house we looked at a few weeks ago and *kind of* liked has a sale pending on it, now. I knew it wouldn't last. It's a good house in the best neighborhood in the world. Ok, maybe not the world, but it's perfect for our needs. I keep hoping I'll see another house in that neighborhood pop up for sale. We're starting to lean toward moving to a bigger apartment for another year, but low interest rates now keep us circling back to buying a home with no money in our pockets at the moment.

We're tossing around the idea of buying into an organic food coop thing. We pay xx dollars, and they deliver fresh vegatables for 30 weeks of the year. It'll hopefully force us to eat a few more veggies than we currently do, and it's all organic. It's not taking long for us to turn the corner into full-on west coast hippies.