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Arizona 2.0

Since I've last posted there have been a few major changes and events that have happened. I have vacationed in the Bahamas, we have moved to Arizona, have bought a house, and have donated my hair. I've been meaning to update this blog for a while but now here I am watching Rome, drinking some cranberry juice, and typing on my laptop.

Jake got a position in Southern Arizona as a contractor so we moved here and decided to buy a house. We looked at houses online for about a month before we found this one. It had everything we wanted in a house which was difficult to find. We did a virtual tour before deciding to put down an offer. It was accepted! Then we flew out to Arizona to walk through the home twice before going back to Tennessee and packing up all our stuff.

After three days and both mine and Jake's cars breaking down in Texas we finally made it to Arizona. We lived out of a hotel for about a month. Because we were staying there so long, we received a special rate so we were able to get a suite that had a stove top, fridge, freezer, dishwasher, etc. Finally we closed on the house and were able to move in! It only took 25 days for me to completely unpack, organize, and decorate the house. Actually, one of the guys Jake works with said that I did such a good job unpacking our house that he is paying me to unpack his house lol. I started a few days ago so hopefully it doesn't take that long.


Now that we've moved in and things are finally settling down I can focus more on school and setting a daily routine. I will be doing a blog post later about our vacation in the Bahamas. It was so amazing, I can't wait to go on another cruise. 

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