So, I have big news. I figured, I wanted to share with everyone on here. I've been on PT for a long time. Well, as most of you all know, Mike and I have been dating for a long time. It will be 5 years in January! Hard to believe. So, we decided to move on to the next step, which is finding a HOUSE! After that, we plan on getting engaged eventually - we aren't in a rush - we would like to be able to afford a nice wedding/reception when it comes to the right timing. So, we have found this perfect house that we absolutely love. It has 3 acres of land, a nice ranch house with a big basement and deck out back. It's pretty much what we have been looking for. We will also plan on getting a puppy - most likely a Labrador Retriever or Retriever mix. (he's really pushing me towards to getting another Lab instead of a Golden Retriever or any other type of breed that I've been interested into for a while..) This will happen after the house thing, so I would be the one who is at home most of the time, so I will be able to be there for the dog, train him/her, spend time with him/her - since I have a very flexible lifestyle - I freelance as a photographer, so I enjoy it. I have been doing very well with that A LOT lately so I am proud of myself for that.

I haven't really said anything about this and we've been searching for a long time, for about a year now. So, we put down a OFFER on the house the other day, and the seller counter offered us so we put down ANOTHER offer and we are waiting on to see what will happen now. We both are really nervous about this - waiting is such a tough thing to do. We are hoping it works out for us with this house we found, it would be so nice if it did. Could I ask for good thoughts & prayers to send out our way? We are VERY excited. We are ready. I just think that, you know, after 5 years, I am so lucky to have someone like him. I don't know what I would do and I'm so glad I trusted on my gut feeling 5 years ago about him. Maybe it was fate, after all.