Adventures with the Kirby's: 2014

The last few months have been really interesting at our house. As many of you know, Scott has had a really hard time deciding what he wants to do for a career. When we were first married he though maybe he would be an Elementary school teacher. Later, he really latched on to Psychology, and was certain he wanted to have his own practice, but after some hands on experience decided that he wasn't cut out for that line of work. More recently Scott went back to school to pursue a Mathematics Education degree. My husband is a very smart man, however, it has become apparent that Math just isn't his thing. It is not that he is not intelligent enough to learn the subject, because he most certainly is. Math is not his thing, simply because, he does not enjoy it.

Scott and I have always had the same philosophy on careers. We are not in them for the money. First and foremost we need to make enough to survive on, obviously, but other than that, we want to be able to love what we do. The more we talk to people in the current career field Scott has been pursuing, that of High School educator, we have decided that particular avenue may not be the best for us. It is honestly really scary listening to the current climate of that career field. I think that teachers are hands down the most valuable people in our society, do not get me wrong, and it would be a very worthy career for anyone, but the more we have looked into it, it simply is not for us.

Bottom line, Scott has decided to apply for a big boy job. He has his sights set on a job I actually used to have, and which I loved. It had been really hard for me to leave that job, and over the years whenever Scott has gotten discouraged about his schooling or other career aspirations I have always, partially joking, said, "Well, you should go work at ____." About one month ago, Scott approached me and told me that he had been thinking these thoughts for awhile, but that he wanted me to tell him more about the job at ____. I told him what I had done while I was there, where I had hoped to go within the company, how wonderful the company was and how well they took care of their employees. I secretly had always hoped he would eventually get to this point because I had thought to myself, well, if I cannot work for this great company (because I am already at a super awesome company that works better for my circumstances- Thanks Jen!) then maybe Scott can someday. Bottom line is, Scott applied! I was so excited. There are not any openings at this particular moment in time, but we are both keeping our fingers crossed that something comes through in the next few months.

Those of you who know me, know I tend to get easily excited about dreaming about the future, even one that is only slightly possible at this moment in time. I LOVE to plan out my life. Well, this new turn in events has me hoping that soon I can actually have the grown up life I always wanted, which means a house! FINALLY, a place of our own where we can settle down and stop with the crazy transitional phase we have been in since we got married. This has led me down all kinds of avenues, from looking at available homes, to dreaming of building, to talking with some connections of mine about renovating an old home, etc. The possibilities are endless and I am just so excited.

I have been a Pinterest and Zillow fiend the last few weeks. Here are some of the things I have found that I want in my dream home, enjoy dreaming with me :)

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