Good at Spending Money

Today, while talking to my friend, Kacey and I realized that the place we are moving into in Idaho only has a washer/dryer hookup... we originally thought it had a washer/dryer in it. This sent us into a wee bit of a panic.

We've looked at appliances before and pretty much knew what we wanted. (I don't really know why Kacey even cares.... it's not like he does any of the laundry ;-)) Kacey did a little bit of research online before we decided to head out to the store. In the past Kacey has always been a Best Buy fan, but since last Christmas he has avoided that store like the plague! So, we went to Ultimate Electronics instead. Kacey was also dead-set on getting a Samsung washer/dryer because everything we have that is Samsung is really durable and we have never had problems with. But, Ultimate Electronics only had the steam washers and dryers that are over $1000 a piece.... WAY OUT OF BUDGET! Kacey ended up deciding on the GE's we found. (Why Kacey all of a sudden has such an interest in laundry???? I don't know?) Here is what we left with! I'm pretty excited after reading reviews about it!

washer

dryer

Here are links to them on the GE website as well.

Washer / Dryer

Sure, I would have liked to have the cool red ones.... but not for another $200 per unit!!! That's just ridiculous. Something I REALLY wanted was the pedestals but they were $200 a piece too! Kacey said if I really want him to he will build me a stand with drawers in them to put the washer and dryer on like the pedestals. I bet we'll end up buying them eventually but not right now.

All in all, we're pretty happy with them... granted we haven't used them yet but be got them on sale and they have some good ratings. We'll see if we (by we I mean I) like them once we get to use them.

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Major Blog Update

It's been a long time since I've posted anything really relevant about our lives. I believe the last think about about applying to school. So I guess what is where I will start off. Kacey and I both applied to BYU and BYU-Idaho in early February. Kacey found out almost right away that he got into BYU-I. It took what seemed like forever to find out what track he was assigned to, which turned out to be Spring/Fall. Now that may not seem all that exciting but with him starting school in the Spring means that classes start on April 20th, which still doesn't seem like a big deal until you realized that we found this out on March 8th..... 6 weeks before classes start! AHHHHH!!!! Since I'm considered a transfer student I didn't get my acceptance until the beginning of March, also placed on the Spring/Fall track. So, needless to say, both of us have been a little stressed out about getting this move to Idaho figured out, especially with not knowing where we would be living. Thankfully, we were able to reserve a place to live in married student housing a couple weeks ago. That has taken a load off of my shoulders knowing that we at least have somewhere to live. Here's how our new home is laid out.

floor 1 floor 2

I'm still a little nervous about moving into a place that I've never seen.... but it's student housing so it can't be that bad. Looking at these pictures.... I don't think it has a dishwasher... that will be interesting.

With us going to school, I have had the pleasure of quitting my job at Dish Network! For almost a year I have been answering phones for 8 hours a day... and according to Kacey, I even do it in my sleep. Needless to say, I will not miss that place. My last day was this past Wednesday, March 31st.

So, now Kacey and I are in the mode of get things packed and cleaned. Kacey will be leaving on April 12th to drive his car to Utah and fly back that same evening. We will then pick up our moving truck Tuesday the 13th and load everything up and head to Idaho on the 14th. Then, unload the truck on the 15th and be at orientation on the 16th. Kacey's friend, Neal is also going to school and we will be sharing our truck with him. However, Neal will be going to school at BYU in Provo and can't move into his apartment on April 24th. So, Neal will be spending a week with us in Rexburg before he can move into his place. Oh, and we'll be driving him to Provo and picking up Kacey's car at the same time. Busy, busy, busy.

Since we are living in student housing, we can't take Lucy and Ebony with us. Lucy will be staying with my mom and Ebony will be staying with Kacey's parents. We'll be looking for a place where we can have our dogs in Idaho.

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