At my last update, I mentioned some financial goals and how I'd been tackling them. What I didn't say was that we've been  looking for a house. That's right, we're ready to leave apartment life behind! After some turned-down offers and interesting adventures (like unplanned off-roading while house hunting), we are officially in escrow. Cue confetti toss!

For the past few months, literally every spare moment has been spent on the house dream, but I was so afraid of jinxing things that I wasn't even talking about it. At this point, while there are still more hoops to jump, we're far enough into escrow that I'm daring to hope this might actually happen. Cross your fingers!