Scanning = Awesome

Maybe this is all a practice for my new job as a document scanner/data entry but having to find all of my old W-2s, scan them in and email them has not been fun! It started last week when I got a call from HireRight, the company doing my background check. I have had to find, scan and email 5 w-2s so far, one dating back to 2006! I am finding that there are several companies that I used to work for that are no longer in service! I'm happy to know that the company I will be with now will not be out of business in less than 5 years (since they have been around for over 100 years).

On another note, Ben and I went and did a little apartment shopping. I came to the realization that we spend $80-100 a month on doing laundry outside of our apartment/at laundromats (since our apartment does not have a washer/dryer in it). For that same amount of money (cost of rent + $80-100) we can be living in a 2 bedroom apartment WITH a full-size washer/dryer in it on the light rail and closer to work! So, that's what we did. There is such a wide variety of apartments too! I am realizing I like apartments that have been "updated". I like stainless steel and hardwood floors. I like it to look modern on the inside, even if the outside isn't so pretty. We both agreed that we need a place with a hot tub. Our apartment now has just a very, very cold pool.

So, it's been decided. We will for sure move (again) in July when our lease is up. This time, to a bigger, more efficient place. And we will stay there until we can afford a house. So... 10 years? lol

Speaking of a house, I am pretty sure I mentioned this in my last blog. We have started to read Dave Ramsey's "Total Money Makeover". We listened to a pod cast of the show last night, and I was amazed at how many people got rid of over $100,000 of debt in under 5 years! I'm not saying we have that much (or do we?), but it showed me that with some hard work that we have the opportunity to live debt free! I haven't done that since my divorce in 2005 (where I walked away debt free, but started with bad decisions since I was on my own).

So onto our next adventure!