The Going-Ons

These days the questions have changed from, "Are you ready [for your wedding]?" to "So...how's married life?"

Of course it's good. It's only been 2 months! God if we were regretting married life so soon we'd be in league with Britney Spears or Pam Anderson.

Nothing can beat the feeling of waking up in the morning and the girl of your dreams is lying there next to you. OK OK, every once in a while there are days that aren't all peaches & cream. But overall married life is still pretty new and interesting.

That part of life is good. Business is alright too. I went to go shopping around for a new accountant yesterday. I don't know...it sort of felt dirty. A bit like shopping around for a new girlfriend or something. Why did it feel so bad? I guess I like my current accountant, but my wife suggested I might find someone less expensive. I've been paying close to $2k a year the last 2 tax seasons JUST in accounting fees. That IS a lot. On the other hand my accountant's been very professional and honest with me. So I'm cheating on my accountant. /sigh. Anyway, I'll entertain the possibility there are other good accountants out there who can help me just the same, but for less money.

We're getting on this money kick now because the idea of getting our own place is attractive. I just don't want to keep paying rent to someone else so that they can pay their own mortgage. But with the average Hawaii mortage median floating around $640k right now, the prospect of saving enough money for a downpayment is a challenge.

We drove around a couple weekends looking at open houses. Some places we looked at were ok. Other open houses were freakishly spookey looking...prime candidates to send the Ghost Hunters to I think. Some of these old houses were built in 1913 but were selling for $600k. Shit it probably didn't cost a fraction of that to build the house in the first place in 1913.

We'll see. I know we'll eventually get there....

Last month was my 2nd anniversary for Lowe Studio. I didn't even notice, I was so busy. Give myself a pat on the back. Now at least the banks won't laugh in my face if I ever want to go get a loan. :)