Almost two months after we put in our initial offer in on a home, we've finally got keys! But that's getting ahead of myself. In my last post we left off a couple of days before we got keys. After a couple of quiet weeks things ramped up in a big way.

There are three big award shows in the Szerlip household. There are the Emmy's, Oscars, and The Golden Globes. Granted I think the Emmy's and the Oscar's are great, there is something beautiful about combining TV and Movies into one night. For each of these three award shows Jenn and I print out a ballot, and cast out votes for who we think will win.

After two years of saving, planning, and researching it was time. On November 26th (the day before Thanksgiving) we went with our realtor to view the house that Jenn ran up to our apartment to tell me about. It was a gorgeous sunny day and the community could not have looked anymore stunning. We toured the home which was empty but for a little bit of rented furniture. The house was perfect. It's a two bedroom detached condo, a little over a 1000 sq. ft with an awesome outdoor flex space, and a ton of natural light. I think we both knew even before walking into the house that we would probably put an offer down. However after a few seconds in the house we both knew instantly that we absolutely wanted this house.

For the last year or two Jenn has been on a mission. That mission, for us to purchase our first home. After renting for the first 5 years of our marriage she was ready to settle down. Me on the other hand I could have stayed at our current apartment indefinitely. Eventually Jenn got me to come around and we began the journey. 

"I'll see you in another life brotha." Remember the good old days of Lost? Remember when we wondered who the Others were? And why did they ever have to go back to the island? Well from one of the creators of Lost comes the new HBO series The Leftovers. One of the few remaining TV series that I wanted to check out, we recently finished watching the ten episode first season, and boy was it dark and depressing.

Every year I sit down and write out my goals for the upcoming year. You've probably heard it a 1000 times but New Years resolutions never stick. I like to think that my goals are slightly different. My goals for 2015 aren't arbitrary, there tangible, measurable goals. I guess since I develop performance goals for a living I should be able to make goals for myself right? So here we go. Here are my goals for 2015.