C+A is now C+A+Junior....

So, most of you know this, but there may be a few of you out there that don't know... Casey and I have moved.... and in doing so have inherited a roommate. You see I have a heaping pile of student loan debt that we have been trying to pay off.... But if we follow the "wonderful" plan of repayment that the lenders give us, we will be paying for at least 10 years!! Oh and not to mention paying thousands of dollars in interest!!  This just made Casey and I sick.... We really didn't want this hanging over our heads for the next 10+ years....

After much prayer and consideration, we decided we had to do something to try and pay this off sooner... This is where the "roommate" talk comes into play.... We started contemplating different options, and one day while discussing this with one of our good friends, we received an offer "Why don't you live with me?" At first, Casey and I didn't want to burden this friend of ours, but after a few more times of him offering we decided it was a great idea... You see... our super generous friend offered to let us live in his basement... for free! Thus allowing us to pay my student loans down in just over a year!! How could we not say yes?!

So... this is how C+A became C+A+Junior....

Normally after a year or so of marriage, most couples would introduce you to their new puppy or their new baby..... but for us.... well..... let me introduce you to the newest addition to our little family.... AJ Blain (we refer to him as Junior).

Most of you know AJ, but if you don't... you need to get to know him! He's a self-proclaimed rancher, a pilot, an oil man, loves cows, loves Diet Coke and LOVES making deals.

When you hang with Junior, you will most likely do something crazy like one of the following: fly someplace like Red Lodge for lunch or dinner while doing barrel rolls, rip around on an oversized four-wheeler wrangling cows into a trailer, go to some sort of auction, eat a buffalo chicken sandwich from the Brew Pub, take a boat out on the river or lake and likely break something, or watch a Chick Flick (mostly the one found on Lifetime or Encore Love).

He's just been so great to us and we are soooo incredibly grateful for this sacrifice he is making for us welcoming us into his home! He did not "require" any sort of payment from us, but we've decided to provide him with cable (including numerous movie channels) and a fridge full of food.... So, really it's a great deal all around and Junior is ALL about the deals!

You see... Junior and Casey are best buds (I think that's how guys refer to it... Ladies it's our equivalent to BFFs) so everyday is an adventure to say the least! Whether it's movie nights, Casey and AJ  punching each other for fun, lighting stuff on fire in the back yard (sorry Flidge), baking cookies, or just sitting around with Tensy and Jamie while AJ asks "What else?".... There's always something happening in the combined Blain/Ramage household....

Casey teaching Junior how to use his new iPhone.

I'm not sure how long we'll live with Junior, but we will make sure to enjoy it while it lasts!!  I will leave you with some recent Junior quotes.... (I will be throwing these in periodically in the blog.... which has now been referred to by Junior as the "house blog")....

• "Oh.... that just reminded me, I got in a wreck today..."--Junior
• "Did you get kicked by any cows today?"--Me "Yeah.... three."--Junior
• "You think it's weird when people touch your nipples?"-- Junior asks Casey.  Casey immediately makes fun of him.... Junior's rebuttal to Casey making fun of him... "Well... your new name is Nipple Boy!"

That is all for today....