home, sweet home
Monday, Apr. 04, 2005 - 6:25 p.m.
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We did it, we found a new place to live! This place we saw on Friday turned out to be a bust so, on a whim, we decided to drive by place we had driven to before when the husband�s parents were here. It turned out that this little gated townhouse community will be having a few openings at just the right time we�ll be needing a new roof over our heads. We toured a couple of the houses and fell in love instantly. So, long story short, we went back up there today to turn in our application and to make a deposit. What this means is that as of May 20th (a mere 46 days away!) we�ll be living in 2,000 square feet of brand new goodness! And it really is new - the whole thing was remodeled in 2000 and just a couple of months ago they put in brand new carpet and tile - woo! The new house has the living room, dinning room, kitchen, and half bath down stairs (plus a few closets) and then three bedrooms and two full baths upstairs. Two of the three bedrooms have huge walk-in closets which I know I�ll put to good use - in fact, there are closets EVERYWHERE in this place. One of the larger hall closets hides my very own washer and dryer - as in mine, just for me, all mine! The new house comes with a heated 2-car garage (complete with electric opener) which is a must here in MN - especially since we�re soon to be buying a new car. It�ll be really nice to have a car that�s not covered in snow and ice every day anymore - the husband will be able to use what used to be designated scraping time to sleep in :-) We�ll also be getting a pool, state-of-the-art-exercise room, and the luxury of never having to do any yard work. Someone who isn�t us is going to have to get up at 6am in January to plow our driveway and shovel our sidewalk. Someone who isn�t us is going to have to mow our lawn and take care of our pool all summer. In fact, all we have to do is live there and send money every month - couldn�t be easier! I�m also pretty excited about the fact that both maintenance and the property manager are on-site so we�ll have easy access to them. The main office is right there in the community and is open during regular business hours so I�ll be able to find who I need to find if I need to find them. With all that being said, can we move NOW??? :-P In other news, I actually got motivated enough to set up a moblog so I can upload pictures to this site from my phone while on the go. The only problem is that I can�t get it to show up on this site exactly how I want it to. What this means is that Glamslam (don�t bother clicking, she doesn�t update) and I have been fighting with html, CSS, and anything else we can think of to try and make it work. If we ever do get it to work I�ll be sure to let you know... UPDATE: Sarah is a superstar...more on this later... |