The New Place

I was thinking the other day that I would make a list of Pro's and Con's about both apartments. It might make me feel better about moving out of our old one. Even though the landlords at the old apartment are dumb, I loved that apartment and Kory finally admitted last night that it was nostalgic and kind of sad. I've been sad about it for a long time. So, here's the list.

OLD APARTMENT (1 bedroom apartment)

PRO'S

- HUGE bedroom

- lots of closet space in the bedroom

-huge storage closet in the hallway

- huge living room

- tons of cupboards in the kitchen

- great neighbors and church ward

CON'S

- no dishwasher

- coin-op laundry

- old, bumpy carpet

- THIRD FLOOR

- A/C didn't function very well

- good water pressure was a hit and miss!

NEW APARTMENT (2 bedrooms)

PRO'S

- 2 bedrooms

- HUGE kitchen

- pantry shelves in kitchen

- hardwood floor in kitchen

- nice carpet

- good water pressure

- big bathroom

- DISHWASHER!!!!!

- access to a washer & dryer (shared with my cousin who lives upstairs)

- central air

- big living room

CON'S

- small master bedroom

- small closet in master bedroom (Kory uses the closet in the spare bedroom)

- not much space for storage

- low ceilings

- small windows

So, there you have it. I think storage space is what is still bothering me. I loved being able to hide all our junk in the hall closet at our old place and now we don't really have a spot. We have two utility closets, but technically it's illegal to store stuff in them. My cousin is a lawyer, though and he said he didn't care if we put stuff in there. Plus there are rafters in the garage we can use as well, but it's currently locked while my cousin and his family are out of town. Oh well, we're getting put together, slowly but surely.

Our box spring on our mattress set didn't fit through the door, so we had to list ours on KSL and craigslist and buy a split box spring. After shopping around at Big Lots, RC Willey and a teeny tiny firuniture store here in Provo called Ideal Mattress and Home Furnishings, I found the teeny tiny place had the best deal. Big Lots doesn't deliver and RC Willey would have charged me about $130-150 for EACH PIECE of the split queen, plus $65 to deliver. Throw in taxes and that's close to $400, which is about what our whole mattress set cost when we first got it! Ideal Mattress charged me just under $180 for the whole set up and they delivered it for free! Yay for them! The greatest was the RC Willey said if I ordered the split mattress it would take 2 weeks for it to arrive. I called Ideal Mattress yesterday, they didn't have any at that moment, but they delivered the box spring today! Another YAY for them. Now all we have to do is check out of our old aparment (I'm scared of the Nazi's!!) and make our new place look decent before we leave for Oregon on Saturday. There's a lot to do still! I've got pictures of our new place before we moved in, but they wouldn't upload. I'll try again and post pictures of our new place when it's clean and organized!

P.S. I don't know why the purple font wouldn't change color when I specifically asked it to...twice! I copied and pasted it from another online diary that I keep so maybe it didn't like being copied and pasted. Who knows. Sorry about the different fonts as well.

Lobster

I was so excited yesterday morning when Kory came home from work at 11:30 and said he was finished for the day. Wohoooooo! I was very happy. We decided to go to his parents' house in Orem and pick up the nephew to take him swimming at the local water park, Seven Peaks. Jase LOVES swimming (well, he's two so it's more like playing in the water) so it was exciting to watch him enjoy the water so much. We had sunscreened up before heading out to the water park, but apparently it didn't help for me. Kory and Jase turn brown in the sun--me, I turn red, lobster red. Usually I don't get burned if I have put on sunscreen, but last night after Kory's intramural ultimate frisbee game I noticed it hurt to put my purse on my shoulder. I checked it out and saw both of my shoulders had turned a nice lobster color. I should take a picture and put it up here. Kory lathered my shoulders with Aloe and I think that practice will continue for a few days until the pain and redness subsides! Ugh, I haven't been sunburned like this for a loooooong time. I suppose a good thick layer of sunscreen is required the next time Kory and I go to the waterpark.

Stimulus happy

So on Wednesday Kory and I stopped by his in-laws to pick up some mail that had arrived there. We got our stimulus check from the government! Let's just say we were NOT expecting $1,200!! We were hoping for about half that much, but hey no complaints here. We're saving to go to Kory's family reunion on the big island of Hawaii next year. We'll see what happens.

Random Entry

So, I don't have much to say. Still no pics of our new apartment, but we're getting excited to move. Just wanted to post a picture of my absolutely adorable nephew. Kory and I randomly decided to go to the mall yesterday and ran into Jase (the nephew) and his mommy (Kory's sister, Kali). He looked so cute in his hat and eating little pretzel bites that I couldn't resist taking a picture. Jase is two years old and a little smarty pants (I'm referring to both his intelligence and sassiness). Enjoy the picture.

Found an apartment! Hopefully we can have pictures up here soon. It feels so good not to have to worry about finding a place anymore!

old stuff and new stuff

Just wanted to write and say that things are looking up for apartment hunting. My cousins who literally live just down the street might offer their beautiful 2 bedroom basement to us for rent. our fingers are keeping crossed and prayers continue to be said.

In other news, it's freaking hot here! We're supposed to hit 100 today and 101 tomorrow. YUCK! Not great weather for fireworks but we'll see what happens.
We might get a new couch! I'm very excited but no one else probably cares...until you see and sit on our couch then you'll appreciate the excitement welling up inside me for a "new" couch. The sooner we move, the sooner we get to toss the old one. Yahoo!!

P.S. can anyone tell me how to add pictures onto my posts? I haven't quite got it figured out yet!

Apartment hunting

Right now my life is focused on apartment hunting and...apartment hunting! Our new landlords are raising rent by $75 and we're not too happy. So, while Kory works all day, I frequent Craigslist and BYU housing website for potential apartments. It's stressful but I'm hoping it will all be worth it in the end. We continue to pray that we will find something suitable and within our means of affordability. So far there are a few prospective places, but nothing for sure yet! Wish us luck!