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Showing posts with label moving. Show all posts
Showing posts with label moving. Show all posts
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Sunday, January 29, 2012
Our New Digs
Over the past 5 days we have been moving into our new apartment. Our move in date was Wednesday the 25th, and we have been moving in slowly over the past 5 days. We didn't stay in our new apartment until Thursday night which was the same day we got out new couch and tv stand delivered as well. Of course, since we are in a particular apartment design our sectional wouldn't fit in through our narrow entrance so we had to call maintenance to have them put it through our living room window. They have clearly done this probably hundreds of times and literally had the screens off and windows open and the couch inside within a matter of 5 minutes. It was kind of impressive I am not going to lie haha. We figured out that it is much bigger than we thought, our apartment was much smaller haha so we are going to have to flip the tv and the couch to opposite sides, which will require the cable to be re-routed through the smaller of the walls. So until that happens it is just bugging us majorly by being too big for the smaller wall it is against...but we will live.
I was nearly impossible to get much of anything done between me having work and Bobby having school so the majority of the moving was done Saturday and today and we now only have to get Bobby's desk, computer chair and the vacuum to be officially DONE! It was the longest moving process ever, but it actually made it a million times less stressful so I am ok with how it went. It allowed me to organize everything as it came and not have to worry about it all at once. Our new apartment has an amazing amount of storage and closet space plus we have an additional storage unit in the laundry room of our building so we are very pleased with that. The new apartment just feels so much cozier for us. At the old house we were literally cranking the heater up because the insulation of the windows and doors were SO poor that there was an unreal amount of cold air getting in, but here we haven't even had to turn the heater on once, I have actually opened the windows a few times from being too hot! (remember it is literally freezing and snowing outside haha).
So far we are very, very happy with our new apartment and know that we picked the perfect place to call home for the next year and a half. We are fully prepared to make this our home and to continue to add cute decor and homeyness and make it our own. We have started with the big items (our sectional and TV stand) and now will just need some shelving and lighting and I will be putting up photos etc to make it like a home. I am really relieved to be able to start anew at a new place that will be drama (and roommate) free. I strongly believe we will be much happier here and Bobby will be able to finish his MBA without having to worry about any landlord issues. ;)
I was nearly impossible to get much of anything done between me having work and Bobby having school so the majority of the moving was done Saturday and today and we now only have to get Bobby's desk, computer chair and the vacuum to be officially DONE! It was the longest moving process ever, but it actually made it a million times less stressful so I am ok with how it went. It allowed me to organize everything as it came and not have to worry about it all at once. Our new apartment has an amazing amount of storage and closet space plus we have an additional storage unit in the laundry room of our building so we are very pleased with that. The new apartment just feels so much cozier for us. At the old house we were literally cranking the heater up because the insulation of the windows and doors were SO poor that there was an unreal amount of cold air getting in, but here we haven't even had to turn the heater on once, I have actually opened the windows a few times from being too hot! (remember it is literally freezing and snowing outside haha).
So far we are very, very happy with our new apartment and know that we picked the perfect place to call home for the next year and a half. We are fully prepared to make this our home and to continue to add cute decor and homeyness and make it our own. We have started with the big items (our sectional and TV stand) and now will just need some shelving and lighting and I will be putting up photos etc to make it like a home. I am really relieved to be able to start anew at a new place that will be drama (and roommate) free. I strongly believe we will be much happier here and Bobby will be able to finish his MBA without having to worry about any landlord issues. ;)
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Moving Forward
Moving day is almost here! 2.5 more days until we get to move forward and into our new apartment! There is obviously going to be some mess to clean up after we move since we broke our lease, but being out of this house will make it a lot less stressful and a step in the right direction. We are scheduled to move into our apartment on Wednesday. I have work from 7-1:30ish and Bobby has class basically all day 11a-9pm so I will have to bring Julia over to get our keys first thing in the morning before Bobby has to go to class. I am so happy that I have a half day Wednesday, it just happened to work out that way with Julia's grandma coming into town. It gives me all of that extra time to move stuff over to the apartment while Bobby is in class. We don't have a lot of big stuff so I should be able to move a lot on my own in the 10 hours that Bobby will be in class. I am SO ready to get everything moved so I am willing to do whatever it takes to get as much moved over as fast as possible! haha I hate being in between things I just want to be done with this limbo we have been in waiting for our move in date.
Since this living room is furnished at the house we are in we needed to buy a new couch and tv stand for our living room. We had gone and checked out a bunch of furniture places then Bobby found out Big Lots actually sells nice furniture at a much less expensive price. So, we went into Big Lots and found a few couches and sectionals that we really like! We had it narrowed down to two...a couch and a sectional. We decided to go with the sectional because the couch wouldn't provide enough seating for when we have friends over etc and buying the loveseat and couch would cost just as much as the sectional so we figured lets just get the sectional. I love sectionals and have been wanting one so I am really happy with our decision! We also found a great tv stand, which they only had the floor model left so we decided to take it because its in perfect shape plus we get 10% off for it being the model. perfect! Since we don't have a truck anymore we are having those two items delivered to our apartment Thursday morning so Bobby can be there to help.
I can't wait to get all of this done, it really shouldn't take more than a couple days to get completely moved out of our current house and in to our new place and then I get to organize the new place! My favorite! I always look forward to that part of moving actually as weird as it sounds haha I love finding a place for everything in a new space and having that feeling of accomplishment once it is all done. Plus who doesn't love new furniture?! I should have everything done by the end of the weekend so I will be sure to post pictures of the new place :) Wish us luck with the move!!!
Since this living room is furnished at the house we are in we needed to buy a new couch and tv stand for our living room. We had gone and checked out a bunch of furniture places then Bobby found out Big Lots actually sells nice furniture at a much less expensive price. So, we went into Big Lots and found a few couches and sectionals that we really like! We had it narrowed down to two...a couch and a sectional. We decided to go with the sectional because the couch wouldn't provide enough seating for when we have friends over etc and buying the loveseat and couch would cost just as much as the sectional so we figured lets just get the sectional. I love sectionals and have been wanting one so I am really happy with our decision! We also found a great tv stand, which they only had the floor model left so we decided to take it because its in perfect shape plus we get 10% off for it being the model. perfect! Since we don't have a truck anymore we are having those two items delivered to our apartment Thursday morning so Bobby can be there to help.
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| Our new sectional |
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| Colors for Living Room |
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| New Tv Stand |
Thursday, December 29, 2011
A New Place to Call Home
So today we went by the new apartment complex to give them the final thing needed for our application to be submitted for approval and take a look at the apartment again/take pictures and we officially got approved! Yay! There was no reason we wouldn't be, but still you never know and knowing that we for sure have a new place is a big relief!! I am so excited to move, dealing with our landlords and living here has been so uncomfortable the last month and a half and I can't wait to be out of this situation. I know that it isn't going to be as easy as just leaving, but hopefully they won't try to do anything crazy and will just accept that we are willing to help them find replacement tenants and pay the one month penalty and call it good, but we will see.
We are supposed to go in tomorrow and sign our lease and our move in date will be January 25th! I love the new apartment, it is 2 bedroom 1 bathroom, open kitchen, the bedrooms are big and so is the living room. Since Bobby attends the University of Rochester we also get a special deal; reduced security, $700 off first months rent which just basically pays the $700 security deposit, application waiver, and we also are able to get an all inclusive package for our utilities which ends up saving us a lot of money. We just paid $100 heating bill at this place we are at now and it's only going to keep increasing the colder it gets! So crazy and so glad we won't have to do that anymore. Making one payment to our apartment complex and having it cover EVERYTHING is going to be so much better.
We have been looking at couches and decor and we are really excited to get in and start making it our home for the next year and a half. Everyone that works at the complex is SO helpful and nice I just wish we would have moved in there to start! But, live and learn. It is definitely going to suck to be moving in the middle of winter, but it will all be worth it in the end, and luckily we don't really have that much stuff to move. I will probably start gradually packing up little things once January rolls around, try to get a jump on it to hopefully relieve some of the stress.
So looking forward to all of the fresh starts that 2012 has in store, and this will be the first to kick off the year!!! What better than a new place to call home? :)
We are supposed to go in tomorrow and sign our lease and our move in date will be January 25th! I love the new apartment, it is 2 bedroom 1 bathroom, open kitchen, the bedrooms are big and so is the living room. Since Bobby attends the University of Rochester we also get a special deal; reduced security, $700 off first months rent which just basically pays the $700 security deposit, application waiver, and we also are able to get an all inclusive package for our utilities which ends up saving us a lot of money. We just paid $100 heating bill at this place we are at now and it's only going to keep increasing the colder it gets! So crazy and so glad we won't have to do that anymore. Making one payment to our apartment complex and having it cover EVERYTHING is going to be so much better.
We have been looking at couches and decor and we are really excited to get in and start making it our home for the next year and a half. Everyone that works at the complex is SO helpful and nice I just wish we would have moved in there to start! But, live and learn. It is definitely going to suck to be moving in the middle of winter, but it will all be worth it in the end, and luckily we don't really have that much stuff to move. I will probably start gradually packing up little things once January rolls around, try to get a jump on it to hopefully relieve some of the stress.
So looking forward to all of the fresh starts that 2012 has in store, and this will be the first to kick off the year!!! What better than a new place to call home? :)
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Big Move
I just wanted to kind of catch this whole blog up to speed on what's going on in our lives...
-We got ENGAGED! <3
-Bobby got into Simon School of Business in Rochester,NY
-We packed our cars and drove 4.5 days 2,800 miles across the country from Orange County to Rochester,NY
-Arrive in Rochester,NY August 6th
-We stayed in a hotel for 5 days after looking and signing a lease on a house.
-We crashed at our friend's for TWO weeks because it took much longer than expected to get into our new home
-Finally moved in a week and half ago on Bobby's 26th birthday August 24 :)
-I got hired by two wonderful families to nanny again
-I am now back at my mom's in California preparing to go book our wedding venue and try on dresses for the first time TOMORROW! <3 and Bobby has his MBA orientation tomorrow GOOD LUCK BABE :)
That is our last two months up until today in a nutshell...it has been stressful and exciting all at the same time but I couldn't have a better partner in all of it :)
-We got ENGAGED! <3
-Bobby got into Simon School of Business in Rochester,NY
-We packed our cars and drove 4.5 days 2,800 miles across the country from Orange County to Rochester,NY
-Arrive in Rochester,NY August 6th
-We stayed in a hotel for 5 days after looking and signing a lease on a house.
-We crashed at our friend's for TWO weeks because it took much longer than expected to get into our new home
-Finally moved in a week and half ago on Bobby's 26th birthday August 24 :)
-I got hired by two wonderful families to nanny again
-I am now back at my mom's in California preparing to go book our wedding venue and try on dresses for the first time TOMORROW! <3 and Bobby has his MBA orientation tomorrow GOOD LUCK BABE :)
That is our last two months up until today in a nutshell...it has been stressful and exciting all at the same time but I couldn't have a better partner in all of it :)
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