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Thursday, October 18, 2007

Our Future Residence

Many of you know that over the past month we have been looking for a new place to live. We love our current apartment but they are raising the rent to ungodly amounts that we are not willing to pay. I have spent many hours each day on craigslist looking for a place for us. I thought raising two boys was hard.

After endless hours of internet searching, dozens of emails and phone calls made, viewing a few places, frantically filling out application just to get them in right after others, yelling at one another because someone had to pay for all the stress, and wondering if our new home would be the back our our car...we found a place!

Last Monday after a horrible (and I really mean horrible) weekend of endless searching I found a place too good to be true. I called only an hour after it was posted and was invited to come and see it right away. Mike got home from work, we packed up the boys and headed downtown. It was a bit scary from the outside and we debated about even going in. But we did and are so glad we did. We gave the man our info and received a call Wednesday offering it to us. I am heading down in about an hour to get the keys and we will sign the lease the beginning of next week! Yeah!

Positives
--located in one of the most desirable neighborhoods (Green Lake)
--LOTS closer to the majority of our friends
--walking distance to Green Lake, a huge playground, a wading pool, coffee shops, and a grocery store.
--two blocks from a bus route that will get us to MHGS in 10 minutes
--very spacious two bedroom old home (we get to keep most of our stuff)
--lots of windows
--they are honoring a 9 month lease
--they will allow us to paint whatever we want and not have to paint it back
--cheap and the landlord pays water, sewer and garbage
--fenced in yard for Bailey

Negatives
--located on one of the busiest roads in Seattle
--no dishwasher
--outside is pink (yes...pink)

We are so excited to start moving and being closer to school. Yesterday it took 6 minutes to get from MHGS to the house. Right now we are driving at least 30 (on a good day) but generally more like 45. I am also thrilled to be walking distance to the lake. Maybe I will start to exercise more!

Click here to see it on Google Maps!