more apt pics

Good afternoon.
It's currently 60 out, with clouds, wind, and occasional rain.  And this is 3pm in the afternoon. It's fricken August!   60 is the average high for Las Vegas in January! And you wonder why we want to move.  :-/
Anyway, here's a few pics out our patio window in our apartment......

I like the expansive area between buildings. And all the green space.

These are the carports in the parking area to the right of our building.
We've spent a good part of the last 3 days over at the house. Cleaning, mowing and deadheading. Today, we finished up with the inside, and brought the rest of the stuff back to the apartment. The house looks damn good! Hopefully we'll close soon. Got a text from the Realtor yesterday. The buyer asked for an extension of the purchase. It was to expire at midnight. Checked my e-mail, printed, signed, and e-mailed it back. She only wanted an extension until Friday. With the appraisal not done yet, I don't know how we could close by then, but let's hope for a good appraisal and quick closing.
Getting the house more settled. Should be pretty much done by the end of next weekend. That said, with one week here, we really like the apt. Getting used to people and noises. Like being 3 minutes from work.
We did break down and get cable for TV. Our indoor antenna just wasn't getting much. Our apartment complex recommended a guy for cable service. Called him and he was over the same day.  Got basic cable added to our Internet service for just $10 more a month. Couldn't ask for more.   :-)
So back to work tomorrow, and waiting for a closing date.
I'll post when I have more...

the kitchen comes together.

Good morning.
It's been a busy weekend with work and the new apartment.
Without a washer/dryer in our apartment, Saturday was the first day taking our laundry to the Salon. Craig and I are usually the only ones working on Saturday, so that was a good time to do laundry while we worked. We were able to finish the laundry about the same time as we got done in the Salon.
I think it will work out okay.
We're getting more 'settled' in our new place every day. Getting a little more unpacking, and more organized.
We've got the kitchen together, and with some modifications, everything fits.   :-)

We added under cabinet lighting to brighten up that end of the kitchen.

A bistro table and chairs by the window. These will go with us to Vegas and go out on the patio there.

A large white storage cabinet we brought from the house. And two 7 drawer storage units next to it. Craig took out a shelf in the linen closet to make room for a clothes hamper and that shelf fit perfectly over the storage units and a good place to put the microwave. And the espresso machine sits on top of that when not in use. Baking pans go in racks on top of the large storage cabinets.
So despite a tiny kitchen, we fit everything in there.  :-)
I even got a large plastic cutting board that fits over half the sink giving Craig more 'counter' space when needed.

I'll take pics of the living room, once I get the rest of the boxes out. I'm getting close.   :-)
Now time to get going.

pics of our apartment

Good morning.
I've got a few minuted before I get ready for work, so here's a few pics of the apartment before we moved everything in....

Very small kitchen. Yep, that's all the counter space.

Entry door and nice large entry closet.

Looking right toward the patio door and kitchen doorway.

Linen closet and bedroom

Bedroom closet.

And bathroom.

I'll take some after pics once we get rid of most of the boxes.
After a few days here, we are liking the apartment very much. It helps we have new carpet and tile, a lot of windows, and we've added to the kitchen to make it more user friendly. Glad to have the storage area in the downstairs laundry room. We were able to put our snow tires and 9 boxes of stuff we want to take to Vegas, but don't need right now.
I'll post more when I get the time.

moving is work!

Good morning.
Just a quickie before I go.
We moved yesterday and OMG! I can't believe how much stuff I still have after 2 yard sales!
So now, trying to unpack and put everything somewhere.
It's been 30 years since our last move and I'm a bit overwhelmed by everything.
I'll post more when I get a chance.

2 houses and an apartment.

Good morning.
After work yesterday, we went over and picked up the keys to the apartment. For a one bedroom apartment, it is very spacious. Except for the teeny tiny kitchen. I was surprised to see no dishwasher.  But we'll manage. We took a couple of loads of stuff over, and after work today, we'll take another. I know we have movers coming on Monday, but I wanted to handle the fragile stuff myself, and the more I take, the less it'll cost Monday, as they charge by the hour.  I'll take some pics when I get a chance.
We now have 2 houses and an apartment. You'd think we were cross country jet setters, except one house and apartment are here in Lansing MI.   :-)
Hopefully we'll close on our house here on the 24th.
And with that, off I go.