It's been a while.....

I've been completely busy the past few months, searching for a home. Well actually, I've been busy on the weekends. And not every weekend. So I'm not really sure WHERE the ctually "busy" has been. But I have been house-hunting. And I'm at the point where I'm in the "house-has-been-inspected-and-here's-the-list-of-things-that-needs-to-be-taken-care-of" phase. I'm excited, but nervous, because there were a lot of things on the list. . . . But anyway, here are some pics of the new place (God willing):

Large kitchen (so much bigger than what I have now) . .

Bathroom. I will finally have a countertop! I can actually place my flat iron on the sink next to the make-up, and not try to balance it on the edge of the sink, while the make-up is in the bag on the toilet tank! Also, thinking about taking out the tub and just putting in a shower pan....or maybe a little seat....or perhaps just redoing the tub. Not sure yet. . .

Washer/Dryer IN UNIT! (no more lugging baskets of wet laundry downstairs, out the building, AROUND the building, to the laundry room that is actually INSIDE the building but is locked from the main stairwell, and depositing $1.75 to dry. Oh, not to mention, the going back upstairs to wait for it, then coming back down to collect it, and then carrying it back upstairs. I think this is the best part (or at least one of the best parts). I won't have to roll my portable washer into the "kitchen" and hook it up to the sink, and wait for it to do a load while it blocks my entry into the rest of the kitchen. I don't have to pad the floor with carpet pieces so that when the washing machine enters the spin cycle, it won't rattle on the floor and make noise for the people below me. Because it's such a tedious process, I usually end up combining loads to cut down on the number of wash cycles I have to endure. And because of the noise, I can't spontaneously do laundry in the middle of the night. Now, I can put in a load of just socks, to extra bleach them. And if I have some clothes with wrinkles in them, I can toss them in the dryer. And not pay $1.75 for about 10 minutes of drying time (and no, I've never done that). . . .

Nice sized living/dining room (and I can use that little corner for the office!) At this point, it's just a waiting game, but I hope I end up winning this game! Every day I go home to my apt, I cringe, just waiting for the neighbors to slam doors, or for the dogs to start howling/barking, or for...whatever it is they do next door to me that causes SO MUCH NOISE! And at this new place, the floors are sound and solid, so I can start doing my exercises - but at 100% now (I was doing them at only like 75% because the floor where I live creaks ALL the time). So...I will keep you updated!