All Moved In

Well, we did it! We are now officially apartment dwellers for the first time ever. You know what? We actually really like it here. I know, I know, it's only been 3 days, but still... we already like it!

I was worried about lots of things.

#1: the washer and dryer. We discovered that my washer and dryer wouldn't fit in the apartment, so I was dreading that REALLY bad. But not anymore! Praise the Lord-- this washer and dryer is actually fine and dandy. I was thinking it was going to be like my old set, but this set is MUCH newer and has a much larger capacity. And the dryer gets super hot, which is awesome. I have done 4 loads each day we've been here, and it seems to go pretty fast. So, worry #1 is gone.

#2: the office. Or lack-there-of. There is a small "dining area" in the apartment that is right off the kitchen. This is the only logical spot to put our office. I was worried about it being open and not being able to close the door on it. We have a really nice desk hutch that we bought at Brashears several years ago with our entire tax refund for that year... it's a really nice piece of furniture. We never actually used it for an office desk. It started out being my "scrapbook area" but as soon as Gracie was born, scrapbooking has become nothing more than a fond and distant memory. So, quite honestly it's been sitting in my living room in Berryville full of JUNK and collecting DUST!!! We decided to bring this because it has a door that closes and we could close in the office and my work wouldn't be laying out for everyone to see and looking junky all the time. I NEVER thought all of my things would fit in it, but worry #2 is no more! Miraculously everything has a place. I went on a little shopping spree yesterday and bought several organizational pieces for the house, and included in that were several pretty baskets to stash stuff in. I have them lined up on the top of my desk with extra office supplies, folders, binders, printer ink, etc. So, it's all stored away nice and neat.

As far as storage goes, I probaly have more storage/closet space than I had in my house in Berryville. The closet in the boys room is big enough for all 3 kids hanging clothes and the room holds all 3 dressers. There is even a little hall closet where the hot water heater is and there are lots of shelves and room for my vacuum and cleaning supplies. There is also a nice size coat closet with a shelf for all of my extra blankets.

There are 2 bathrooms which is a huge blessing. With 5 of us, 1 bathroom would be rough!

Jason and I have a walk in closet off of our bathroom which has plenty of room for all of our clothes and there are shelves for storage also.

When we started the add-on/remodel project at the house in Berryville, I got all excited and ran out and bought lots of decorations for the house. We never did hang anything up or take anything out of the packages because we knew we would have to paint the walls, so figured there was no point in hanging everything until that was done. Well, we decided to decorate the apartment with all the neat stuff I had purchased and I am so excited! After waiting so long to see everything I bought, I love all of it! It sure did make this little place feel like a home very quickly. I'm very thankful Jason put everything up for me.

I am anxious to post pictures and show off the new digs, but my camera battery died this morning and I've yet to get it charged. So, I'm hoping to get some pics posted tomorrow if I have time.

Thanks again for all of your prayers! I have no doubt that is what has gotten us through! I'm still in shock that we put it all together so quickly!!