Where has time gone?

Frosty evergreen

It’s been a crazy couple of weeks.  A few days after moving into the new apartment, I left for a school/work trip to Seattle.  As a result, I’m still not used to the apartment, and have twice in the past two days made a turn to go back to the Irv site, instead of the new place.  But, I LOVE (lovelovelovelove) the apartment!

This is what I love about it (sort of in order of what I love most, but sometimes the order varies):

Laundry!  All the glorious laundry that I want to do it always available, never needs quarters, and I can let it sit without fear of it ‘wandering off’.  Who knew something so basic would bring so much joy.

Hot water!  Any time I want, and pretty much as much as I want.  We never left the water heater on in Irv, so gone are the days of ice cold face washing at night.  I can do dishes on a whim!  I can shower in my own space without having to go outside.

Space!  This is a given.  But it sure is nice to not have to step over the dog all the time, or cook with only 1.5 square feet of counter space.   We have seemingly miles of counter space now.

A couch!  We can sit somewhere other than the booths at the table.  Let the slouchy movie watching commence.  (Oh, and we have a TV now!! But no cable or actual TV channels…but we can watch movies!)

A real fridge!  I can have condiments on hand.  Novel, I know.

It’s warm in here!  Deliciously warm.  And no humidity problems either.

A view!  When it’s not too foggy, we have a beautiful view of the glacier surrounded by mountains from our living room.  When it’s foggy, we see lots of trees.  On a clear night, the northern lights are also visible from the living room.  Behind us is a national forest campground and lake, then the glacier.  Great trails for walking Seca!  The picture below is from the campground loop.

So, things are going great.  Irv is parked around the side of the house and we’re still moving a few last things in, then he needs a good cleaning and we’ll put back all of the things we took out (like the couch and the ugly valances).  

This is the apartment, with the back door at my back.  Front entrance is in the upper left of the picture, with the fridge partially blocking it from view here.  You enter into the kitchen, there's a front hall closet  right in front.  To the front-left of the table there's a door to the garage/laundry. Back right of the picture is the bedroom, with the door to the bathroom before the door to the bedroom.

 

This is a picture looking at the living room and back door.  I have a little office nook behind the couch.  The door to the garage/laundry is now on the right.  It's cosy but so nice!  Oh and it came mostly furnished, and I think the previous owner's dog is responsible for the shreds on the couch bottom. :)

Happy Thanksgiving week everyone!  I’m thankful for an apartment this year.