We’ve been busy doing laundry and getting boxes unpacked. Our first full day at the new apartment, we focused on the bedroom and office, getting our clothes cleaned and stored away in closets. We’ve actually got a ton of closet space here, which is a rare thing to me in Chicago. Lots of closet space,…
This is nuts. The movers are scheduled to arrive in like an hour, and it STILL hasn’t sunk in yet for me that we’re actually moving to a new apartment. I’ve only ever seen the new place while it was under construction, so maybe that’s why. My brain still hasn’t fully processed this whole “living…
Here’s a photo of our dining room from March 7, 2010. Here’s a photo from last night (March 22, 2010). You can almost hear the packing tape and smell the Sharpie markers, can’t you? Related:The Packing Begins: Dining Room as Storage Area
The packing is fully under way! Liz and I have spent most of last weekend and this weekend, clearing out the contents of the office. We’ve relocated a lot of packed boxes in to the dining room, which is now serving as our main storage area. A view of the dining room, looking in from…
Over the weekend, Liz and I mapped out our game plan for the upcoming move. Our move-in date is the weekend of the 27th, so we’ve got a lot of things to tackle between now and then. It seems at once like a lot of time, and also not very much time. We’re hitting the…
Our apartment management company recently asked us for a lease renewal fairly early this year (due by February for a May 1 lease). While we didn’t have any problems with renewing… given the early nature of the request, we decided to just go out and see what else was available. We called one apartment and…