Moving Post #1

Well the big news around here is that we're going to move to a new apartment. We will have been in our current place for two years - the lease is up on November 15. We have been thinking about moving for several months now, mainly for a change but also to find a place with a better layout and preferably four bedrooms. When we have another kid (no news yet), it'd be nice to have them in separate rooms and still have an office. We started really looking in early September and weren't able to find anything suitable. But just last week we found a new realtor and he showed us this great place in an area of town we hadn't previously been considering. It is a first floor apartment with four bedrooms (2 are pretty small rooms, but that's fine). It is in a fairly new complex, it's already "fixed up" meaning it is no longer a concrete box but has floors, painted walls, bathroom fixtures and a useable kitchen. One of the things we like the best about it is that it has it's own small fenced in back yard. So we decide to take it! It also has lower rent than where we're at now! We walked around the surrounding neighborhood and felt at home with all the small restaurants, fruit and vegatable sellers, nearby supermarket and "Dico's" (KFC knock-off). We signed the contract Sunday and got the keys. We're now in the process of getting things fixed up. We hope to be moved in sometime after November 1st (preferably before November 15 when we'll get kicked out of our current place ha ha!). Here is a picture of the "backyard" and of a playscape that's also within the complex. What a great deal for Reister!