Announcement

No, not that kind of announcement, sillies.

Along the lines of my last blogpost, I am sooo very excited to announce we're moving!! It was something Hubby and I had talked about all last semester. That after he graduates, to find a better apartment. The requirements we agreed on were: Bigger, better space, away from Biola (and the Biola "Block"). We wanted to find something nicer for cheaper than what we were paying now, or find somewhere that deserves more money. Basically, if all the amenities were worth the extra money, then we'd go for it. We budgeted, and I started keeping a lookout half-heartedly, cause we weren't really going to search seriously till after the first of the year and all that.

Well, one night on Biola's Housing, I saw that there was a 2bdrm 2bath condo (fully furnished) for rent, for barely anything more than ours. Hubby called, and we went to go see it.

Now...when I hear someone say "fully furnished" I think of a couple couches and beds. The bare minimums you just didn't want to take with you. This condo...oh my goodness. We walked in and immediately fell in love. We applied two days after viewing it. They called us in a week later to see it again and to let us know we had gotten it!

So our new condo is a twobedroom/two bath condo. It has a two-car garage, a patio about the size of our dining room/kitchen combined!, both bedrooms have amazing storage space in the closets.

The living room has two leather couches, a cute coffee table, an entertainment center that comes with a (I think!) 32" flatscreen TV, DVD player. The dining room has a gorgeous table with four chairs. And the kitchen...I about died. Big stainless steel Kitchenaid two door fridge, a stove, microwave, oven, dishwasher. New granite countertops. Tons of cupboard space that are incredibly deep. The shelves are all on rollers to pull out. The lady is also leaving one full dishset for me (because they don't want it/have no room for it), a shelf full of teaccups and three teapots. Oh, and an espresso/coffee maker! The appliances are only about two years old, all of them! The Master Bedroom (hehe, we have a master bedroom!!) is huge and comes with a Queen Bed! Also on one wall is the sliding glass door to the patio with gorgeous drapes, and then on the other side of the room are the closets! Two closets with mirror doors and tons of storage. The patio is, like I said, about as big as our kitchen and dining room combined. It has a BBQ (yay!) and a covering you can pull over for when it's raining. Then the 2 car garage. Hubby's really excited to have a garage that comes with a workbench. Oh, and a washer/dryer! No more quarters, no more using laundromats. I can do my laundry when I want, as often as I want. I am so happy about this!!

And the best part? It's only a little more than what we're paying now for our old apartment, and only ten minutes further down the street. We're right by the freeways (which is awesome!). The whole condo complex is a gorgeous place. A pool and jacuzzi, green grassy areas and trees all over the place with picnic tables.

We are so excited to have gotten this condo. Our old apartment worked well for what it needed to accomplish. You know, me starting out there. Hubby and I starting out there (there are some wonderful memories in that apartment!), but we are ready to get better situated in a place that doesn't feel like an extension of a dorm. We want a place that fits with where we are right now as FT working professionals and a married couple (I think technically we're still considered newlyweds, though we don't really feel like it, hehe). Also to get away to a new place to have a "new start" somewhat, and to just feel like closing a chapter to begin another one as Hubby's graduated and figuring out what to do for a career (he actually has, but I don't want to announce it without talking to him first).

We are so blessed to have gotten this condo. We saw it and immediately fell in love. So I just prayed God would open the doors and make everything work out, and it did!

So, come January 29th, we are moving into this new place!! I shall post pictures once everything is settled in and unpacked. Though with the furniture already provided, we really won't have much, besides some special furniture of ours and of course, all of our stuff which will be easily put away.

So that's the latest update! What a wonderful way to start the new year!!