Week in Review: Week 149
Whew! Whatta week!
It started out well enough, still walking for #RedJanuary – a UK movement about using physical exercise to help your mental health during the short dark days of winter.
And rewarded by #EmotionalSupportCannolis afterward. This was a savory MAC&CHEESE cannoli and a pistachio cream cannoli with a chocolate dipped shell. It was better than it looks.
Be Kind.
I sent my great niece Little Feminist board books for Christmas.
Janey trying to snuggle with Caleb.
Walking through town.
Apartment hunting has begun. I have seen small….
Smaller…
Smallest.
The smallest one was actually Cute. As. A. Button. But SO small. Like “there’s nowhere for mop/ironing board/books/mixer/table, etc” small. BUT it’s a fantastic location with the grounds of an abandoned psychiatric hospital literally across the street, with walking paths and decrepit buildings, and a bluff overlooking the river a block behind it. But all that fabulousness didn’t help me fit my LIFE into the space. There was no room for – to quote Marie Kondo – the things that spark joy. And I’d be staying within the same financial and commute time footprint as now, so that’s good. And I was convincing myself I should not lose that location over having to put 90% of belongings in storage…when I saw…
The Best One. I don’t even want to jinx it – the homeowner wants to meet with me again on Tuesday, with my financials, letters of recommendation, etc., so I’m a nervous wreck that if IT falls through, someone else might have already gotten the cute tiny one. All I will share at this time is the CLOSET. Excuse me, ONE of the closets. Fingers crossed!
There were several others that for their own weird reasons are really not in the running. There’s a very small inventory of places in my budget that will allow a cat and are a reasonable distance from work. And so many people just never respond to your phone calls and emails!
So, given my impending move, most of Saturday was spent clearing box wall from the bedroom – opening everything up to see what there is, making trash/donate/sell piles, and just generally reorganizing.
Before.
After.
The bedroom feels so big now! I could do a whole other activity over there! I’d always thought I would eventually get an actual desk and put the vanity back in the bedroom on that wall (currently the computer is on the vanity in the living room).
Hopefully Tuesday will go well and the SEARCH will be over, it’s extremely stressful and time-consuming!
I passed on Sunday Funday with friends to look at more places and get work done. I fell so behind this past week, what with spending every possible moment scanning the apartment ads and going to look at things in the evenings.
And now tomorrow is back to work and I’m EXHAUSTED. This will be an exhausting month with packing and moving.
That’s all my news. What’s up with you??
julia
Fingers crossed on your favorite! I’m sure they’d love to have you as a tenant. I was just reading about Mari kondo and thinking about going through some of my stuff, actually let me be honest, through my husband’s stuff, since he missed the great purge of when we had to move. I felt so much freer after purging and we just gave away our antique piano yesterday to someone who will use it and love it now that we no longer use it. It’s so freeing to have less stuff! Have a super fantastic week filled with good news Bettye!
bettyewp
I do love to get rid of stuff, and I don’t like living surrounded by boxes or piles, which is how I’ve lived much of the past 10 years since I sold my house. But I DO, to quote Ms. Kondo, like to have things around me that spark joy. To live in a box without any joyful items – how is that a home?
But I *am* still purging, even with the hope of getting a larger place. My hope (if I get this place) is to get rid of my storage unit by summer, saving that money.
Did you play piano?
Iris
Can’t wait to see pics of “THE” apartment. Tell that owner you can give some recommendation letters from online friends too 🙂
The “smallest” looks really cute. I love the ‘tiny house’ shows and think I’d love to live in one. Ha! Talk about a massive purging that would be.
Praying for apartment success!
Grace & Peace, Iris
http://www.IrisOriginalsRamblings.com
bettyewp
I could live in that small a space. I just wish I could have a COUPLE of my pretty things around. There was an issue of the refrigerator being in an awkward spot. A smaller fridge would have let it go back on the kitchen wall proper (as I had seen it in older pictures), giving me back that valuable wall space. I even told the realtor I would buy the new fridge! Anyway, it’s not coming to that at this point…hopefully I’ll get the other one. Where I could have MULTIPLE refrigerators, ha ha.
I’ll take your recommendation mojo with me tomorrow when I meet with her again. Thanks xoxo
Nancy
I will keep my fingers crossed for you!
bettyewp
Thanks, Nancy! And I for you. Cuz why not??
Debbie from Illinois
Oh, I’m sending positive vibes that you get the apartment! 👍🏻🤗💕
We’ve had snow, just three inches so it’s pretty without a lot of shoveling. The best kind.
It’s my birthday this week, so I’m meeting with friends for dinner almost every night. Yay!
Have a great week Bettye!
bettyewp
Ooh! Snow! Pretty! We’re yet to be graced. Go have birthday fun, Debbie! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
Debbie from Illinois
Thank you!
Heather
Haaaah! Emotional support cannolis. They look delicious.
bettyewp
After spending a week on Pet Friendly Apartment Facebook posts, I’m all about the Emotional Support dogs/cats/peacocks/cannolis.
(I mean no disrespect to people who have legitimate needs for these things, it just seems unlikely that ALL the people posting on these groups have actual trained/certified therapy animals).
jodie filogomo
Oh, I’m keeping my fingers crossed for you, Bettye. I just can’t imagine the worry and constant thinking about this.
Please, please let us know right away if you get this one!!!
XOOX
Jodie
bettyewp
I’m trying to stay hopeful and not stress about it. Hopefully, this time tomorrow night I’ll have an answer!
Chris Jargowsky
Best wishes on the apartment search. Any place you are with Janey and some of the fabulous pieces you have collected over the years is home. Positive juju coming your way. Love ya
bettyewp
Thanks, Chrissy! That’s the thing about the apartment behind Door #2 – there wouldn’t be room for the fabulous pieces to help make it home. So, fingers crossed for the other one! Love you, too xoxo