Our New Home!

Ok well you wanna hear another doozy of a story? So yesterday John talked to the housing lady again and she told him that our 1st housing option (see previous post) is getting ready to be renovated and we'd have to move out of it in January anyway. ......I don't even know what to say except WHY would that even be one of our offers?? You people just don't make sense! But I don't know why I still get upset and say, "That's RIDICULOUS!", because it's the military and after 5 years I should be used to this! Haha. Anywho...John went ahead and accepted offer #2 even though we hadn't seen it because, well, it just makes sense since we only get 2 offers! So we got to go see it this morning and oh boy was I happy! Newer, nicer, cleaner, and guess what?? They're putting in BRAND NEW CARPET!! I was just thrilled! I was excited to be getting carpet anyway but in the back of my mind I kept thinking about all those other peoples dirt and germs that I just wouldn't be able to suck up with a regular vacuum and that my babies would be crawling around on it all the time. But I wasn't complaining! It was just an extra blessing that I found out about this morning so praise God! Now if I could put in a request I'd ask that the new carpet not be blue but ya know...even if it's purple I'll make it work! Izaak and I are going to the hardware store today to look at paint samples. I'm excited!! Our housing appointment is set for Tuesday and I believe what they're saying right now is that the house won't be ready for move in until May 3rd (which is only 10 days away) but I'm kinda hoping it's no later than that so we can get moved and unpacked as much as possible before Z and I head to the states for 6 weeks. I seriously doubt I will get any painting done before then but seeing as how we're only allowed to have 4 gallons of paint every 90 days, I figured I'd go ahead and get what I know I want now so that by the time I'm ready to paint Izaak and baby M's rooms, I'll be eligible for more paint. LOL. Oh the life! I was able to take a few pictures but there were about 10 Japanese men who didn't speak English in there doing repairs and whatnot and I guess they never figured out that we're the new family coming to look at our new house because they were giving us awfully weird looks the whole time. Most of them were in the kitchen and living room so I didn't get any pics of in there but TRUST ME it's much better than the last house! Oh and someone was in the master bath so didn't get to see that either. But don't worry, I will be taking lots of pictures of the move!! I can't wait!!


The outside of the tower. Looks pretty much exactly like the one we live in right now. I labeled our balcony and the baby's window if you can see it in this pic. The only downside I would have to say about this apartment is that the balcony is directly above the trash room. So I'm hoping that I can still open the doors and not smell yucky trash. Also, that's where people go in and out of the tower so I'm hoping it won't be too loud.

Welcome to our new house!

Nice laundry room directly on the left when you walk in the front door. I'm so excited that I get to do laundry when the kids are sleeping now!! (Our current laundry room is right outside of Izaak's bedroom). But I'm also just so thankful that the washer and dryer aren't in the kitchen!
The view from the dining room balcony.

The guest bath. SO much nicer than the other place!
Nice hall closets.
Baby M's room is the first one on the right.
Izaak's room is the 2nd bedroom on the right and is slightly bigger than the baby's room.
Me and John's room and look! We get 2 closets!!
And we get a nice big storage room in the hall with shelves. The place we're in now has a storage room (without shelves) and we have definitely put it to use! The 1st place we were offered did not have a storage room so I'm not sure what we would have done!
And here is Z Bug making a mess of his on the go-in the car-broken up pancake in a snack bowl breakfast after we went to see our new house! :)

And to end my happy story, I thought I'd share a poem I just read this morning that TOTALLY fits my life right now. I really like it.

"Dandelion you're like me, set adrift to ride the breeze
Drifting here and settling there, to grow as if you have no care
Only those like you will know, the sudden rush to rise and go
On any ground, you will abide and you never do decide
Flying with no tie that binds, always leaving friends behind
Trying not to show you mind; dandelion I'm like you
I put down roots that have no glue, so I'll move somewhere new."