Actual Email to my daughters

So I have to give~get this: a SIXTY day notice per my lease. I've been looking around a bit at other places, but LOVE this area. I considered staying in my current apartment, but would like a little more room and an outdoor space. There is nothing like that available in my current building.

On Saturday (Jan 2) I looked at a one bedroom apartment in an old house directly next door to my current building. The house is broken up into 11 apartments. Two 2 bedroom apartments upstairs, 4 on the ground floor (one of which is the property manager's office) and the rest daylight basement level studios.

The following is an email I sent to my girls after seeing the apartment. Nothing has been changed.

Hey!

Saw the apartment and I liked it!

Man! I wish you could have seen it! There was not a visible inch of space that this chick does not have some sort of crap displayed. To give you an idea: she has a salt and pepper shaker collection on the top ledges of her bedroom window sills. Yeah. Crazy, cat lady sh*t like that. Even the back of the front door was covered with stuff. A good sized Christmas tree took pride of place DEAD CENTER of the living room. Of course you can hardly walk in the living room for all the sh*t in there, but still. LOL Oh Oh oh!!!! She EVEN had a SECOND refrigerator in the living room! One of those small ones.

Putting aside the fact that an episode of "Hoarders" could be filmed there, I still see the potential.

(*note* not actual apartment, but very close to actual mess)

Hardwood floors, lots of windows and light.

There are two front living room windows. One side living room window that lets in some lovely light.

The kitchen has a window that looks out over the front porch area and the street. kitchen can be entered from either the living room or dining room. Kitchen is a galley with minimal counter space but way more than I have here.

The dining room is small, but more functional than the one we saw in the one bedroom in my building. It has a large opening like to my dining room area...only larger. So really it could be an extension of the living room if I wanted. There is a massive closet in there like the one in my living room.

going from the dining room is a small hallway leading to the bathroom (off to the left) and the bedroom at the very back of the apartment.

The bathroom isn't bad. plain. lower sink than what I have, but better than that heinous one in the one bedroom. Another window.

Bedroom is great! 2 sets of double windows. Granted.....one looks at the back of my current building and the other sort of over the parking lot, but the room is a good size and the windows let in a lot of light. Ikea curtains, here I come! LOL She has all SORTS of crap in the bedroom....like at least 3 dressers. So even though the closet in there is SMALL, I can have more storage space in drawers since there's room for furniture.

Honestly, you would have to see the amount of sh*t she has to believe it. I'll tell you more when I see you. It has to be described in person.

Surprisingly enough, the place didn't have a smell. I say this because she's Chinese and cooks all the time. There were at least 3 different good sized shelving units in the living and dining room stuffed with food. She also has a large cat. Wouldn't have known. We had trouble finding him in all the crap. I think he was hiding under the Christmas tree.

The entire front porch area is mine (according to Windy). Like i could have furniture out there if I wanted to. And I can park in front of my door if I beat everybody else to the spot. haha! No more wrestling with the massive front door of this building. Holla!

Basically the place has lots and lots of potential and will be adorable when we get a hold of it. The tenant isn't moving out until end of March. But what's one more month in my little place? I'm fine with it.

The apartment will be painted before i move in. I'm going to ask Windy if I can choose the color. Like I'll even buy it if they'll paint it the color I want.

Exciting!!!!!

p.s. Yes, this will be a blog post. It's too good not to be.


The new apartment is one of the "irons" I referred to in an earlier post that would take place in the new year. I'm very excited about it and look forward to moving the beginning of April.

P.S. No intentional disrespect to any cat ladies out there. *Meow*