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(Dis)Organized

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Last night after work we stopped at Blockbuster so I could rent the first season of Sex and The City. I watched the first two episodes and realized – I’ve seen them! I only hope one of the episodes on the dvd is one I have not yet seen, or that was a waste of money. I really didn’t think I had seen all the episodes, though, but now I’m confused as to which season I didn’t see.

We also went to the library to get some new books. I’ve been doing a lot of fiction reading the past year or so which surprises even me as I had stopped reading fiction altogether a few years ago. I guess I’ve reclaimed the enjoyment I get out of reading a good story.

Before heading home we also grabbed some Chinese food from the best place ever – Peking Express. I’m glad we thought of it as they aren’t open on the weekends. =(

Then we did laundry while we watched tv and read blogs.

Our apartment looks like a disaster area at the moment. See, the past few weeks they’ve been installing new doors and windows throughout the apartment complex. In fact, they put in a new living room window and sliding patio door in our apartment a couple of days ago and they are coming back next week to install a new bedroom window.

Well yesterday we got a note that said anyone with a storage area that had a window in it had to have the aforementioned area empty by March 1st. Thanks for the two days notice! Good thing we weren’t away for the weekend or had the kids.

So after browsing the local mall today for a couple of hours, lunch at Long John Silvers (ahhhh … those chicken planks are to die for … they totally remind me of my grandparents because they used to take me there all the time), and a trip to Walmart, we came home and emptied our storage area. Yea, of all four available units, we got stuck with the one that has a window. So of course all that stuff is in our dining room at the moment. Thank god our dining room table is really just a card table and chairs, which were actually still folded up since we had moved them for when they replaced our sliding patio door.

I had wanted to go through our storage stuff at some point this year anyway, so Spring cleaning just happened a bit earlier than I had originally planned. The good news is that we’ll have enough room for our bikes this year because we reserved a small public storage unit where we’ll be storing a bunch of empty boxes and Christmas decorations tomorrow when they open. We also put aside a bunch of stuff we’re going to sell at a garage sale we’re organizing for the summer, including some stuffed toys of mine.

I guess I could take this opportunity to mention that if you might be interested in any of the following items, email me and we can work something out. I’m looking to get rid of an old Brother word processor, a HP color scanner, some cheap computer speakers, a Snoopy snowcone maker (don’t ask me what I was thinking getting that in the first place), and a bunch of stuffed animals, including two select Beanie Babies in mint condition with tags still attached.

I am so tired at the moment. Tomorrow is going to be another hectic day as we’ve got grocery shopping, a trip to Target, another trip to Walmart for some plastic storage totes (I’m so excited to be able to organize our stuff even more … it’s a disease I have), and the public storage thing to take care of. Plus we plan on stopping by the nature center since it’s supposed to be a nice day. But I’m not complaining because I love being out on the weekends. Some people look forward all week to spending the entire weekend on the couch in their PJs (ahem, Joe) but I’m not one of those people.

Help me, I’m suffocating!

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We looked at two different two-bedroom apartments in our complex today. We were not impressed.

The first one was 170 more square feet than our current place, and the rent was $165 more per month. It hadn’t been cleaned yet, and man, did it need it. The walls were disgusting. In fact, everything was disgusting. It’s sickening how some people live. They have the mentality that they don’t own the place, so they think nothing of trashing it. I didn’t care for how the living room was laid out … but I did like the kitchen because it was identical to ours, just bigger. The layout of the master bedroom didn’t thrill me, though. It was too narrow and rectangular instead of square. You wouldn’t be able to have the bed come out from the wall and put the tv at the foot of the bed like we have now. I also didn’t like the full bath because it had those little tiles in the shower stall and around the sink like you’d find at a public pool. They were pretty dirty too. The half-bath in the master bedroom was nicer, once again because it was identical to our bathroom, only smaller. Don’t get me started on the storage space … or more like lack thereof. I already feel like we’re running out of places to put our stuff. So we nixed the idea on that one.
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Warmth

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I’m happy to report we finally have heat in the apartment. Not that you knew otherwise.

Our building is set up such that residents have access to either heat or air conditioning, but never both. So once the decision to turn the heat on is made, that means no more air until Spring. I doubt I’ll be crying over that decision, considering it’s already in the 50’s here during the day, and the 30’s at night. Where did Fall go? We jumped right into Winter which totally sucks.

This also marks the start of the thermostat wars that will last until Spring … me turning the heat up, and Joe turning it down. Let the games begin!

Hear that?

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… That would be the sound of me snoring.

My apartment is currently in a state of disarray. Since they could not fix the creaking floor/ceiling (depending on your view) from above, I asked them to cut holes in my ceiling. What I wouldn’t do for some peace and quiet.

They started on Wednesday, and they should be finished tomorrow. In the meantime, my couch is where my table should be, and the table is folded up (thank god for the card table that is temporarily serving as a dining room table until we move into a house).

The good news is, the creaking has almost ceased. Now if only I could do something with the stomping. Can’t people walk lightly? Yeesh. I hope they fall down the stairs and are bedridden for months.

Oops, did I just say that out loud? ;)

As soon as Joe gets home, we’re going to watch Final Destination 2. I don’t have high hopes for this movie, but it’s something to watch. We rented it yesterday but I wasn’t feeling well and bought some sinus meds that knocked me out. I fell asleep on the couch (which I made Joe drag back into the living room) at 7:30 pm. I moved to the bedroom around 9 pm and slept until morning. It was so nice.

Poor Joe was lost without me last night. He stayed up way too late because he didn’t have me to tell him to go to bed; thus proving that all men need besides sex is someone to be their surrogate mommy.