Apartment Found - Breathing Easier

[sisabet]

So I need look no further - I put the deposit and signed the app for a cute little one bedroom and now I am just waiting for my move-in date so I can change my appt with Two Men and a Truck. Apparently if they don't work out - I can also use Two Dudes and a Dolley. As a last resort - there is One Man and a Van.

I'm not making this up.

So the apartment is great and is literally across the street from drdawn's house.

It also has a claw-footed tub. Really - it was the tub that did it.

So once I have the move-in date, I'll schedule the movers and OH! Mom is redoing her living room and getting rid of her couch and loveseat - so now I have a couch. I am no longer couch-less. I'm also trading Sid-the-Dog-Faced-Boy for caphricacorn during the move. Sid stayed with Mom while I was at Slayage and literally did not want to come home with me (kinda hurt my feelings) so I don't think he will mind. Cappy has a natural ability when it comes to arranging furniture and placing items - so it is a good trade. The only thing that worries me is she keeps wanting to drive my car and just...Cappy should not be driving. In my head she is just four years old. Forever and ever.

OH - I have freaking french doors and a fireplace and built in bookshelves and patio/balcony deal and off-street parking and really - the *only* thing I am not pleased about is part of the kitchen (new appliances and a gas range - so that is good) - tiny little sink and no dishwasher.

I have to have a dishwasher - I looked at portable ones this weekend and they are like $400. This seems excessive. I need to do more research.

There are washer/dryer connections in the apartment. Now, I don't have a washer and dryer *but* - if I wanted to put a built-in dishwasher there instead of a washing machine (they are soooo much cheaper than the portable ones) wouldn't it be possible?? Especially since there is all the connection-y thingies the washing machine would need? A dishwasher cannot be that different - right??

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[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

YOU FOUND AN APARTMENT

assumes Praise Jesus position

So, can we visit? Wiseguy? Come here and sit on my couch?

[sisabet.livejournal.com]

Hee - I've been in Evita all day!!

Okay - let me get moved and settled and then I can think about things that do not have to do with getting moved and settled and those things will probably involve Wiseguy.

Also! Guess who has a capture card now?? Just - c'mon, guess...

hint: I looooovvvvee killabeez

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

Also! Guess who has a capture card now??

Um... The Dead Gay Swan?

:-D

When do you move?

[sisabet.livejournal.com]

I'm still waiting on a date - the graduate student who lives there is a graduate student no more and will for sure be out by the end of the month - Landlord is supposed to get back to me with a def date so I can schedule the movers.

::remembers to breathe::

Fireplace!

[laurashapiro.livejournal.com]

Built-ins! Great location! Parking! More importantly, you can stop freaking out about not having a place to live!

I'm amused by your dishwasher conundrum. Our new place has one, but it's the first time I've lived with a dishwasher since moving out of my parents' house, and I keep forgetting it's there and washing dishes by hand. I figure it saves energy, so. ::shrug::

Re: Fireplace!

[sisabet.livejournal.com]

See - I hate washing dishes. I mean - like out of all the things I dislike doing - I would rather go to the dentist than wash dishes.

So the dishwasher works for me as a kinda of storage place for the dirty dishes. You eat off a plate - you put it in the dishwasher, then in about a week you have a full load and you turn it on and voila! Clean dishes and you really did not have to think about it or expend any energy. This is pretty much how I am able to keep my sink clean. This is pretty much the only way - I've lived with and I've lived without and it is a quality of life issue. I spend more time dreading washing dishes, than it actually takes to do them.

Maybe I should just start eating off of paper napkins?

Re: Fireplace!

[laurashapiro.livejournal.com]

Ah. I see. Well, clearly what you need here is a houseboy. *g*

Re: Fireplace!

[sisabet.livejournal.com]

You are truly correct.

[7spoons.livejournal.com]

A claw-footed tub in your very own apartment = bliss. Congratulations, liz. And yay for you and drdawn being neighbors. I was worried you might have to get in your cars to visit.

[sisabet.livejournal.com]

I can't wait. If I was my sister - I would just go ahead and take a bath in it while the movers are bringing in my stuff.

It will make things easier having her and the boy nearby. Especially when it comes to catching up on QaF. I'm thinking since she has Showtime, I might go ahead and splurge and get HBO and that way we will have all our premium channel needs met in one single block.

[beloved4always.livejournal.com]

Congrats!! It sounds terrific - and built in bookcases? gaaahhh. That's almost ecstasy as far as I'm concerned - don't ask, I'm weird that way.

As for the D/W, sorry but I know nothing about machines but I'm sure someone on your flist will. Hope your move is smooooooth.

[sisabet.livejournal.com]

I KNOW!!! Bookcases!! Wheee!! I've already decided the front room is the library where the books can live!! Yay! I have a place for my books to live!!!

::does dance of exclamation points and unpacking of books::

[luvs-phoenix.livejournal.com]

Er, I'm thinking that you can't use a dishwasher in place of a washer but not sure. I can check with our maintenance men if you'd like.

Personally? I would LOVE to have a washer/dryer in my apt. Sigh. I spend way to much washing and I barely use the dishwasher, LOL.

Yippee! On the Apt! The rest sounds like a freaking dream baby.

[sisabet.livejournal.com]

Since Dawn already has a washer/dryer - I'm thinking I'll just go across the street. I'm not that messy of a person and a lot of my work clothes are dry clean only - so as long as I can do 2 loads a week at Casa Sister - I'm cool. (But - when I lived with Dawn and the Boy - a washer was a desperately needed thing).

A dishwasher though - that is a necessity. I'm doing some research and consulting some experts.

[claudia-yvr.livejournal.com]

How fabulous! A clawfoot tub and you're a two-second stroll from drdawn, what could be better? Congrats on such an amazing find.

Also? When I was in the drugstore the other day - here the big ones sell everything from drugs to electronic goods - I noticed they have countertop dishwashers (http://www.epinions.com/Haier_America_Compact_Dishwasher/display_~reviews), so perhaps you could get one of those, keeping the washer/dryer connections free in case you wind up getting a washer/dryer set.

[sisabet.livejournal.com]

I absolutely plan on getting a portable dishwasher (counter top model might be too small) - thank you for the link!! I love my Flist.

::hearts on y'all::

[mlyn.livejournal.com]

It also has a claw-footed tub. Really - it was the tub that did it.

I am SO JEALOUS of your claw-foot-tub-havingness.

[heresluck]

Moving: it's the new black.

Oddly, I too will be moving into a place with a claw-foot tub. I think this bodes well for both of us. I think we should celebrate with visits -- and, of course, cake.

[sisabet.livejournal.com]

Wait, no - movie-based fanvids is the new black. I think moving is possibly the new beige and cake is, of course, the new orange.

Claw-foot tubs are obviously the new red. I feel sad for everyone that will not have them. Perhaps we should be very exclusive and start an LJ community for the people with claw-foot tubs? Hee - ten to one odds that a community for that already exists.

Visits will be good.

[vandalisimo.livejournal.com]

Congrats! Hey, do you live in the NYC area? We have A Man with a Van, etc.

[sisabet.livejournal.com]

Nope - I am in Lexington, KY. Personally, I would rather have a Man with a Plan, but I guess a Man with a Van would do... it just seems rather creepy and disturbing. Is he in a van down by the river?

[deaver.livejournal.com]

Congrats on the new apartment, it sounds lovely. Built in bookcases, claw foot tub and a patio! I'm a little jealous. Well, not totally, because I have a dishwasher. Neener-neener! It's the first time I have ever had one, and I love it. Not sure if you can use the same hookups as a washer, since there is the whole drainage issue, and I think the drain for the dishwasher needs different filters (due to food globs) than a washer would need. Maybe you can track down a slightly used portable one nearby?

[witling.livejournal.com]

You. You are the man.

[reboot-wlm.livejournal.com]

As a last resort - there is One Man and a Van.

Then there is always a QAF friend who owns a pick up truck. If you get desperate, that is.

[sisabet.livejournal.com]

You are too cool! Thanks!

I've got Dawn's truck for most of it - I need the movers for the heavy pieces cause I'm a wimp and Dawn has to protect her back (apparently it is the number one injury of pediatricians) - so I realized that I am a grown-up with a job and I can pay burly type men to do my heavy lifting for me.

I'm excited about the move - I keep forgetting to go to her house to watch QaF and it is so late when I get home, that here is hoping I get caught up! Apparently I missed some great stuff this week (Dawn called me immediately post-ep).