We moved into our apartment!

It’s official, we are apartment dwellers

Last Wednesday Scott and I finally moved out of our house and into our Downtown Seattle apartment. What a whirlwind week it has been! On top of packing everything up and keeping the house clean, I was also interviewing for a job.

The first thing we had to do, was get rid of all of our furniture except our couch and bedroom set. We were fortunate that my family wanted most of the furniture and our good friends took the wine cellar.

We hired Super Friends Moving and they did a great job! I highly recommend them. They were friendly, efficient and affordable. The move began on Wednesday around 8:30am and they finished around 3pm.  We live on the 8th floor of the Leeward Apartments overlooking Lake Union.  Moving from a four bedroom / three bath home into a two bedroom / two bath apartment requires some major downsizing. Luckily, our unit is actually fairly large compared to most in Seattle.

After three garage sales, five trips to Goodwill and our visit from 1-800-Got-Junk we still had over 100 boxes to move. By the time they movers were done, we could barely move in the apartment!

Getting Organized in our Two Bedroom Apartment

If you know me well, you know I can’t stand clutter or a mess. As the movers brought in boxes, I was immediately unpacking them. Scott and I worked hard until about 7pm that Wednesday.  Finally, we knew we needed to take a break, shower and enjoy some bubbly on the roof. The only problem was I couldn’t find any of my clothes or toiletries. After about 20 minutes of searching, we got showered and headed up to the rooftop.

The following day, we continued unpacking, trying to find the floor. This required many trips to the recycling bin in the garage, but thanks to our new Collapsible Folding Wagon we bought from Amazon, it was pretty easy!

 

We made pretty good progress the second day around!

By the end of the day, I think the living room looked pretty good.  Scott and I had decided to wait on buying any of our new furniture (tv, book shelf, dining set, etc) until we had a good feeling of the space.  We should have everything done in the next week or so.

While we have a killer rooftop deck to enjoy, we also love our balcony. It may not be our deck at home, but we love the view!

We have two patio chairs and a Adjustable Folding Patio Balcony Serving Table that we bought from Amazon. It works great!

On our third day in the apartment, we woke up to a beautiful sunrise. We are used to sunsets, but this was amazing too.

The day finished with a really awesome rainbow over the entire city of Seattle!

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Living your dream

As many of our friends and family have said this week, we are living our dream once again!  I’ve always stayed true to my goals and I make sure we stay on track. Without a dream or a plan, it’s hard to get anywhere.

While Scott and I missed out on opening day of boating season because we were unpacking, we did get to enjoy a great day on the water later. Stay tuned for our next update!

Thank you for following us along on our journey.  Cheers! Scott and Ally

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