Sunday, November 6, 2011

compare & contrast

So, we moved from a 400 sq ft studio into an 820 sq ft one bedroom apartment. Here's some before/after shots:



Our former bedroom/living room space
yes, we are newlyweds;)


Our former "office" space


My "Carrie Bradshaw" walk in closet that led to our mini-bathroom



What else goes with a mini-bathroom but a mini-kitchen?


The mini-fridge

Do you understand why we never had people over to our house in Denver?


Our new fabulous apartment: from the entryway. Is that a dining room table? What is that for?! Our balcony overlooks the parking lot, and the cemetery behind it which is actually quite pretty.


My handsome hubby and our fab new kitchen! We now have a dishwasher, garbage disposal & HUGE fridge with TONS of storage space!


Yea, it's king sized. I think it's the same size as our old apartment.


The bathroom/vanity area. The washer & dryer are in the closet to the right. Flipping sweet.


The view from the desk:)

It's amazing how luxurious an apartment can feel after you live with next to nothing for awhile....Let's just hope our furnished apartments abroad are half as nice!

Now, come visit us!

Love, Nicole & Chris

Thursday, November 3, 2011

3 time zones & 6 states in 3 days....

Greetings from Toledo, OH!

We ran out of Denver on Tuesday to avoid Wednesday's blizzard & made it to Omaha in the wee hours of the morning, thank you Emily Neve for staying up for us! The roads have been good to us, just some rain yesterday and today and so far NO SNOW. Tomorrow we will land in Washington, D.C. and on Saturday we will move into our apartment in Falls Church, VA. Sunday is an opening reception for all Foreign Service officers and their families and Chris and I both start work on Monday. Wowza. It's all a blur.

I have learned the best way to learn to drive a clutch is to jump right in, I have only killed the car 3 times, twice was at a toll road in Indiana and the toll attendant got a few giggles. I can only hope we made her day, I guess I will always be an entertainer at heart.

That's the latest update, we are off to live it up and see what Toledo has to offer....yee-haw!

-Nic