We’ve been in our new place for an entire month, so I guess it’s time to blog about the fantastic experience we had.
So since we’ve been planning on moving for a while, Mark reserved a Uhaul several months in advance. We reserved a Uhaul at Graham Tire Company in Ankeny.
Well, [...]
I just spent all of last week MOVING. Again. I know.
The house I was living in sold, so I was given 30 days to skedaddle. Moved in with my boyfriend and his roommate (who I was planning on moving in with ANYWAY come August) and now we have a pretty sweet setup.
I’m not [...]
I just got done moving apartments, but I forgot to mention that I moved cubes at work. We recently staffed up, so we did some shifting. Here’s my new (and maybe temporary — we should be moving buildings this summer!) digs:
And don’t forget the rabbit … [...]
It’s weird when all your belongings are moved out of a space that you used to call your own. It’s just … empty. A shell.
I was sitting in my empty apartment waiting to get checked out when it hit me that I wasn’t in my home anymore. Then I got [...]
Barney moved in with me (finally) on Saturday and he’s settled in pretty well …
… as you can see, he’s pretty tired from the move.
well, technically maybe 11 hours of actual painting.
I’m moving this week and I started off by painting and cleaning my new place. I agreed to rent this place on one condition: I had to be able to paint. Previous owners had painted the kitchen two shades of BRIGHT ORANGE. Not sure how they were [...]
I spent the whole weekend in Ames since it was graduation weekend and the BF FINALLY graduated. We went out Friday AND Saturday. I managed to squeeze in an hour-long run/walk yesterday while he was doing the big graduation ceremony (I didn’t go since I couldn’t sit for that long)…and we went to Applebee’s with [...]
So Kasey informed me that he’s not really interested in University of Oregon (in Eugene, OR) anymore. Some really badass professor he has for his poetry grad class and his nonfiction class this semester told him they don’t have a good program and that “…if I could do it all over again I’d go to [...]
haven’t seen that time for a while.
i’m up cuz i’m doing laundry… not the most glamorous thing in the world. 11 loads total — 3 left to go. w00t.
homes for thanksgiving — took the day off tomorrow (thank goodness cuz i’m up doin laundry!). hopefully i can get some sleep in tomorrow…but who [...]

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