Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Moving ... again.

Yes, you read that right. We are in the process of moving again. But we are not moving back to Rochester ... sorry. We are moving into another apt. in a neighboring building in the same apt. complex.
It's a long story, so here it goes:
We realized that we needed to begin thinking about schools for Lydia. Thinking that Lydia would have to attend the public school in the district we lived in, we began a search to find a future apt. in a 'good' school district. Our plan was to move into another apt. in October, when our lease at Parkway Manor ended.
So, we began researching schools and places that we might like to live. Then, we discovered another way the Nevada is unlike New York. In NY, kids have to attend the school of the school district they live in. In NV, kids will generally go to their district schools; however, they can get on a waiting list to attend another school. Therefore, districts are important, just not as important.
Meanwhile, we discovered that Jackson is a light sleeper at naptime. During the night, he sleeps very well, but during naptime, if Lydia makes the slightest noise, he wakes up crying. So for the past week, we have struggled with this naptime situation. We concluded that in the future, we would like to have 3-bedrooms, if we could afford it.
Okay, so that was the main background to our moving tale. Here's the rest:
Yesterday morning, Lennon stopped by the office to see if we could look at a 3-bedroom apt. sometime. We figured that way we view the apt & see if it was even a possibility for the future.
Well, the leasing agent told Lennon that they were having a special on rents, and that we could rent a 3-bedroom/2-bathroom apt. for just about what we were currently paying for a 2-bedroom/2-bathroom apt. Wow!
So, yesterday afternoon, we toured a few 3-bedrooms, and after looking at our finances, we decided to extend our lease, and move into the new apt.
Today, we signed the lease, and began moving our stuff (37 trips - down 1 flight of stairs, and up 3 flights = 1 trip). Tonight will be the 1st night in our new apt.
Though we will be doing a video tour of our home & mailing it to family & some friends, if you want to get a feel for our new place, go to www.parkwaymanor.net, and click on the 3-bedroom floor plan.
Let me tell you a bit about our new home:
It is on the 3rd floor, the very large balcony is accessible through our sliding glass door, and it overlooks Roop Street, with gorgeous view of the Sierra Nevada mtn. range. Each of the 2 bathrooms has a small linen closet attached - yay for storage! There's a coat closet by the front door. I have a pantry off of my kitchen!!! The living room boasts a built-in bookshelf and a gas fireplace in the corner. Though the apt. has an open-concept floorplan, it is set up in such a way that it feels like there are separate rooms. I feel like we can have friends over and not feel like everyone is on top of each other.
We love our new home, and we can't wait to show you via video soon!

5 comments:

The Prescott's said...

yeah sounds great!

Mel said...

Yay! More space!!!

American Homemaker said...

I'm most likely moving to Carson City from Utah this summer :( I don't wanna leave Utah, but I'll probably have too.

Deanna @ oneagleswings said...

Yay, found you!

It sounds like a great place. I hope that your naptime situation works out. Caleb was definitely a light sleeper around that age, too. If you breathed in the direction of his room, he would wake up.

Thankfully, it got better for him. Here to Jackson taking great naps!

Courtney @ splashing grace said...

the new place sounds great! can't wait to see pictures!