We're expecting quite a bit of rain over the next 3 days. Hurrican Katrina is headed for landfall in the Gulf. For a while there, everyone thought that New Orleans might just be blown off the map by this. They're still looking at quite a bit of damage, but I don't think the whole city is going to disappear under water. They've moved a lot of people into the Super Dome.
Well, we're moving to Oak Ridge at the end of the month. Not sure how I feel about this. Oak Ridge is bigger, more stores and things to do, and we'd also be closer to everything. Also, OR has one of the best educational programs in the state (gotta teach all those kids of PhDs, ya know). And the people who are renting us this house are letting us move in with no deposit and they will let us break the rent up into two payments each month to make it a bit easier on us.
But the house. Well... I don't like it. It's an older duplex that's had the middle wall knocked out and it's one house now. It's dark, no carpet (I don't know how I feel about the whole place being hardwood), and it needs some work. Less of a yard than we have now, but what yard there is is fenced in. One kitchen will be the utility room and the other will be an actual kitchen. Bedrooms are small... Ah, I guess I got a bit spoiled by this place. While it's not the nicest place I've ever lived in either, it's nicer than where we're going. The landlord might have been anal, but she kept this place nice.
The other place has potential, though. It's got a little porch that we can hang wind chimes and maybe put some plants on, and the little area right in front of the porch is perfect for decorating for holidays. And the place has CH&A, but still no dishwasher.
I'm sure it won't be so bad once the outside is cleaned up some more and we're able to get all our stuff in there. We'll have to buy a few things for it, like curtains and some lamps (I hate how dark it is). Maybe it won't be so bad by the time Christmas is here.
Well, we're moving to Oak Ridge at the end of the month. Not sure how I feel about this. Oak Ridge is bigger, more stores and things to do, and we'd also be closer to everything. Also, OR has one of the best educational programs in the state (gotta teach all those kids of PhDs, ya know). And the people who are renting us this house are letting us move in with no deposit and they will let us break the rent up into two payments each month to make it a bit easier on us.
But the house. Well... I don't like it. It's an older duplex that's had the middle wall knocked out and it's one house now. It's dark, no carpet (I don't know how I feel about the whole place being hardwood), and it needs some work. Less of a yard than we have now, but what yard there is is fenced in. One kitchen will be the utility room and the other will be an actual kitchen. Bedrooms are small... Ah, I guess I got a bit spoiled by this place. While it's not the nicest place I've ever lived in either, it's nicer than where we're going. The landlord might have been anal, but she kept this place nice.
The other place has potential, though. It's got a little porch that we can hang wind chimes and maybe put some plants on, and the little area right in front of the porch is perfect for decorating for holidays. And the place has CH&A, but still no dishwasher.
I'm sure it won't be so bad once the outside is cleaned up some more and we're able to get all our stuff in there. We'll have to buy a few things for it, like curtains and some lamps (I hate how dark it is). Maybe it won't be so bad by the time Christmas is here.
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