The response I had to the ‘move to my kiddo’ special was overwhelming! Overwhelming but amazing! I shouldn’t be surprised – I’ve been a part of the work at home community since 2006 and I’ve seen this community come together to help others out so many times. The bond we all share is priceless. So, I should have known that I would get a huge response.
Everything happened so fast! Within a week of putting the crazy special (on my VA services ) out there I had the money needed to move! I actually had the money before I even had a place to move to! I was running into several road blocks finding the ‘perfect’ place – location, size, affordability, etc and was starting to get disheartened and wonder if a move was ever going to happen. Then, I checked Craigslist (which I had been checking regularly but skipped a day because I was seeing the same stuff over & over) and saw a new ad. I called on it, went and saw it and…well the rest is history! (Side note: the ad was just placed that same day I called! The lady’s previous renter had just moved the day before the ad was placed – she hadn’t even had time to clean the apartment!). It seriously couldn’t have worked out any better.
I fell in love with the apartment (even with this hideous ‘holy purple batman’ as I called it living room – thankfully the landlady is really cool and told me I could paint the living room! ) as soon as I saw it. It had everything I was looking for – inexpensive rent, 2 blocks from downtown, 3 blocks from the beach, a built in bookshelf (built into the wall) and a sun-room. Plus, it was in an ‘older’ style home (I just like the older style homes).
Here’s some pics:
Before/After Living Room:
Kitchen Looking Towards the Sun-Room (which happens to be my office!):
Built in Bookshelf:
The bedroom & bathroom pics aren’t all that exciting so I won’t bore you with them 😉 Actually, the bathroom is really small and that was sort of a ‘con’ but all the ‘pros’ trumped that & I figured I don’t spend a ton of time in that room, so it being small wasn’t really an issue.
A friend sort of nicknamed it the jelly bean house because all the rooms have different color walls! lol That’s just one of the tacky unique things that I like about it 😉
Today (August 4th) is the 3rd day here. It’s a big adjustment getting used to being back out on my own. But, I’m geeked to be in the same town as my kiddo now – thank YOU for making this possible.
Thanks Teresa! I’m trying to get settled in so I can actually decorate the sun-room/office…I’m going Hawaiian – totally cheezy but oh so me 🙂