David and I have finally found an apartment. We moved in last Thursday afternoon. This was no easy feat. David and I have two different views when looking at places. I see the potential and positives while David picks up every negative. With every move we have had it is by the grace of God that we are still married. I know that we can survive anything with each move. When we lived in Tulsa we were newly weds so of course the place was perfect. When we moved to Arkansas that was our first real home search. I think we looked at every home in Northwest Arkansas. It took about three months and we finally decided on one. The one we picked we saw a month before and our realtor was a bit shocked and wanted to make sure we were all talking about the same place. I loved our house in Rogers. Of course buying a house in Rogers was tough because David is from Fayetteville. The NWA people want their kids to go to school where they did. That is great but I had to remind him it would be awhile till we had to worry about that. After buying the new house I learned that we need a fairly new house with a list of small improvements. David always has to be busy and loves projects.
Next we moved to Houston. That was when I learned that there is no such thing as temporary. We decided to move to an apartment for a few months while we looked for a house. A year later we were still in the apartment when we found out we were moving to Lafayette, LA. The apartment in Houston was nothing to brag about. We had a full size mattress, a card table, and a big tv. After that I learned that college living was a bit better. At least in college you don't know better and you really have no choice. And I truly feel bad for our realtor in Houston, for he showed us around everywhere for a year with no result.
Lafayette was a blessing. We were in crunch and had one weekend to look for a house so there was no time to wait for something better. And it turned out we loved both our places there. We had to move when I was eight months pregnant because our landlord sold the house.
And now I am in Moscow. We physically looked for a month. David started looking way before then on the internet. I have learned now to let him lead the house search. Let him pick the ones we see and then we decide together after we have a few good options. Before we moved David fell in love with this one particular apartment. It was very modern, so modern that the bathroom had naked people etched into the tile. YES, NAKED PEOPLE! I was not as thrilled with this. How am I to teach my baby boy that it is not okay to show your private places? Fortunately for me the people that were asking too much would not lower their price.
We lived in the hotel for a good month. That was a month too long. It was an extended stay room but I was ready to branch out. The staff knew us too well. They looked for Owen every morning. The room service guy knew where to bring the food and all the extras we asked for to the point that we didn't have to ask anymore. And nearly everyday I had to ask for extra water so the guy would bring us four just so we wouldn't call again. They were extremely nice but it is no place to live.
Now I am glad that we were here a week and that Sheri and Luci were here so that I could see more of Moscow and that we could make the decision as to where is the best part of Moscow to live in. Originally we were looking close to David's office and then we moved our search to the City Center. We live in a very convenient location. We are about a 15 minute walk from Red Square. Anything we need or want is in walking distance. It is right off the metro line for David to get to work quickly. And we live by one of the better, nicer, cleaner metros. And to boot the metro has ramps on ALL stairs. The landlord works for the Russian Congress and has received neat gifts from different parts of Europe. We have a picture from Saddam Hussein up and a gold plated desert dish from Saudi Arabia. There are many more things that will stay locked up in the cabinet so that Owen can't get to them. The last thing we need is to have to replace something like that. The apartment is furnished a bit fancier than we would have picked but it is perfect. We have rearranged to make it fit us better. It is two levels and upstairs David claims is the man cave. I think I am only allowed when Owen has a dirty diaper. :)
All in all we are happy with where we are. Of course there are things you could always change with anywhere you live but you have to love what you have and make it your own. Now only if the boat will get here with all of our other stuff.
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