Keys to our new place!

We stopped by our apartment today and they gave us the keys!  We brought over 2 boxes of our stuff and 3 of my plants.  We set up my plants on the plant stand and I unpacked the boxes we brought over, that way we could bring home the boxes to fill them up again.

We had a chance to see our place again and I am so excited!  I can't wait until we are fully moved in!  This was Kyle's first time seeing our new place!  He was a little nervous and wasn't sure what was going on.  We showed him around the apartment and showed him his room.  He still didn't understand that this is where we are going to live soon.  He kept wanting to leave. 

We plan on going back on Monday and Tuesday to bring over more of our stuff, just a car load at a time.  Shannon rented a U-Haul for our boxes and furniture for the second half of the week.  I am going to help him load the truck with the boxes and anything else I can lift! 

One more week!

It's getting closer and closer, I can smell it just around the corner!  We will be in our new place in a week!  Yesterday, while Kyle was at school, Shannon and I went through Kyle's toys and got rid of the ones that were broken, missing pieces, and toys that he really didn't play with.  We also cleaned up any trash so our living area looked so clean...until Kyle got home.  LOL 

Shannon also called to have our our cable, internet, and home phone set up and it will be installed next week. 

The lady from the new school district finally called me back (I had also emailed her).  She's the person I needed to talk to from the Exceptional Children's program.  I had to re-email her Kyle's IEP (individual education plan) and she said we could set up an appointment for them to place him in a pre-school class for the rest of this school year and also get him ready for next year.

In our new place, we would be required to pay for water, but they only charge us for our hot water usage.  I am thinking of handwashing our dishes instead of using the dishwasher to help save us on that part of the water bill.  Plus, we don't have enough dishes to use the dishwasher everyday.  It would just be easier for us to handwash our dishes.  Today, I got the idea to make my own dish soap and went online to look for recipes.  I found an easy recipe that I plan on using.  I may buy some dish soap first, just so I have a bottle to use when I do make my own.

My moving "to do" list

My moving "to do" list is pretty much completed!  The last thing we need to do is update our information with DMV but we have 60 days to do that so I am going to wait until after we get moved in and settled.  We also have to set up our internet service, but Shannon will be doing that part. 

I called Kyle's school today to let them know that we're pulling him out of school early and he won't be returning next year.  The lady said that if he will be attending a school within North Carolina, she can transfer his information over to them through the same computer system!  So that is one less thing for us to worry about.  I am just waiting to hear back from the coordinator from the Exceptional Children's program in the new school district Kyle will be attending. 

We still have the "upstairs" to pack.  However, we are saving the packing part for when Kyle is in school.  I don't think he will understand what is happening.  We also want to throw away as much as we can.  Luckily, Shannon and I don't have that much clothing to pack.  Kyle's clothes are easy, he only wears his school clothes.  We have a lot of our clothes in the plastic drawers and there are some clothes hanging up in the closet. 

We're going back to the apartment complex (while Kyle is in school) on Wednesday to sign the lease and turn in our rent payments for the next 9 months.  The rest of this week, we'll finish up on packing and throwing things away.  We hope to be ready to move by next week.  Our last day will be May 20th.  After we pick Kyle up from the bus stop, we plan on taking him straight to our new home!  We are already anticipating him to have a tantrum and want to "go home."  So we plan on setting up his room and putting things out that he would recognize.  We also plan on pulling out the bubbles to play with! 

We were approved!

Shannon and I went back to Winston Salem to turn in our application for the apartment!  About a half hour after we turned in our application, she called and left a message.  We decided to go back to the rental office to see if we were approved and thankfully we were!  We are moving in on May 16th!  Kyle's last day at school will be May 20th.

We decided we are going to rent a portable washer and dryer since our apartment doesn't have the connections.  I like the convenience of having a washer and dryer in the apartment! 

I have a list of what I need to do, to get ready for our move and Shannon has his own list of things he needs to do.  I already switched the power into our name for the new apartment.  I also called the new school to get him enrolled and emailed the coordinator for the Exceptional Children program.  Our priority is getting Kyle enrolled for Kindergarten for the new school district!  I am not sure if we will need to have him attend their school for the remainder of the school year since there will be about a month left.

As soon as we get moved in and settled in, I plan on applying for jobs.  Our apartment is walking distance from grocery stores, eateries, and shopping!  I plan on applying at TJ Maxx!  I also like that they have sidewalks and crosswalks (which we don't have here in our current city)!  There is a family practice, pediatric and adolescent practice across the street.  There is also a Family YMCA in the same shopping center, as well as a Tae Kwon Do studio!  I would love to take a few martial arts classes!

I am looking forward to living in a big city again and near shopping!  I love that I can walk to many different places too!  

We found a place we like!

Shannon and I went to Winston Salem while Kyle was at school.  We planned on leaving around 8am, but left around 8:20am instead.  I made a list of possible apartments that I liked and we picked 3 of them that we wanted to see today.  We printed out directions to each place, that way we wouldn't get lost and help save us time (to get back before Kyle got out of school). 

The first place we saw was way out of our price range!  We really wanted to see it because it was in an area that we liked.  Unfortunately we won't be applying there.  The second place we saw is near Shannon's dream law school!  We had driven by that area both times we visited Winston Salem, but never knew the turn off to get to the apartment complex.  I also like the name of the area, "Robinhood" and the apartment complex is called "Sherwood."  We ended up touring 3 different apartments.  The first one was the townhome, but I knew we really couldn't afford it.  The second one we saw was a 2 bedroom, 2 bath but the only ones available are on the second floor.  Just looking out on the balcony scares me, especially with Kyle.  It's not very safe to even risk living on the second floor, I see an accident waiting to happen.  The 3rd apartment we saw was just perfect for us (2 bedroom, 1 bath), it's on the first floor and it's available!  The only downside is that this particular floor plan does not come with washer/dryer hookups.  Although, we can rent a portable washer/dryer that you hook up to your kitchen sink.  Shannon and I really like it because it's on the first floor and it's on the end of the building!  After we left the complex, we pulled in to the gas station on the corner and Shannon said we really should apply for this apartment.  He loved the place and he loves the area, since it's quiet, nice, and safe!  He also said we won't find another apartment in that price range, especially in the area that we were in!  We're going back tomorrow to turn in our application.

The next step is waiting to see if we'll be approved!   Hopefully we won't have any issues! 

Busy Week

We drove out to Winston Salem on Monday.  We intended to look at some apartments but got lost, plus it's difficult to get things done when Kyle is with us.  We decided we would go apartment hunting while Kyle was in school.  Although, it was fun to drive around to see the city a little more. 

Kyle had therapy today!  While he was at therapy, Shannon and I went to Walmart.  We had an early lunch at Subway and then I went shopping. 

We're going back to Winston Salem tomorrow while Kyle is at school!  I am excited to get out of town with my husband!  It will be fun to be together without our son, which is rare for us! 

Just 5 pots

Yesterday I was worried about moving all of my plants when it came time to transport them in the car.  This morning, I was looking at my plants and came up with the idea to downsize!  I repotted and moved a lot of my plants into just 5 pots!  I am also throwing away about half of my plants.  Hopefully with 5 pots, it will be easier for us to move them when it comes time.  I am sad to get rid of my bigger plants but we need the room.  I kept the most healthy looking and smallest plants.