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Thursday, June 21, 2007

just for laura (aka pictures of my condo)

soo.... i bought this condo in january but it took a while to unpack the boxes (the ones in the house - there are still some in the garage to sort through!) and start decorating.  so although it’s already june, i would like to introduce you to my new place =)

walking up to the condo (the garage is detached and is in the far left of the picture, and my car is parked right in front of the garage)

walking in the first thing you see is the staircase going upstairs, slightly to the left.  at the top of the stairs is where the brand new maytag washer and dryer are hidden behind those doors, but let’s not go upstairs yet.

to the right of the entrance would be jill’s bedroom and bathroom.  i didn’t take pics of jill’s bedroom but here’s a pic of her bathroom from her shower area.  she is so martha stewart she made that orchid decoration and got all matching bathroom stuff.

continuing in past the stairs and into the living room i put up a hammock i got in ensenada, my chinese lanterns (the one with dark leaves from chinatown, the one with the white leaves from china) and my star lanterns from granada, spain.

but if you continue in you come to the living room with its faux fireplace.  not true, it’s a gas fireplace, but you can’t burn real wood in there.  not like i ‘wood’ with the white carpet… the decorations hanging over the sliding glass door are left over from the sweet 16 party we threw for jill’s sister (about 2 months ago!) and rita left her signature red on the back patio - we had breakfast out there one sunday in february and she said, “we should paint this red!” and so we painted it red that day on a whim!

the other half of that room would be the dining area - or my computer workstation, most of the time =) there are usually more papers out there but school is out so no more paperwork for me!  oh, and auntie zenie gave me that table from her old house as my housewarming present.  there’s a shadowbox in the middle of the table (currently housing orange scented potpourri) and it’s pretty nifty

from the other end of the room, you can see the barstools (gift from kuya garry), and the kitchen.  it came with a brand new maytag dishwasher, refrigerator, and stove.

ok, then… going upstairs, you come up to a small hallway in between the two bedrooms.  the view is facing what was rita’s bedroom

no pics of rita’s bedroom, but this is what it looks like after she vacated it

and her 1/2 bath, as viewed from her bedroom

that door in the background?  that leads to my bathroom.  since that bathroom is only a 1/2 bath, she would share the tub in my bathroom.  so basically there are 1.5 bathrooms jack-and-jill’ed between the two rooms upstairs.  so here’s my view of the bathroom from my room.  i have blue and brown towels and matching rug, and i thought it was sooo cool i was matching before i saw jill’s bathroom.  but hey, it’s mine and it’s clean =)

and last but not least, my bedroom.  if you can tell, the lady before me had a ton of mirrors all over the place - at the headboard, lining the wall where i’m standing, etc.  oh, and i’m standing in the walk-in closet.  WALK-IN CLOSET!!!  that still makes me happy =)

and the last pic is of the curtains i sewed to put a little bit more color into my room and also to hide the computer nook in the side of the room.  the bookcase and the computer desk are behind this curtain but i don’t like staring at it every day and so i made this curtain =)

i still have lots to do (especially in my room, as the small tv is sitting on the box, i have a tv tray for a bedside table, and i have no lamps in there), but that’s what this summer is for!  and it’s all mine! =)

i hope you enjoyed the tour!

Posted by kgrp on 06/21 at 03:21 PM
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Monday, January 22, 2007

i'm a new homeowner!!

no, i don’t own a new home, but i do own my OWN home.  =)

yeah… escrow took a little bit longer to close than i anticipated but finally FINALLY i’m into the new place as of thursday, january 18. 

i spent this weekend as plumber/handywoman fixing all the problems in the house.  we started off friday morning with no hot water in the shower upstairs, and then when i came home from work there was no electricity and no water at all!  the city of colton had turned all of that off on me!  with a bit of calling around and a lot of extra after-hours charges, i got electricity and water back into the condo.

then, with the help of caity, the kitchen is looking good - we emptied out 4-5 boxes worth of knick knacks, mismatched plates and glasses (some antique looking!), and scrubbed and sanitized all the shelving.  caity also lined all the cabinets with contact paper.  she’s so cool!

then eric and joy visited on saturday and gifted me an over-the-range microwave that i have yet to install.

then my parents visited me and gifted a nice knife set.  yay!  i’ve been wanting a good set of knives for a while now!

on sunday, i borrowed some tools from perry and laid on my back under rita’s sink with the pliers and the wrench and i successfully stopped the leak.  i also cleaned all of the faucets so that they no longer shoot erratically to the left, but they all have nice and even flow.  i was so proud of myself, i texted my mom about everything i accomplished.  and then i was so proud of her - she actually texted me back!  my mom can text!  no way… that’s frickin awesome!

anyways, it’s really exciting seeing all of the house come together.  i see more fix-it projects for me up ahead, and they excite me!  the joys of home-owning… heck yeah… i’m excited about this!

Posted by kgrp on 01/22 at 12:36 AM
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Wednesday, January 17, 2007

currently homeless

yep, that’s right, i’m currently homeless.

but not for long…

we’ve already moved out of our apartment in grand terrace; we are no longer the bachelorettes from the lgt =) hahahah.  and rita and i are just staying with friends and family.  but… BUT!, tomorrow, i should be moving into my new place. 

and it should be very very very exciting.

i’m SOOO looking forward to it!

Posted by kgrp on 01/17 at 09:05 PM
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