Wednesday, September 2, 2009

New Home Sweet Home

We have had our taste of adventure the last couple of weeks. We came out to Denver with out a place to live. Which means all of our worldly possessions were in the back of a truck parked in a hotel parking lot. Let me just say it was a great experience, but we will hopefully never have to do it again.

We spent a week, running around town, trying to find a place. Everything was either unbelievably expensive, built in 1970 complete with smokey interiors, or in the middle of no where. After looking at probably 10 apartment buildings, and numerous houses and duplexes we finally narrowed it down to two places. We had a hard time deciding because we came out here wanting to find a place in Denver that was cool and different from where we had been living in Rogers.

One of the places was sandwiched in the middle of two really cool neighborhoods. It wasn't necessarily in a cool place itself but probably will be in a couple of years. It was a part of a small complex, I think like 30 units, that had just recently been completely redone. The kitchen was awesome, a dream, but everything else was a bit marginal. Ultimately too small, with no lighting, and no washer and dryer hook ups. Which was something I really did not want to give up.

The other place was cool too, however just reminded us of our last place. Insides are totally different but the outside a siding and rock combo just like Stone Manor. So living here was compromising our dream for the time being, but the best place for us overall.

So we decided to move in....Dakota Ridge is our new home.

Pictures again will be posted shortly. I still don't have everything in order yet.