WoooooEEEEEE it's been a crazy month!
Devin has started his new job as Assistant Electrician for Carmel's Center for the Performing Arts. Carmel is a well-to-do town directly north of Indianapolis. This place is kind of a big deal - there are 3 performance spaces, the largest of which is The Palladium, and everything is completely state-of-the-art. It's great for Devin because he gets to learn some new things and be a part of this place as it grows (it just opened in January and still isn't completely finished). He has a steady (weekly!) paycheck and a flexible schedule - their approach seems to be "as long as the work gets done, you can do it when you want." So some days he goes in at 9, others not til 10 or 11, and he's usually home by 5 (except, of course, on show nights).
And with him getting this job came the apartment search. It wasn't a huge deal because, if nothing else, we could have stayed in my apartment and renewed the lease with both of our names, but we looked around to see if we could find something closer to Carmel. Nothing was looking very promising (my old place had the extreme convenience of good square footage, affordability, and all utilities paid except electricity), but then we found a loft apartment at Woodlake on the northwest side! The ground floor (which is still 2nd floor of the building) has the kitchen, living room, bathroom, and a big bedroom with a walk-in closet, and the loft is a 10x13' space with a skylight, accessed by a spiral staircase. Yep, it's pretty sexy! We looked at it on Tuesday the 6th, applied for it on the 7th, went up to Wixom to rent a truck and grab all of Devin's stuff on the 8th, and signed the lease and moved in on the 9th. Whew! With the exception of a few leftover possessions at my old apartment and some remaining boxes of Devin's random stuff, we're all settled!
Another draw for us with this particular community was their pet policy - $150 refundable deposit and only $10 a month per pet, with no size restrictions (whereas one place we looked at had a $300 non-refundable, and $30/mo. This place also made you pay for all utilities, water, and trash pickup. The $710/mo rent they were advertising could have easily ended up over $900. No thanks!!). This was important to us because even though we didn't bring any pets with us, we have both wanted a dog or two for quite awhile. Which brings me to the next awesome thing, if you haven't seen on facebook - WE GOT A DOG. We named him Chewy and he appears to be a 1 year old corgi/terrier mix. Basically a big bundle of adorable. However, as this post is looking pretty lengthy already, I think I'll devote a separate post to his story :) I will be posting pictures of him and the apartment soon though!
Small bits of news: one of my good friends is having a baby and just found out it's a boy. She wants me to be one of the godmothers (two godmothers as opposed to mother and father). :-D Even MORE happiness at being close by, now there's another kid that I get to see grow up.
I bought us our wedding insurance yesterday, as we're required by TACA to have a property damage/liability policy. $95 from Wedsafe.com.
My dress has been made and is now on its way here!
We're about to send out invitations - should be happening today or tomorrow.
Actively searching for an officiant.
Happy. :)
Amount spent: $1,008
Amount left: $3,992
Devin has started his new job as Assistant Electrician for Carmel's Center for the Performing Arts. Carmel is a well-to-do town directly north of Indianapolis. This place is kind of a big deal - there are 3 performance spaces, the largest of which is The Palladium, and everything is completely state-of-the-art. It's great for Devin because he gets to learn some new things and be a part of this place as it grows (it just opened in January and still isn't completely finished). He has a steady (weekly!) paycheck and a flexible schedule - their approach seems to be "as long as the work gets done, you can do it when you want." So some days he goes in at 9, others not til 10 or 11, and he's usually home by 5 (except, of course, on show nights).
And with him getting this job came the apartment search. It wasn't a huge deal because, if nothing else, we could have stayed in my apartment and renewed the lease with both of our names, but we looked around to see if we could find something closer to Carmel. Nothing was looking very promising (my old place had the extreme convenience of good square footage, affordability, and all utilities paid except electricity), but then we found a loft apartment at Woodlake on the northwest side! The ground floor (which is still 2nd floor of the building) has the kitchen, living room, bathroom, and a big bedroom with a walk-in closet, and the loft is a 10x13' space with a skylight, accessed by a spiral staircase. Yep, it's pretty sexy! We looked at it on Tuesday the 6th, applied for it on the 7th, went up to Wixom to rent a truck and grab all of Devin's stuff on the 8th, and signed the lease and moved in on the 9th. Whew! With the exception of a few leftover possessions at my old apartment and some remaining boxes of Devin's random stuff, we're all settled!
Another draw for us with this particular community was their pet policy - $150 refundable deposit and only $10 a month per pet, with no size restrictions (whereas one place we looked at had a $300 non-refundable, and $30/mo. This place also made you pay for all utilities, water, and trash pickup. The $710/mo rent they were advertising could have easily ended up over $900. No thanks!!). This was important to us because even though we didn't bring any pets with us, we have both wanted a dog or two for quite awhile. Which brings me to the next awesome thing, if you haven't seen on facebook - WE GOT A DOG. We named him Chewy and he appears to be a 1 year old corgi/terrier mix. Basically a big bundle of adorable. However, as this post is looking pretty lengthy already, I think I'll devote a separate post to his story :) I will be posting pictures of him and the apartment soon though!
Small bits of news: one of my good friends is having a baby and just found out it's a boy. She wants me to be one of the godmothers (two godmothers as opposed to mother and father). :-D Even MORE happiness at being close by, now there's another kid that I get to see grow up.
I bought us our wedding insurance yesterday, as we're required by TACA to have a property damage/liability policy. $95 from Wedsafe.com.
My dress has been made and is now on its way here!
We're about to send out invitations - should be happening today or tomorrow.
Actively searching for an officiant.
Happy. :)
Amount spent: $1,008
Amount left: $3,992
Sounds like all is going very well. All utilities paid at new apt.? Who made your dress? Congrats on your new family member!
ReplyDeleteIndeed it is! We do have to pay for gas and electricity here, but they cover water and trash. I ordered my dress from a place called jj's house, they make dresses as they're ordered and sell them at wholesale prices. I'm just hoping mine has been made perfectly!
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