Some things we love so far about living in Boulder:
- The public library is a mile from our house! We already have our library cards! =D
- The Boulder Creek Path, a running/cycling/walking path, runs right next to our apartment complex and takes us straight to the library and the Farmer's Market
- Great summer weather! A little warm in the daytime, but overall quite lovely!
- Sunflower Market is right across the street and a Sprouts is not too far away (aka California's Henry's Markets)
- There is a large asian market about 10 miles away (yay for 30 varieties of rice and 50 varieties of soy sauce!)
- Rocky Mountain National Market is an hour away- just picked up our yearlong pass today!
- Awesome afternoon/evening thunderstorms with crazy lightning and thunder!
- Our friends, the Schramms, live in Denver, just a hop, skip and jump away!
And there will probably be a lot more to come as we get out a bit more. To be honest, the past couple weeks have been spent at Target, Home Depot, Costco, Goodwill, and of course on Craigslist in search of things to help us settle back into life in our own apartment! I would be more than happy to not see the inside of Target and Costco for a loooong time (but doubtful that it will be that long).
Some things I don't really like so far about Boulder:
- Mosquitos!
- Mosquitos!!!
- Mosquitos!!!!
- Our apartment has not been well taken care of and the linoleum is NASTY!
- People run red lights and cyclists don't follow traffic laws.
- It's too far from our family!
Not too bad of a list huh?
Without further ado, here are some photos of our apartment and the views from some of our windows!! I forgot to take photos of our dining area/living room...and right now it is a bit messy so those will have to wait until another time! =D
Part of our apartment complex- it's graduate and family housing so lots of tricycles and kids' toys are always out and about. Also you can see the playground equipment and the area where you can hangdry clothes.
Our apartment building- looks ok on the outside but needs some help on the inside for sure!!
Our kitchen with the totally gross linoleum. It has cracks, holes and stains but the housing office told us that it was still considered in good condition (our resident manager had told us it was one of the worst she had seen and encouraged us to ask the office about changing it...I guess the office has low standards!). It looks and feels filthy even after mopping and scrubbing. So we are now a "shoes on when walking on the linoleum" household!
Our kitchen after getting our free microwave on Freecycle (we also scored a free propane tank)! I love Freecycle!
Our view from the kitchen window (the building next to the playground is the laundry room)
Our bathroom. We tried to pretty it up with a lovely shower curtain!
Not a great shot but this is one of the bedrooms that we are in the process of turning into an office. So far all we have in there is the Expedit shelf that we got in the As Is section at the new Ikea in Denver! Excuse my mess!
View outside of our office room- I was sooo excited when I saw this deer munching on some leaves!
Zoomed out- you can see the deer was right next to the football team's practice field and a walking path
Football practice started today and so we get a sneak peek from our office as well as the patio off of our living room
Lastly, our bedroom. We need to hang up some frames and now that I see this photo, I think we might need some decorative throw pillows. Without that, the bed looks sad!
More posts to come on my current crafting projects, our trip to South Fork to see Adam's family, and our trip today to Rocky Mountain National Park and Ft. Collins (to visit the New Belgium Brewery).
1 comment:
yayyy loved seeing the apt, can't wait to see it for reals!!!
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