Archive for the 'Apartment Living' Category

In which I’m one step closer to becoming a real live adult

Wednesday, January 7th, 2009

It wasn’t very traumatic to you, so you probably don’t remember this little tidbit, but The King and I used to sleep in a twin sized bed.  We did this FOR YEARS!!!  Eventually we moved up to a full sized futon mattress.  And then, thank the sweet baby Jesus, we moved up to a real [...]

In which I am an idiot. Like this has never happened before.

Friday, June 13th, 2008

Yesterday, while having a conversation with my coworker, he began to describe a new apartment he was hoping to move in to. He’s quite a bit younger then I am, and far more into having fun then I ever was. Mostly he’s just very likable.
“The best part is that this apartment building has [...]

In which I tell you more about living in downtown Seattle

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

I loved living in downtown Seattle. I loved the fact that I only had to walk a few blocks to get to my office. It was fun to be able to do shopping at any number of stores on my way home in the afternoon. I liked being able to cross the [...]

I wonder if it’s too early to teach the kid how to clean a toilet?

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what it would be like to not sleep in the same bedroom as Babboo. Would it be weird to wake up in the morning and not have sleeping Babboo be the first thing I see?
I’ve been thinking about what it would be like to have kitchen drawers [...]

It’s all about a good nights sleep

Monday, January 7th, 2008

People are usually shocked when I tell that that The King and I slept in a twin sized bed for the first two years of our marriage. Really, we did. And not even a real twin sized bed. We had a futon mattress. We also lived in a studio apartment, so we [...]

I don’t know how a 20 month old kid should react to Christmas

Wednesday, December 26th, 2007

I don’t know how I expected Babboo to react to Christmas. I didn’t really have any expectations. But dude, the kid woke up on Christmas morning and just wanted to eat his breakfast while sitting on the presents.
Oh yes, it was very exciting.

After a little prodding we got him to open some toys. [...]