Can you believe that it is February already? We are happy to have this year moving into a new month. January was cold here. I know, it was not as cold as other places but it was cold for Galveston. We actually had ice here! Dad had two really bad days of driving on ice.
Our condo is directly over the storage area. We enjoy not being over another condo because we can be noisy and not bother anyone. We did discover a downfall. The storage area is not heated which means our floor is very cold on freezing days. We have rugs all over, but the floor is still cold. Mom gets notifications from the electric company every week telling her how much electric we have used the previous week. We are using a lot more electric than other people. We think we figured out another reason other than our freezing floor. We think a lot of those people are not even living in their units. The majority of the people in our building do not live here full-time so they are not really heating their units. It was warmer last week and our heat wasn't on that much and we were still told we were using more than other people. Mom said she is just not going to worry about it. She should probably stop the notifications from coming so that she doesn't stress so much. We keep our unit at 72 during the day and lower at night.
We have completed a few more updates to our place since our last post. We have received several compliments on our door. BOL! We took down the rusty piece that was on it and Dad painted the door, put a new lock on it and put weather stripping all around it. Mom thinks it is funny that so many people are excited about our door.
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Can you believe they left the rusty piece on it when they were selling it? They put a ton of nails in it and they probably didn't want to fix it. This was the picture on the realtor's site.
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| Mardi Gras is huge here, so bought this wreath. We like our lock system. We can lock it with just a touch of the screen. We don't have to carry keys, but Mom does because "What if the battery dies while we are gone?" I like it because I know when the folks are coming in the door. They can't sneak up on me because it goes beep, beep, beep as they punch in their code. |
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| This is our breezeway. We take the elevator to our floor and then we have to walk on the breezeway to get to our unit. There are some days that it is very windy here. Most people don't like the blue and there is a big debate about what color it should be. |
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| This is our view from our doorway. It is not very pretty. |
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| Here is the backside of the building. You can see our wreath - 2nd floor towards the middle of the picture. |
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| Full view of the backside of the building. Tennis courts are to the left. |
Okay, so back inside. We bought new rugs to help our chairs fit in with our color scheme.
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The lamp came with the place. It will eventually leave. We added the end tables with baskets for more storage. Tools are still being stored under our table.
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| We still need to add a divider to separate the rooms. We had planned on barn doors but now I think we are going with white curtains. |
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| Mom continues to add things our cubes. |
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| This painting came with the place. It is of our unit. Mom painted the frame white. |
This past weekend, we added a shelf and a new microwave to our kitchen.
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| Before - this was before we even moved in. Mom wanted the microwave off the counter. |
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| Before the shelf. We have the missing door. Dad took it down so that we could buy new hinges. We will be painting the cabinets soon. |
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| After - Mom loves it! The plates and silverware are very handy in this location. |
We really don't have good before photos of the bathroom. Dad put in new lights, a new mirror and towel rack.
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| We still need new towels. Mom loves the toilet paper holder. It holds the extra rolls. |
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| The lights and the mirror are a big improvement. |
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| We added the medicine cabinet. There really wasn't storage without it. |
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| Mom decorated the jars and basket. It holds q-tips, floss and eyeglass cleaners. She is not in love with it. |
Mom loves this night light that is in the bathroom. It is from Switchables. You can switch out the design. They have a few more that she would like.
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| The door to the right was in our storage unit. They just had a curtain over the doorway. Mom hated it. The water heater is in that closet. Dad was able to put the old door back up. It needs to be painted. |
Mom bought some pansies last week. She has two planters on the balcony. They are Mardi Gras colors! BOL!
Here is our unit from the front of the building.
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| We are the unit on the right closest to the wall. |
We had some beautiful views this week.
Mom and I don't know why our fonts are acting up on this post. We have tried to fix it, but it is not working. We will just live with it.
Joey,
The Greyhound Who Wonders Why It Took Us So Long To Get Here
