Friday, May 20, 2011

Welcome to the old Apartment...

This is where we used to live...





I'm really going to miss our little condo. 

I mean, it'll be so great to have a place to put everything, and have room to move and grow - but I will always have a special place in my heart for our little place.

It was April 20th 2009 that we signed the papers for it, a mere day after I moved up to Edmonton (I came up a couple weeks before so we could go house hunting, but only officially packed up the Uhaul and moved up on the 19th).  We got the keys on May 7th, and on May 8th Ben's mom and I got to work painting.  On the 2009 May long weekend Ben and I moved box after box in our little Toyota Corolla from his old apartment to our new condo.  We could only take 4-6 boxes at a time, and carried everything by hand.  By the monday we were aching and exhusted, and we hadn't even moved the furniture yet. 

On Tuesday May 19th Ben and I took off work early, and with the help of our friend Christine, and Ben's parents we moved the rest of our furniture into the Condo, and slept our first full night with all our stuff on a mattress on the floor. 

The Sunday following moving day, Ben proposed to me, and we began a new chapter in our lives together, in our new home. 

Last night was our last sleep in the condo.  We slept on a mattress on the floor, on May 19th 2011.  Exactly 2 years from that first night. 

2011 seems to be the "Year of the House" for many people!  Graham and Ashton just bought their first house together, Lisa and Lee are building a new house, and sold their old one, Shawna one of my employees, just signed the papers on her first house the other day, Dave and Abby rented out their Condo, and bought a house together, and Jeff and Gina just listed their townhouse for sale!

Man.  I can't believe it's been two years already...

In that time, we bought a brand new car, saved for and planned our wedding in Mexico, got married, threw receptions, did photo shoots, attended Calgary plays, had numerous game nights, made new friends, went for long walks in the river valley, celebrated birthdays, and anniversaries, launched a company, learned photography skills, and so many more things!

This first chapters of our lives is closed, and Ben and I are both very excited to start our next chapter in our house together, but we will still talk about our Condo for years to come :)

Farewell Suite #1502, may you be as wonderful a home for the next owner as you were to us :)

1 comment:

  1. LOVE that story. That's one historic home! I'm honored I got to be a guest in it. Congratulations, you guys. :)

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