Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Closet Storage Woes

So we have this closet in our hallway. It's a nice closet, I'm grateful to have it. BUT it's so empty of proper storage! The closet is 4ft wide x 2ft deep x about 8ft tall(to the ceiling). We currently have odd things like the vacuum, ironing board, tool boxes and Christmas ornaments stored in there but there is so much wasted storage space! Dean doesn't think there are beams behind the wall to affix anything to so I'm looking for any suggestions on freestanding storage units that anyone thinks might help. I'd like to be able to store things up high, down low and in between. I could fit in Christmas decorations, extra kitchen dishes that won't fit in the TINY kitchen, etc. The possibilities are endless. So, suggestions anyone? I'll take whatever I can get. I took a couple pictures and will try and post them soon so you can see what sort of a nightmare I'm dealing with here. :-)

Next apartment woe: how much I wish I had a china cabinet...

Saturday, August 18, 2007

Happy Birthday!

Today is my dear sister Margaret's 21st birthday! I just got off the phone with her (after putting in a full 13 hour day of working at two jobs and she's having a great time at her birthday party. She was so excited that so many friends (Hillsdale and otherwise) showed up to help her celebrate! I'm sad we're not there but we're taking dear sister Vivian to school tomorrow and we'll get to catch up over dinner in celebration. I've really found it to be amazing how much closer I have become to my sisters now that we're all growing up and going our different directions. Ask us in high school or younger and we couldn't wait to get away from each other, but now as we are limited to the time we get to spend with each other, let alone be in the same state (PD!) we miss each other more. All this to say that I'm missing my family terribly and I hope I get them soon.

Monday, August 13, 2007

Our Apartment

Dean and I set off to work this morning like any other Monday and at the end of the day I went to pick him up. This is our normal schedule which also includes the discussion of whatever happened during our separate days on the car ride home. Well to make any extremely long story short there have been some problems with one of the occupied apartments in our building and us having the good relationship with the front office that we do have voiced our concerns. It is on that vein that I have to say that I live in one of the best apartment complexes ever. :-) Dean has lived here over a year and since that time I have only heard good things about the wonderful ladies up "the hill." That wonderfulness has continued as I moved in had various broken appliances and concerns, especially with suspicious neighbors. Needless to say I really appreciate the staff of our apartment complex and I hope that if we ever have to move out of this complex into a different one (God-forbid) that they are half as nice as they are here.

That's about all. Dean won tickets to a Detroit Shock game (WNBA) and so we have the privilege of attending that game tomorrow evening. I'm excited! I've never been to The Palace nor have I ever attended a WNBA game, although I have met GT WB players who have gone on to play in the WNBA. Anyway, off to bed so I can be rested for a full day of work and a fun basketball game. :-)

Sunday, August 12, 2007

Mrs. Dean Simmer

I'm going to try and take a stab at this blogging thing again. Dean, my dear husband, has dsimmer.com set up as a "family" blog but it's a little too confusing for me and I think would be easier to keep my updates separate from his soapboxes.

We went to church this morning and then met Dean sister and her family for brunch at Big Boy. Now Dean is off playing put-put with the neighbors and I'm getting ready to go to work at Bath and Body Works. I hope everyone is well! :-)