On Being Thankful

And boy, am I ever thankful. I have SO much to be thankful for... And I owe one person all. So, thanks God! You've blessed me insurmountably.

Things Kali is thankful for:

Andrew Scott Pettersen

My entire family and extended family

My new sister, Lynnette Lucille Fortier Kruse

Wells Fargo

Gerwurzteminer

My cat, Christopher

The Apartment

Redmond Police (not for the ticket, but my bad)

Design Laboratory, Inc. and everyone inside it's walls

Jenny Goldberg-George & our amazing engagement pics

Socks, blankets, fleece sheets...

Candles, oil burners, and a wood burning fireplace

The Internet

My wedding in less than 3 months

My mother taking over with wedding details

My recent baptism

LIFE

Just to name a few things. :-)

WHOA! I {Kind of} have my own apartment!?

So... An awesome thing happened on October 17th, last month. Drew and I were finally deciding to take a peek on what might be out there as far as apartments go in the area where we both work. I'm so proud of him for getting the promotion he absolutely deserves. He is now a Banker at the Wells Fargo in Redmond. SO PROUD! He's just constantely moving up... Oops, I got distracted. I love that man. :-) We were getting warmed up to the idea of thinking of moving him into an apartment in Redmond. Yes, that was the process.

We took a Saturday that he didn't have to work and went to the first place on his favorites list, Avalon Redmond Place. We weren't anticipating anything, really. We were just going to go in and get a general idea of what we might be looking for to move him in in January.

We walked around the first unit, a one bedroom one bath of 750 sq. ft. We liked the price but not the location of the unit or the layout at ALL. The bedroom felt super cramped.

Second unit was a two bedroom that I totally loved. The layout was awesome and I was looking forward to possibly using the second bedroom as an office to put our desk and bookshelf. I was jazzed. But, it was a little more than Drew had really wanted to spend. We were seriously considering it, though.

Just for fun, we decided to check out the smaller one bedroom one bath with 650sq. ft. and were completely shocked. It was pretty much perfect! Yeah, it's a little small, but we could absolutely make it work. We headed back to the leasing office and put down a deposit! We locked in an insanely low price. We signed the final lease agreement and got our keys on November 1st.

Just a few pictures of our place so far. :-) I don't officially live there full time at the moment. But, all of my items are in there. I just go, hang out after work, have dinner with my amazing fiance, pack up stuff for the next day, and go back to my Mom's place to sleep.

Sad thing happened there, too. Not even a day after my big items (desk, dresser, and bookshelf) were taken to the apartment, my mom pretty much gave my room to my brother, Danny. While this is totally fine with me, I just wish I could have had a moment or two in my old room before being hussled out of it.