It’s been a big week in SJandClint land; we’ve finally finished up packing all the boxes and moving to our new place, celebrated Halloween, and are enjoying week 21 as we continue to do baby shopping and contemplate getting some names sorted out.
So much to catch up on from the last week that it’s hard to pick a starting point. We had our 20 week checkup last Thursday and after a fun session of hide and seek on the ultrasound, we’ve got visual proof that we need start pondering names for boys!
In other news, we finally inked a new place to call home! We move in October 30-31st so if you’re in the neighborhood and free for the day … stop by to help us enjoy the moving party!
Santa Monica is an interesting market to be renting in. Based on the proximity to the beach, and the lack of land for new development, most of the apartments are older (circa 1950/60) and leave most of the modern amenities lacking.
We’ve looked at over 35 places, inquired on well over 50, and viewed over 100 online. We haven’t seen a single place with all of the items. No joke, in fact I think we’ve only seen one place with a washer/dryer in the unit and it was GHETTO. Places in Santa Monica get “beach breezes” so AC is out on 99% of the places as well (I don’t think we’ve seen a single unit with it).
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