The House Hunt Continues

Well, I had a busy weekend of house hunting. Luckily this weekend was more fruitful than last weekend. We actually have two houses that look very promising! It's quite a complex process renting out here. You have to provide tons of documentation, even when renting through a realtor. The require information on income, taxes, bank accounts, etc. I think it might actually be harder than qualifying for a mortgage!! :o) One of the houses we really like is rented directly by the owner and he requires SIX references!!! I thought that was a bit excessive, but it is a GREAT house! I should know by the end of the week which house we will be renting. They are both pretty great houses, with great kitchens --one of my highest priorities, of course! But seriously, they both are very nice, one just seems much more 'perfect' for our family, with a great playset in the backyard and a gorgeous yard overall. But, there is one person in the queue ahead of us for the 'perfect' house, so we are also trying for the other house, which has plenty of room for us as well and will be great too!

Don has been staying very busy with the kids! He took them to the Air and Space Museum this weekend (see pictures below) and Cabela's. Mzee loves Cabela's because he likes to "shoot the skunk" at the shooting range in the back. Milan's cold has gotten much worse and she developed a really bad cough, so Don took her back to the doctor today to find she has an ear infection. So, a round of antibiotics for her! Mzee and Don bought candy today to give out to the trick or treaters on Wednesday. Mzee is very excited about that!




Yesterday the fire alarms went off in my apartment, so we all had to evacuate the building. The building is brand new and is still being finished on certain floors. It has a very high tech alarm system that actually announced right in my apartment in a lovely computerized tone: "Your attention please, Your attention please! There is a fire on your floor, please evacuate the building. Do not use the elevator...." I wasn't too concerned, but did make my way down the stairs right outside my apartment to the parking garage and then to the lobby. We had to wait for the fire department and it became quite comical....I assume the firemen knew that the specific alarm code for the building wasn't indicative of an actual fire because the firemen were quite literally just strolling into the building one at a time with some gear behind them. I am sure that in the case of a real fire, they move much more quickly! Mzee was very excited when I told him that firefighters came to my building. And as I was hanging up last night he said "I hope there isn't another fire in your building, Mommy!"