A Quiet Activity… Reading
I don’t know about your apartment building, but sometimes apartment living can be noisy. When you fill out your rental application, it doesn’t say, do you like to play your music at decibel levels that...
View ArticleTaking Time to Remember
It’s almost officially summer… a time when our lives can get scattered and schedules are kicked to the curb. But what is the one constant that remains — people. Life is still about people and...
View ArticleCondo/Apartment Living
Just a few days ago, we were visiting our kids who live in a condo. Condos have many similarities to apartments but with a bigger price tag, in many cases. While we were there, I was reminded of how...
View ArticleExercising without even Trying
Apartment Living… one of the built-in benefits of living in many apartment buildings is the amount of steps we walk to accomplish our tasks. If you live in a multi-story building… without an elevator…...
View ArticleApartment Living versus a House
Living in a house versus living in an apartment, it’s the age old question and one people often struggle with. Personally, since becoming an adult, I’ve always lived in an apartment building or duplex....
View Article7 Billion Strong!
This week we passed the 7 billion mark of people living on Planet Earth at the present time. That’s a lot of people! If you watch the population trends and where we live, the majority of us live in...
View ArticleToo Tired…
Being an apartment dweller is not for the faint of heart. I understand that being a home owner isn’t easy either, but people in apartments have limited space and people who live ‘with them’ who aren’t...
View ArticleDealing with the Heat
Yes, summer has arrived and with it temperatures that surpass those that we’ve seen in awhile. If you’re reading this from the East Coast, our thoughts are with you, it’s been a very hot stretch for...
View ArticleModeration in All Things
There’s fast and slow and somewhere in between. Sometimes I think it has to do with our personality type and other times I might blame it on the weather… the heat… a full moon…. or El Nino or La Nina....
View ArticleTaking a Break…
What do you do to relieve the stress of apartment living? Apartment living has its benefits but there is the constant noise and energy and coming and going of your neighbors and the drama of their...
View ArticleCarpet Cleaning…
If I asked all the apartment dwellers out there to raise their hands, if you had carpet in at least one room in your apartment, I believe many of you would raise your hands, in fact, probably most of...
View ArticleFurnishing Your Apartment… Rent or Buy?
As we approach the end of August and the, yes, I’m going to say it, end of summer, many folks are beginning to jockey for position and complete their moves into a new place before the weather changes....
View ArticleManners and the Art of Being a Gentlemen
Manners… I grew up with them, how about you? Are manners something that we are innately born with or a learned behavior? Maybe they are ‘modeled’ by our adult role models and then we choose to follow...
View ArticleFree Entrance to Washington State Parks today!
Feeling like a getaway from apartment living? Maybe what you need is a treat to the great outdoors… It’s your lucky day, Washington State parks are free today.. You might ask why? It’s the 101st...
View ArticleLiving Life Behind Closed Doors
Apartment buildings – they’re really microcosms of society. Each apartment whether it’s a studio, 1 bedroom or 3 bedroom, or somewhere in between, represents a life – a family. And behind those closed...
View ArticleBlue Bugs Everywhere!
It’s that time of the year when summer gives way to fall and nature announces the changing of the seasons. The leaves on the trees are changing color. The mornings are crisp. I can smell wood smoke...
View ArticleMerry Christmas!
Today is Christmas Day all around the world. Many people celebrate this holiday with different traditions. But no matter your choice, the holiday spirit is in the air and often with it comes a...
View ArticleHappy New Year’s Eve! Happy 800th blog post!
2015 is only hours away from coming to a close. Whether you have big plans for the evening or whether you will quietly sleep your way into 2016, the choice is yours. Personally, this year has been...
View ArticleA New Year, New Dreams
2016… we made it! Some of you might have been a little doubtful you would cross the finish line on 2015. But you did and you are here. A new year is a clean slate. It contains 366 days of...
View ArticleHappy Valentine’s Day!
Valentine’s Day isn’t just about romance… it’s about loving your neighbor as well. There are times that our apartment neighbors might be a little challenging to love. Life is like that at times. We...
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