Our Apartment

Ah, what a week it's been! Our goods arrived Friday afternoon. It only took the movers 2 hours to carry in and help unpack all of our boxes and furniture. I spent the next few days getting unpacked, then organizing the place. It was quite the task. I picked Cody up from work on Friday evening and he was quite impressed, but weary at how much work was left. He gladly went back to the course on Saturday. Then, when he got off work Saturday, I'd stocked the fridge, set up the guest bed and organized the closet. Whew. It's finally looking less like a wind storm came through. We haven't hung anything on the wall yet, and we're needing living room art (Elysia). I did include a few pictures of the furniture assembly, much to Cody's dismay.

The course opening went without a hitch on Friday. Here's the link to an article about the course that was run in the Anchorage Daily News: http://www.adn.com/2011/04/28/1834771/major-course-renovations-on-horizon.html It looks like Cody came at just the right time. He's been working close to 12 hours most days, but hopefully just until he gets all his staff hired and trained. His boss treated us to dinner Friday night at Firetap (first Alaskan beer tired: Glacier Brewhouse Blonde Ale: tasted like beer).

Opening day (wearing the sweater I found for $5!)

I thought I'd include a few prices for comparison, in case any of you were wondering:
Gal of milk: $4.40 ($3.30 on sale)
Gal of gas: $4.11 (on base)
12 pack of pop: $5
44 oz at Holiday: $.99 :)

I've found a lot of things are much cheaper at the commissary on base, so I'll plan most of my shopping trips there. However, I will continue to follow Fred Meyer sales because it's right down the road. It's been staying around 45-50 degrees and been mostly cloudy most days, making it perfect jeans and sweatshirt weather.

Today is my last afternoon off. I took care of our housing paperwork and filed all my travel expenses so hopefully we'll start getting paid regularly. I had base orientation the next couple of days, then I'm set to report to work on Thursday morning. I'm not sure from there, but I hope to make it to the public library's book sale on Saturday.

Below are a few photos of the apartment and other adventures:

The den/extra bedroom, with Cody's new shoes (there's a closet to the left there too)

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Our empty kitchen, gas stove, how exciting for Cody

Bedroom, obvs

Closet: big mistake to get a place with a huge walk-in closet- I will forever be spoiled (especially with the upgrade from my wardrobe at home)

The living room, complete with clutter

The 'outdoor living space'

The view from our balcony

Our front door, on the left

The stairwell and dutiful greeter cat

Furniture assembly 1

I call this one "The Thinker"

Finally reunited with her favorite chair

I rewarded Cody with 4 new sweaters, all for $12! (One was $1.15, almost beating my all-time best find of $1.12)

Last night we found a trail close to our apt: we left around 5/6 of it to be discovered. Apparently this creek with be teaming with salmon is a couple months