The Joys of Renting an Apartment

Last week Brian had an interview with Bridgestone and was given an offer...apparently one he couldn't refuse! So, we are moving to McMinnville! (Or Manchester or Morrison, but regardless, we're moving!) We plan on buying about five acres of land and building our dream home, complete with as Brian says, "wrap around porch and floppy ear'd dog." I have been planning and scheming and dreaming for our new home. While doing so I thought of a rather extensive list of things I'm definitely not going to miss about renting. Enjoy.

What I'm Not Going To Miss About Tech Village/Renting:

• mold that never seems to stop growing from the bathroom ceiling
• the annoying bathroom fan that is wired to the light switch (meaning I canNOT turn it off)
• the equally annoyingly loud refrigerator
• the broken door handle on the refrigerator
• the pool of water that constantly builds up in the refrigerator
• the refrigerator
• cinder. block. walls. ... seriously.
• ridiculous electric bill in the summer due to said cinder block walls
• no insulation
• tile floors
• the super janky laundry room with its less-than-satisfactory washers
• laundry room idiots
• the sketchiest and most unreliable Internet access ever
• no overhead lights in the living room
• poor lighting everywhere else
• one electric outlet per room
• the front door that never wants to close 
• unlocking the front door is more difficult than Frodo destroying the Ring
• the only TV channels are the major networks, G4, MTVU, VH1, and an obscure sports channel
• four square feet of counter space (technically not even that much-the space is 23x22 inches)
• the baby stove
• and many more random little "perks"

However, there are a few good things about our first year of marriage here, but we'll get into those at another time. :)