getting ready to move!

after SO much searching on craigslist, emailing, calling & driving all over the city, it seems we will indeed be moving at the end of june, as planned. the question remains: where to? there are still 3 possibilities:

-an adorable little 20's house in the silverlake neighborhood of LA that has hardwood floors, washer/dryer hook-ups inside & a little plot outside the back bedroom window for me to plant a vegetable garden. there's also a mystery fruit tree out back that has huge unripe somethings growing on it...i'm intrigued! we met the owners & get along great with them. the downside of this house is that there is no off-street parking & is on the small side (the kitchen has only 4 cabinets, we would have to seriously downsize on dishes.)

-a 2 bedroom apartment near griffith park (a MASSIVE cluster of mountains, grassy areas, caves, & general natural beauty for hiking, walking, climbing, picnic'ing, etc.) this apartment also has hardwood floors & 2 bedrooms, so one could be used as an office. the view from the front is of the hills of los feliz. it also has at least one off-street parking spot, so that's another plus. best of all, this apartment is offering a rent july & get august for free special. i'm going to check this one out tomorrow afternoon.

-our fall-back option is to move into the building exactly next door to where we live now. it seems silly, but i think it would be worth it. we would be moving from our tiny, dark, 1st floor apartment into a huge loft on the top floor that gets a lot of direct sun. it has a sliding glass door that opens up to the rooftop of the building, where there are tables & a spa. the other plus's of doing this mean we would transfer the deposit we have down now right over there, we would know our manager & several of our neighbors already, we would have 2 secure underground parking spaces & we would have zero additional commitment, in terms of a lease (it would be a month to month agreement). the issue with this one is that it's not vacant yet, much less cleaned/repainted & it's not even available for me to pop over to check it out until sometime next week.

SO...that's the update! we will know a lot more by tomorrow & probably have reached a final decision by monday. it's tough finding a safe, quality, homey place to live in LA, but i think we're about to find one. 5th times a charm, right? i've bounced from brentwood to west LA to north hollywood to hollywood & now will be either staying in hollywood, moving to silverlake or moving to los feliz! wish us luck as we make the final decision!!

can't wait to get this move done & start looking forward to one week in the midwest later this summer-yay!!!