Been more than a month now since Kumi and I moved, and it's been a struggle to get the place in some kind of proper order. After traveling to IKEA twice, ordering stuff online twice, sending stuff back once, waiting weeks and weeks for it all to be delivered, the place was finally ready for a photo or two. The photos here and below are of the living room and small kitchen (see below for the kitchen). Not shown are the bedroom to the left of the TV, as well as the extra bedroom (currently the computer room), and the large bath/washing/laundry room. At 60 sqr. meters it's the largest place I've ever rented, and except for the kitchen which is a bit puny, I love having so much space to call my own. Next step is buying a house I guess!

New Apartment!

We ended up spending a bit more than we wanted on furniture, a table and 4 chairs, a queen sized bed, a bookshelf, a TV stand, a carpet and lots of curtains. Who would've thought curtains could be so damn expensive and troublesome? We measured all the windows and ordered a bunch from this online shop only to find that when they arrived, we hated them and they were the wrong size. We were like, screw online stores, we want to see and feel our curtains before we buy them, so we sent them all back and went out shopping. However it turned out that our window sizes were all irregular and we'd have to have order made curtains which were twice as expensive as regular ones, something like $600 just for three sets. We groaned, went back home, had another look at the online shop, and decided to try again with a different batch. Of course they were sold out and we had to wait about 3 weeks for them to be in stock. Finally they arrived, we hung them up and without looking too carefully we declared them to be fine.

Very unpatriotic of me I know, but this year I ended up celebrating the American version of Thanksgiving two days in a row, while the Canadian day passed by sad and forgotten. Thursday the 23rd Kumi and I went to the Pink Cow for their amazing Thanksgiving buffet (just like last year). Wish I could still eat as much as when I was a teenager. I had to struggle to eat two plates of food and dessert was pretty much a write off. The next night JC hosted a little Thanksgiving party at his place with about 10 people in attendance. He ordered a huge turkey from this catering shop which was surprisingly good considering that it was delivered. The whole gang pitched in to make vegetables, mashed potatoes, salads, dip, you name it. Once again I stuffed myself silly. After that we played poker with JC's brand new poker set which he ordered from Las Vegas complete with high quality chips, cards and a green felt tablecloth. Lots of fun! That's JC in the middle flanked by Maho on the right and Genny (making a face) on the left.