Apartment Living

Today I'm thankful for our apartment. I have been known to daydream of a house of our own and complain about living in a small space (my husband can attest to it) . Today I thought of all the reasons why living in an apartment is so great. This is what I came up with:

• It only takes me a couple of hours to clean the entire apartment--bathrooms, floors, kitchen, and all.
• Because we share a washer and dryer with 11 other apartments, there are two washers and two dryers in the laundry room. Two loads at once means I get laundry done twice as fast.
• We pay very little to keep the place cool in the summer and practically nothing to keep it warm in the winter.
• I am convinced that, because my children share a room, they are better sleepers than they would have been if I had the space to separate them (and believe me, I would have separated them--remember my post about Isaac jumping in Maddie's crib? Enough said).
• There are six other families in our complex that we consider good friends. It is so nice to have so many people we can count on living so close, and I never have a problem finding help if I need anything from any of them.