Our New Apartment

Oh how I love thee! Let me count the ways! Our new apartment is fantastic! Dirty, but super!

So, our landlord didn't quite finish cleaning. She got most of her stuff out of the apartment but didn't have time to wipe down the counters or sweep the floors.

It doesn't matter, because the apartment is great! (Did I say that already? :) Matt and I have been cleaning and cleaning. Scrubbing and spraying and wiping down. And we still love the apartment.

We are also kashering the kitchen so we have a lot more cleaning in that area than we otherwise would. I started by sorting through every item in the kitchen to determine whether it can be kashered or cannot be kashered. Then I stuffed all the non-kasherable stuff into two big cabinets. We were left with a small pile of dishes.

Then we made a list of kitchen and other household supplies we will need, including a saucepan with lid, a steamer, a toaster, a cutting board, a sharp knife, a vegetable peeler, two baking pans, four towels, a bathmat, a duvet, and more. So much to buy!

But once everything is clean, kashered, and put back together, we are really going to like it here. The view is absolutely amazing, the layout makes the apartment feel bigger than it really is, and there are loads of windows that allow wonderful light and air into the apartment.

What's interesting though is that Israeli apartments have no closets. So I'm finding that many things I would normally hide in a closet, like jackets, mops, boxes, extra blankets, etc., have no particular place. I have to be creative in hiding stuff :)

Anyway, back to cleaning and kashering. It's going to take us a few days more to complete the process since the glassware is still being soaked. However, most of it should be done by tomorrow afternoon (we hope).

Oh yeah, did I mention we now have a T.V.? Wonderful!