We’re movin’ on up

Well we’re movin on up,
To the east side.
To a deluxe apartment in the sky.
Movin on up,
To the east side.
We finally got a piece of the pie.

–Lyrics from Movin’ on Up the theme from The Jeffersons TV show

We really did move up. Up one floor to the penthouse. Okay, only kidding, not the penthouse, but it is the top floor in our building. The new apartment has a better layout for entertaining and a much bigger kitchen. More pics of the new apartment posted on Flickr…

One of my friends thinks I’m destined to open a moving company some day.

My mother, and my friends swear I must hold some sort of world record for the number of times I’ve moved. So just for fun, I put together a list of all the places I’ve lived (that I can remember).

From 1992-1996
Lawrence, Kansas

  • My very first apartment was a one bedroom at Berkley Flats
  • Then my best friend came back from basic training and we moved into a two bedroom at Berkley Flats
  • Village Square basement apartment, which flooded not soon after we moved in, so we had to move to…
  • Village Square second floor apartment
  • Studio apartment at Trailridge Apartments
  • House on Ohio Street
  • Shared one bedroom at Sundance Apartments with best friend, Cary until we moved to a two bedroom at…
  • 1241 Ohio Street. The apartments behind Yellow Sub/Glass Onion at 12th and Ohio
  • Attic level studio at 13th and Ohio then got lucky and moved to the bigger…
  • First level studio in the same house

1996-1997
Kansas City, Kansas, lived in a two bedroom in Lenexa. Had a series of roommates – Andy, Shannon, John…but I stayed put. Well, I switched bedrooms a couple times.

1997
Moved back to Lawrence and shared a three bedroom, three bath with Nina Jo and Larry. After summer school, moved to Topeka and lived with parents until moving to Seattle in December.

1998 – 2003
Seattle, Washington

  • One bedroom at 1st and Broad
  • Two bedroom, two bath on Capital Hill that I shared with “The Ponger”
  • West Seattle, shared two bedroom, two bath with LisaLisa Pisa Gumm
  • One bedroom in Issaquah but only for a few months, then upgraded to a…
  • Three bedroom in Issaquah
  • Stayed with James for the summer
  • Arkona Apartments (with indoor swimming pool in the basement. I always thought it looked and smelled like a petri dish
  • Two bedroom in Bellevue

Seven moves in five years.

2003-2006

  • Topeka, Kansas: Temporarily stayed with parents then it was off to…
  • Lawrence, Kansas: and an attic apartment at the bottom of 14th and Tennessee (walked up that damn hill to the J-School Monday through Friday)
  • Overland Park, Kansas: Duplex
  • Eudora, Kansas: Lived with mom for a bit
  • Lawrence, Kansas: Shared two bedroom apartment with Jay (before we dated) at Highpointe Apartments

2006
Knoxville, Tennessee
Awesome loft at Sterchi Lofts with awesome views of downtown Knoxville.

New York, New York

2007
Knoxville, Tennessee
Back at the awesome downtown loft

2008
San Francisco, California
4540 – number five
4540 – number ten

I have moved a lot. But what can say? I guess I’m always looking to move up.