When Bryan and I were first married (and for the first 2 years of our married life), we lived in a cute little apartment in Mesa that was really close to the temple. It was a home that had been made into a triplex. The part we lived in was no more than 900 sq ft, and we paid a total of $300/month. Can you imagine that? And that was only 6 1/2 years ago.
Anyhow, we had a double bed and so we were forced Ü to sleep very close together. If one of us had to roll over, it would usually wake the other up. One night, I rolled over and was very quickly awakened by Bryan grabbing me by my shoulders and neck and shaking me REALLY HARD. I was soooooo scared being the middle of the night and half asleep myself, I screamed. Thankfully that woke him up and he stopped and proceeded to tell me that he had been dreaming that he was in a truck that was being mugged. He thought that I was the bad guy and he was attacking me. So that's a story that I'll never forget!
We really didn't take very many pics of the apartment (at least I couldn't find them) so here's a few that we do have...
This is our little bathroom. Sorry for the crazy pic of me (Bryan totally caught me off guard while I was washing my face).
This was our kitchen. There was NO DISHWASHER which was a nightmare in and of itself for me. I was really glad whenever I got the dishes done!
Oh, and the fire alarm was just around the corner from the oven, so it would go off just about every time I cooked-dumb thing. 
This was our living room/study. Bryan and I were both in school while we lived there, so we always had a ton of homework laying around, etc.
So yea, there's our little apartment on Fraser St. in a nutshell.
How fun!!! My grandparent's have lived on Fraser forever, so I LOVE that area! In fact that was my last ward!
ReplyDeleteMARIA!!!! How funny. That is where I live! I live in unit 1 though. But how creepy is Doug!!!! AHHHHH!!!! TOO funny! And the no dishwasher. It's a KILLER. But you can't beat $300 a month....
ReplyDeleteWow! I remember when you guys lived there! I can't believe that it's really been that long. But how nice to get something so reasonable and small for when you first start out.
ReplyDeleteLove this post! We loved Fraser Dr. I don't think I ever saw the inside of your apartment though. I will admit I was always secretly jealous that you guys had a bigger apartment but paid less than us. Silly, because we still payed next to nothing for our apartment! How nice it would be to pay that price again. We still miss that ward and area!
ReplyDeleteLove this post! We loved Fraser Dr. I don't think I ever saw the inside of your apartment though. I will admit I was always secretly jealous that you guys had a bigger apartment but paid less than us. Silly, because we still payed next to nothing for our apartment! How nice it would be to pay that price again. We still miss that ward and area!
ReplyDeleteHa ha. I looks like a lot of the places we've lived. While we lived at my parents for a year Pete and I slept on a double bed. it was horrible. We had the same problem {waking each other up when we moved}. We have a california King now. I love it. Sometimes it doesn't feel big enough either.
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