Door jamb-"A door jamb is the vertical portion of the frame onto which a door is secured. Most types of door fasteners and deadbolts extend into a recess in the door jamb when engaged, making the strength of the door jambs vitally important to the overall security of the door."
These pictures do not do the sky justice. They are from my camera phone, but I absolutely love being able to sit in my apartment and stare at the sky and the river. My favorite is watching the sunrise or when storms roll in. Lately, it's been really hot in our apartment and I can't sleep, so I wake up at 6 am to turn on the air and this is what I see. Amazing!
Our favorite candy store! Dylan's Candy Store...Ralph Lauren's daughter
The couch we picked up and have called our own!
one of the 4 tvs...
Here are some crappy pics off of my phone of our apartment when we first moved in. We need to take real ones with the camera soon. Moving in was quite an adventure but the best part has been our furniture retrieval process. Pretty much if we see something we like on the street or if there is anything free on craigslist we take it. Luke and Charlene have played a huge part in our accumulation of furniture. Nate and Luke like to call it treasure hunting, and they sniff stuff out on the streets like bloodhounds. Luke's most recent find was a coat rack that has been put to great use already. Overnight it became winter here! maybe not winter, but dang cold and windy and wet! Nate's most recent find was an entertainment center. We had previously found one and had been using it, but the joy of using the streets as our furniture gallery is we can return and exchange all we want! We've been through 4 tvs now...we officially have two that work. One night a few weeks ago Nate and I decided to go buy a couch--preferably one with a bed. We had a sofa bed in mind but then we loved the one pictured above that "Nate is rocking so sauve-like". Luke and Char definitely had to be there to help us choose, but we couldn't decide between two couches and both would take 6 weeks so we just decided to go home and really measure our space. On the way home we just happened to come across a cozy little love seat that fits in our apartment perfectly! At first I was very hesitant to take someone elses couch, but they were upgrading and it wasn't too bad. We've since put a nice brown cover on it. Thanks so much Nate and Luke for haulin it up all those stairs! 
Here is the apartment that we have been subletting! Pretty sweet. The Murphy bed is handy, but not so comfortable. Matt and Julee have been so accommodating to let us stay here another week. We helped Julee move a bunch of their stuff out of the apartment and into their new place in Jersey City. Her husband is still on vacation, so we're happy to help them after all that they've done to help us out. We're going to make another trip to Jersey with Julee this weekend and get the rest of their stuff out there. We get to move into our new apartment this weekend as well which will be so nice. Tonight Nate and I went to Sleepy's and purchased our bed. It will be delivered on saturday. We can't wait to have our own bed again, and a cozy one!
Here he is, watching the Olympics on the not so comfortable Murphy bed. He's cute blending in with the sheets! I don't know what we would have done if it wasn't for the Olympics the past couple of weeks. It definitely gave us something to do! We had lots of fun watching the swimming and gymnastics especially.
The day after we decided on an apartment we decided to take a trip to the temple. It was wonderful and just what we needed. The Manhattan temple is small but special to say the least. The decor was elegant and we felt right at home. We've been very blessed to live in places where the temples are so close. Hopefully we'll get to visit this one often!
It was funny though because they are doing some construction on the building that the temple is in, so we could hear lots of drilling at the beginning of the session. And speaking of drilling and obnoxious noises...I've had the pleasure of hearing drilling all day long as I've sat at home alone this week. I guess that they are installing things and working on the apartments next to us, but I can hear it all!! It starts about 9 am and lasts till about 4 or 5pm. I finally had to get out of the house so I took a nice trip to the library. Good Times! More reason for our excitement to move!
