Things are going well, we are moved in. Our apartment is nice, good quality. We got a really nice dining room table for $12 (had to fix it up a bit, but it’s done now), a dresser for the tv and dvds for $15, and two wingback armchairs for $40. We have internet and phone. I made my tree branch necklace holder and picture frame earring holder for $0, and I’m very happy with them.
Things we still need are a couch, dining room chairs, and a tv. I’m having to go for my second choice: victorian type furniture, rather than the leather. There’s plenty of cheap leather furniture out there, but since we found the wingback armchairs for so cheap and close by (craigslist), we now need a similar style couch to match them. Leather couches are almost all overstuffed and would look ridiculous next to the chairs. I think a large couch would be too much for our living room, anyway.
The baby moves around all the time now and Samuel has even felt it a few times.
Samuel doesn’t have a job yet and things are moving really slow on that front (not Samuel’s fault). He might apply to a job he found watching delinquant teenage boys like he used to, (say it with us: “NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!) just to make some money while we’re waiting on Ft. Riley to decide to hire him. That would give us a lot of peace of mind. We only have enough money for two months’ rent and bills, if that. We got a bank account, next stop, driver’s licenses, then maybe getting on Medicaid so I can go to the doctor. I can’t believe my pregnancy is half over.
We really like our apartment, and I think Samuel likes Manhattan. Things are slowly coming together. In a month or so when everything is pretty I’ll take pictures and put them up here.





AAAHH!!! We had an old Sony Trinitron you could have taken with you if you’d wanted it!!! It’s pre-digital, so you’ll have to get a converter box if you want broadcast TV, but it’s still yours if you want it. We’ll just to figure out how to get it to you.