Slowly, but surely.

Slowly but surely, we are getting settled in the new apartment. Yesterday I even went down for a craft day and made Mom a fall door hanger. I made it pretty colorful so she would be sure to recognize it as her door. On Tuesday I joined a group of ladies in the community room who are crocheting mats for the homeless. Out of about 15 ladies only three of us know how to crochet. The others fold and cut the bags and tie them into strips and then roll them into balls. To say they were thrilled to have someone else who knew how to crochet would be an understatement. We have been welcomed everywhere we go here. I really think we’re going to love it. Here are a few more photos of a little bit more organization in our new home.

Dennis was able to repair the other table and make it even stronger than when it was new. He cut and stained boards to match exactly and then reinforced the area that had broken. But, it was still way too big. We sold it and bought this one the very same day. I found it on Facebook marketplace for $75 less than we got for our old table, so that was a win. It fits in the area perfectly and has an 24 inch leaf in case we need to make it bigger.

Look at the beautiful detailing on the chairs, and I like how the table isn’t perfectly round because of the little scallop design on all four sides. The people we bought it from said they had had this table for 30 years! It certainly doesn’t look like it. There’s not a scratch on! It even matches the hutch very well. It was meant to be!

The kitchen is still a bit cluttered because it’s smaller than our old one, but it is workable and having cooked in camper kitchens for years, there is plenty of room to work. It’s just the storage area where there is a problem.

We were able to cram the freezer back here in the corner and I’m using the upper part of it for storage as well as the refrigerator top. It works. And yes, if I suck in my breath I can even get into those cabinets in the back. They hold our overflow food storage. Since there are no walls big enough for my magnet board, I’m putting them on the freezer. I love to see the places we’ve visited and remember the people and places we’ve seen. I don’t want to leave the magnets all put away in storage.

I still have to make sense of the things on top of the tall dresser but the rest of the room is coming together. It’s a very large bedroom with plenty of space.

There is even a nice reading area next to the closet. I love these chairs and really didn’t want to get rid of them and they work perfectly here. We don’t normally have the closet door open but I wanted to give you perspective of where this was in the room.

This is one of my favorite little areas. It’s the hallway leading to the bedrooms. I just haven’t thought of a way to cover up the circuit box. It sticks out from the wall about half an inch, so it’s not as easy as just hanging a photo over it. Everything looks a bit crooked because of the angle I have to take the photo from to get everything in it. They are hanging on the wall straight. I promise.

A few people have told me this looks cluttered. But I really don’t know what we could get rid of. We needed the bookcase space and the fireplace actually puts out heat. Zoey‘s bed and toy basket are also there and this is the only room I get enough light in for my plants. At least I hope there is enough light! It’s a cozy, comfortable room and we are really enjoying it.

The balcony doors. You can just see a bit of Dennis’s chair on the lower right.

This is the door hanger I made for Mom yesterday. It’s extra colorful so she can remember her door.  I put a clothes pin on it so they can attach the notes that they leave most days on the residents doors.

I finished this toddler sweater late last night. Obviously it has not been washed or blocked yet. It’s for baby J’s cousin in London. I just need to get buttons for the sweater and the two little girl sweaters that I made.

I do like how the color pooled. No big clumps of one color. I think it will be a good sweater for a little boy.

These socks will be for Mom for Christmas. Plain vanilla socks. Look at the great price I got the yarn for during Hobby Lobby’s clearance sale!

Zoey went over and played with Lizzie yesterday while we took mom out for breakfast and ran a few errands. She was exhausted at the end of the day. Dennis took her back over there this morning to play while we go sign the papers for the house closing. The buyers won’t sign until next week so we’re still keeping our fingers crossed that all goes well.

Last Saturday Brad, their neighbor and Piper and their neighbors daughter, who is Piper’s friend, went to a Fly-in  in Hastings, Nebraska. They had lunch there at the airport with a big group of other people and then flew back home to Omaha.

I think the girls had a good time! Don’t you love Piper’s headset? She even has her own logbook.

It’s nice to have Brad back home and working here now. They are able to do more things as a family. I think he’s getting to fly more often too.

I hope all is going well for you all and I will try to keep up with blogs and blogging. I think we’re getting settled in here now, with just a few little things to do, so it should be a bit easier to blog.

Blessings,

Betsy