Furniture

When we moved into this apartment we came with two bookcases, four dressers, a cedar chest and a crib.  We got a bed from Pat and a bed from Grammy.  My friend Michael gifted us a couch and a chair.  Bought a table and chairs, computer desk and an end table off craigslist and a small tv stand from goodwill.  And we were set.
In the two years we have been here.....Connor outgrew the crib.  So Papa made both kids new beds.  Connor's dresser was one with a changing table and need replacing.  Papa refinished a dresser for him.  Papa refinished an end table for me for Mother's Day.  And I replaced the hard hard hard bed I got from Pat.  And we are still set.
I should have went with a king size bed.  I didn't know I was having a family bed.  Ah.  And then the cedar chest got broke.  Imagine that.  Broke.  It is still taking up space though because it is full of treasures.  The computer desk is quite functional but I wish it was a little bigger.  Just things I have learned with time.
I watch people moving in and out and how much furniture they have.  I am amazed.  I know I'm somewhat of a minimalist, but I don't want a lot of stuff to move when we finally move.  This is just transitional housing.  While we have made it home for now, it is not home forever.  It is an apartment.

I was talking with Greg.  He asked if I was ready to get out of here yet.  I still like it here.  It still meets all our needs.  I still love the dead end and the playground.  But there are days I wish for a yard.  There are days I wish for my cat and Audrie's cat.  There are days I wish for the privacy that a house provides.  I'm patient.  I know we will have that someday.  And in the meantime maybe I will play in Mom's yard now that she doesn't have a landscaper.  ;P  I know we are planting a Papa tree soon.