Empting Nest

Did we tell you Rachel is moving out? A week from tomorrow, to a one-bedroom apartment 2.5 miles from here. She can hardly afford it, but we all feel like it will be a good thing for her. She still does not have a "real" job or health insurance, but she did sign up to do subbing in an additional school district so we are hoping that her 4 part time jobs will pay the bills.

This morning we went to a Wycliffe garage sale and she bought a large TV, a wooden bookcase (not particle board), a floor lamp, 16 drinking glasses, a teapot, an ice chest, a love seat cover, a clock, a multi-drawer storage bin, an almost new laundry basket, and a bunch of other stuff for $100. Plus they gave her a bunch of stuff for free. What we didn't buy but was a cool thing was an antique armoire that had been retro fitted (the guy is a woodworker) into a computer station with fold down table, sliding file cabinet, sliding printer shelf, sliding keyboard drawer--for $80! The only problem with it would have been moving it!

She bought a bunch of "soft furnishings" a couple years ago, and will gather those together this week (which may put Andrew and Laura at a bit of a loss, but they will manage). We will donate some furniture we don't want anymore, and we'll go to the free furniture boutique to see what can be scrounged. She plans to turn the futon into a more comfortable bed by getting a mattress back from a friend she lent it to a year ago.

She is getting excited about starting a new phase of life.