Our Apartment

Ok, FINALLY got some photos of our apartment to put on here.  Our apartment was laid out wonderfully in a very livable way when we arrived, fully furnished and ready for someone to step in and take over.  That was great for the first week, in fact, it was very convenient.  But the time came when we decided we wanted to make it our own, plus we received a bigger dining table than we had room for.  Sooooo, we stayed up until 12:30 am last night reconfiguring.. and reconfiguring.. and reconfiguring.. and re- ok I think you get the picture.  We finally settled on a way that we both like, and we are both very happy.  Now comes the part where we put stuff on the walls and make it look and feel like home. Yipee!  

This is what you see when you first enter the apartment.  It is our living/entertainment room.  In the door straight ahead is Jess in the office.  The door on the left is the spare bedroom.

 We bought these rolls of bamboo to make curtains for our bedroom (see below) and we had an extra, so we thought it might be neat to stick pictures in it and hang it on the wall.  Kind of a collage of photos.  We still need to pretty it up and put more pictures on it, SO SEND US SOME!

Originally that little table was the only table we had, but our director got us the bigger table in the back (everything is hand-me-down here), so we reorganized.  The little table is leaving tomorrow.

Here's the office.  It has a showcase window in it, and it's a triangular shaped room.  Pretty weird.  On top of that, the business in the apartment below us has a big advertisement covering our window, so it's kind of pointless. 

 The kitchen is sorta small, but fantastic.  It was fully stocked when we got here.  Again, all hand-me-down stuff.

The water from the faucet isn't good to drink.  We have to buy two of these for around $11 bucks when we run out.

They told us that spices that are common in America are hard to find here.  Guess we got lucky, eh?

This is the spare bedroom.  Come visit us, and you- yes you! - could stay in this very room!

 Here is our spacious bedroom.  It's actually really nice, and we feel very blessed to have been handed down a place like this.  When we got in this room, it was pretty bare, so we bought a new comforter (for really cheap!), and a few other things to make it more homey.

 Those closets on the back wall span the whole wall.  We have LOTS of storage and hanging space.  Suffering in the name of Jesus is great.

 It's so hot in here, I mounted the wall fan in the picture to point right on me.  Likewise, Jess usually has a stand fan pointing right at her.  Also, there's a fan in the window pulling in cooler air.  Our place is soooo hot right now.

 Ladies and Gentlemen, announcing the new Martha Stewart curtain line!  Actually, these very lovely curtains were made by none other than yours truly (Russell) on a budget of $13.  I'm pretty proud of myself.

We found this really cool paper art store (they make art out of paper) near the Air Force base and we had to walk away with this really neat lamp.  Those are real flowers plastered on there.

And finally, at the rear end of the photo train (no pun intended), is the bathroom.  It's small, but nice.