![Welcome to ApacheDug's new pad](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-2mj45DTwpQA/WO2JkHOFYYI/AAAAAAAAf0I/VK8MaV8r8P8/door_thumb%25255B9%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800)
This past Saturday, with the help of my sister Shawn, brother-in-law Jim and my niece Sophia, I moved back to the city of Pittsburgh. (Well, about 5-6 miles north if you want to get specific.) But right now, all I can say is—it’s wonderful to be home again. And there’s no way I could’ve done it without them, thank you so much guys.
My sister Shawn also got me this awesome welcome mat for my new front door
So after a busy weekend of unpacking, bright and early Monday morning I headed out of my new apartment building—and walked up the main avenue to my former neighborhood of 22+ years, to drop in on some folks & businesses I haven’t seen since last summer. I had to laugh when my old friend Tilla at Lincoln Deli exclaimed “WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN!” When I started to reply, she said “YOU MISSED OUR FRUIT PIE SALE LAST WEEK!”
Anyway, I’m not all moved in just yet so to speak—I still don’t have a couch (it’s on order!) or dining chairs for my new dining table, or anything for the walls—but here’s what I DO have, and for all this I am grateful & happy.
![I can see out, but people can't see in](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-V6SMgvIdVZU/WO2JlkixFAI/AAAAAAAAf0Q/m9P8JKlQ0ZM/mwindow1%252520%2525282%252529_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800)
An awesome view out my giant livingroom window—it’s an 8 foot square of new glass that looks down on a tree-lined street in the daytime, and at night I can see the twinkling lights of Mt. Washington in the distance.
![elevator elevator](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-cdhqoa7ATx4/WO2JnrZT8mI/AAAAAAAAf0Y/W8zrgyRYBGU/elevator_thumb%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800)
Did I mention my building has an elevator? (And yes, that’s a bouquet of fake flowers in the former ashtray attached to the wall…) Now this is city living!
My new bedroom, with a cool green metal bedframe I bought at IKEA—assembled by my awesome brother-in-law Jim.
![dresser dresser](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-SJBsY4eqtEk/WO7QKdDhH9I/AAAAAAAAf1Y/xaVvtfjRdJc/dresser_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800)
Here’s my new red dresser, ALSO bought from IKEA, and ALSO assembled by Jim and Sophia.
![tv and table tv and table](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-M5FeynAZTHs/WO2JtFjdt8I/AAAAAAAAf0w/sbP8k78DiwY/tv%252520and%252520table_thumb%25255B5%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800)
I had to get a new tv stand (my old one was a corner unit which wouldn’t work here) and also bought this stylish glass-top dining table (sans the chairs). My sister Shawn found it for me, all I had to do was plunk down my credit card!
![kit1 kit1](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-kfMqQTQPg0s/WO2JutrzOWI/AAAAAAAAf04/qlvz9ztMTqo/kit1_thumb%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800)
The kitchen is small as they come, but everything is happy, shiny & new; easily the nicest one I’ve ever had, along with the rest of this awesome apartment.
Well, that’s all I have for the moment—I just wanted to get some pics of the new place on here, and again say a big thanks to my family for helping me get back where I belong. But as glad as I am to be back in the city, I’m very much looking forward to going home again this weekend—and seeing this little handyman for Easter! ![Smile](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-3u1IZ4ziRhM/WO2Ju6qJzSI/AAAAAAAAf08/-_1b7KP2dwo/wlEmoticon-smile%25255B2%25255D.png?imgmax=800)
![Sophia, April 2017](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-QMdpyPPp9ic/WO2JwuIDdkI/AAAAAAAAf1E/75PPYHXdF0o/fullsoph2017_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800)