So, Natalie is back. On Monday afternoon, I went to Ohio to pick up Natalie and as many of her things as we could fit into the truck. I decided not to get a U-Haul truck just yet, which was just as well because some of the larger things like the dresser were not emptied, and I found that the sofa and loveseat we brought her a while back are ruined, and they are not coming back to my house. We loaded up as many clothes and boxes as we could fit and told them we would come back for the rest when we could. Then unloading her stuff at home. This is not an April fools' gag, we moved her and her dog back into the house. So this week was basically about getting used to this. We've already gotten a gate to put up at the stairwell to keep the dog downstairs.

The van went back to Ab & Tom's this week because the steering column still feels like it's, well, not "loose," but bumpy. I can feel and hear sounds like something is bumping around down there. They checked it out and found that the steering rack is worn, so the movements aren't as smooth as they should be, but it's not really causing problems so in the end I decided not to get it fixed at this time. 

Saturday, as I'd promised Beth we would do when the bonuses came in as they did last month, we went shopping for a new sofa at an Ashley store in Fort Wayne. And we found one. Both of us liked it and we both thought it wouldn't be something that we just hated soon after we got it home. And it wasn't super cheap this time either, so we're hoping it doesn't just fall apart. We got the protection plan for it too so here's hoping it lasts and we still like it after a while. It should be delivered (we paid for that too) in about a month.