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pretty good in the daytime, too, so we measured
the windows & hustled off to a curtain & drapery
sale we'd seen in Framingham. We draped the
whole place for less than $30 & we also have venetian
blinds which Jim scrounged from the various basements
& rebuilt. He also weatherstripped all the
windows which are steel sash. The building is about
10 yrs. old, all steel construction in the framework
& mesh-lath, brick exterior, plaster interior, very
fire & sound-proof. We consider ourselves very lucky.

The public schools in Boston & Cambridge are lousy
& some don't have kindergardens. The local one does,
but I'm looking for an all-day nursery school combination
like we had before. There's one on the corner
of the next block, but I'm going to check it out some
more. Everything like that here is licensed by the
city boards of health. The kids are doing fine, but they
are getting a little sick of each other. The weather just
cleared, so they are just beginning to meet some of
the other kids in the bldg. They have been building
all kinds of tall, skinney buildings with their blocks
& construction sets, "apartment houses" which really
do resemble the local skyline.

We are just beginning to reach a settled state,
with clothes put away & pictures on the wall. We aren't
going to have to buy any furniture. The bookcases fit
perfectly on either side of the front living-room window
& the table you got is so big that I can use one
end for a desk & we can eat off other end. That's
really a nice table. Thank you very much for tracking
it down for us.

Right now, Jim is busy getting the hi-fi set up. Later
on, we'll build the tuner kit which we brought along.