Hunter's La Femme Family

Ulli wakes up to a fresh new day and wanting to clean up a little.


Sugah orders Chinese for breakfast as they're all starving.


Ari is eagerly awaiting the food, since they only had pizza the night before.


Tearing into her Moo Shoo Chicken, Ari ignores Em's pleas to do something about their living situation.


Ever the optimist, Sugah says, "Em - it will be alright. Ari has a job now and we'll be getting paid tomorrow night.


"No offense," Says Em, "but isn't her salary only $200?"

They finish eating and decide to blow off some steam.


Sugah and Ulli play catch out front.




Elle decides to take advantage of the weather and catch some lightning bugs.


Deciding it looks like fun, Em joins in.


Ari joins Ulli and Sugah for some fun by engaging them in a game of Hacky Sack.


Hunter can not resist and joins in.

And so goes their evening, blowing off steam and enjoying each other. It's time to sleep and having worn themselves out - they manage to, even in those awful reclining chairs.








But Hunter, a night owl by nature, stays up. Not wanting to show the others she's also worried about their living situation, she saves the emotion for the wee hours of the morning. Tonight, she will find a job - any job.


In the morning, she mails off her resume for a position in the Entertainment Field.


They all engage in some breakfast pizza.


And Ari heads off for her first day as a Gamer.


Em and Ulli read from a little book rack that Em got that morning. She traded in a barrel at the little thrift store down the street and was able to get the book rack.

It's as good as gold because they all like reading and know there is enough of a variety of books in the rack to develop some skills.


Sugah is now determined to find a job, and she does in the Education field. It's perfect for her and for Ulli who also takes another job they have in the field.


In a bit of a better mood, Em engages Hunter in a pillow fight.

Sugah, happy about finding a job decides to go use her energy on something more productive.


"This place is filthy," she says to herself while scrubbing the bathroom.



Em and Hunter continue their play which they're enjoying a bit too much.


"Yo - do you think you guys can do something besides act like children?" Elle asks as she walks by them.

"Nope," they both giggle in unison.


They just laugh and keep playing.


"I'm going to find a job now because I refuse to continue living worse than barn yard animals," Elle says with her back turned to the juveniles.

Later that night Ari returns from work.......

With a beat up old refrigerator stocked with meal replacing drinks and a trash can.

And.....

An old, but comfy sofa - that she gets to sleep on.

When we last left our roomies, they were living in squalor.


They still are!


But a few things have changed. They're all working. Ulli and Sugah work in education. Em works in Journalism. Hunter is finding her way in the Entertainment industry. Ari is loving working in Gaming and Elle is getting by in the Business field.


I found this hilarious as Em is the neat, quiet one. She is the first to raid the refrigerator. I'm guessing they're all tired of Pizza and Chinese take out and Instant Meals.


There's a lot of bonding going on between the siblings, which I just love.


The siblings also spend a lot of time reading to build skills. They're all aware to achieve any of their goals, they must succeed in their careers.


Which I expect Sugah to do, since she's always in a good mood upon returning from work.


Hunter spends a lot of time on the roof overlooking the neighborhood. They'd bought this worn down warehouse in the warehouse district by the docks for two reasons. It was affordable and supposedly the neighborhood was up and coming. So far, they're the only ones in the hood.


Ulli is always checking out the rest of the house.


And the grounds figuring out how to make the space not only livable, but beautiful.


Elle has made a friend. The neighborhood stray, Kobe.


They spend a lot of time together.


And on one rainy night, Elle decides to adopt her.


At first everyone isn't happy about it. "We can't even afford furniture and we take on another mouth to feed." Ari moans. Hunter says nothing, but agrees. Em makes a fast friend.


But soon, like everyone else - Ari comes around.

~~~~~

Some time later, the Roomies finally come up with a floor plan for their home.


The room they're currently living in, will be the family room. A few of the things you see on the floorplan don't even exist yet.


The second and third floor plans will pretty much be the same.

Ulli came up with the idea to make the common areas on the south side of the house where the primary views will one day be. Of course, everyone wanted pool and garden side rooms, but when it was realized that six bedrooms wouldn't all fit on that side of the house, they all compromised and decided to move the bedrooms to the north side of the house.


They also decided to leave the middle archway and save the integrity of the structure. It will be an exposed brick main hall and connector between the common areas and the more private living areas of the house, as well as serve as the main entry.


This space is really shown well here. Obviously there is a lot more work to do.

So with very hard work and selling things in the house that were salvageable - like 3 elevators that netted them $3300 - they were able to paint their living area (soon to be family room), soon to be kitchen and soon to be dining room. They were also able to put in really beautiful flooring.


Obviously there is still work to be done. That hole in the front wall will need to be addressed and they'll all be happy to be rid of their dirty, filthy plumbing.


But it's amazing what a little paint will do. Everyone's happier and more comfortable.

Elle enjoys time with Kobe before bed.