I am bringing this major re-organization project to a quiet end...I think!
Here was our last big purchase for now (more on THAT "for now" thought later!).
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| Our new bed, complete with a new quilt.
We were given our bed 8 years ago for our wedding from a dear friend of my MIL's. It has served us so incredibly well these 8 years. For two, tall, heavy people to sleep on a double bed for 8 years...well, I think that is pretty good! The springs were pushing through husband's side and he had to be careful when swinging his legs out of bed in the morning to not scratch his leg. It was time. Past time.
Can I just say that it is WONDERFUL to sleep well, wake up without muscle pain and feel like you really just don't.want.to.get.out.of.bed? Wait, maybe the last part is not so good but oh, we love.our.bed. Probably too much but seriously, best purchase we have made in a while. The unfortunate part is the quilt a family friend so lovingly made for our wedding that has graced our bed for 8 years had to be dry cleaned and put away until we have a guest room someday. This is my replacement. No sentimental value but it is lovely as well.
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Just another angle of our completed bedroom. The queen size bed leaves only a narrow space around the bed to walk. But no one is complaining! Our closet fills up the entire wall facing the bed.
And this is almost the best part of the bed. Almost. We paid a bit extra to have a "bau" under our mattress, giving what Brazilians call a "wardrobe laying down"! Check out this beautiful space saving idea!
You have no idea how much stuff I was able to take out of our closets and stuff tucked in corners here and there and organize.it.all.here! Oh, my organizing heart is HAPPY!
So, with this major addition to our room, I am bringing my organizing frenzy to an end. Now, to maintain. I have some projects that would make life a little easier (like a cabinet with a counter for our kitchen, etc) but those will have to wait.
So, we thought our major purchases were done for awhile. Now we are not so sure. My stove is limping along and when we had a brand technician out to check it out the other day, he gave us not so good news. The pipes bringing gas into our apartment were not installed per regulation guidelines so they won't touch my stove or sell me a new one until we fix that little "irregular" issue. Problem with that is to fix it, we will have to break open the cinder block, tiled walls to fix it. In which case, we might as well replace all the tiles in the kitchen and laundry room (came with our new apartment but are not good quality and too are showing the wear and tear of use), and if you are doing that, you might as well replace the cabinets that will have to be uninstalled anyway and are showing the wear and tear of 8 hard years of use. Not much lasts here in Sao Paulo. The moisture (and children playing in the sink!) has been really hard on my cabinets.
Sometimes I just look at my husband and laugh because it feels like everything in our apartment is falling apart. I go to friends' bridal showers and think, "Gosh, I think I am in need of a bridal shower!" I tell him it is good our marriage is still young and vibrant, even if our material blessings aren't so much.
This is a long weekend for us (yeah for Brazil and her every other week holidays!) so we are trying to decide what outing to take the children on. We have just finished up a week of raining, overcast, cool days today so we will see if the weather will allow us to enjoy the outdoors this weekend.
I just received news that a friend I grew up with (and is my cousin's BIL and my aunt's brother) and my age just passed way last night with no warning. Makes me think once again of how brief and uncertain our lives are here. Truly, we are just a wisp of vapor in the wind.
I have plans, hope and lots of goals, not to mention I intend to live a long time and raise my children and enjoy my grandchildren. But truly, we have no idea what tomorrow holds. Or even today.
Friends, enjoy today. Hold your children a bit longer. Hug your spouse a bit tighter when he or she gets home tonight. Worship your Lord with a bit more sincerity and love HIM with more abandonment. Take time to stop and smell a rose. Breathe deeply of love, hope and joy. Taste and see that the LORD, He is good!
My heart and prayers and love are with the F family today. I am so incredibly sorry for your loss and just pray that somehow, someway His presence will wrap itself around you and never let go as you travel this painful road.
Because He lives,
Jama
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