Two really good things!
God is so good! Earlier this week during my quiet time with God, I mentioned to Him that it would be nice if I could have new living room furniture to match my newly-painted walls. I didn't really think that was possible, but I thought I'd mention it! The house we are living in was bought to "flip" -- it was a cheap fixer-upper that we intend to fix up and resell in the summer as a way to make money to help us get into our ideal house on acreage outside town. Everything we've been painting and buying has been with the thought in mind of how the house will look when we're showing it to prospective buyers. My 15-year-old floral couch and loveseat didn't match with the image I wanted to portray to buyers!
Today we "accidently" discovered a garage sale around the corner from our house. The first thing I noticed was this gorgeous sofa with a price tag of $100. I commented on it to Andy and said, "I wish we could buy it, but we wouldn't be able to find a love seat or chairs to match."
"Oh no," said the garage sale lady, "It comes with the matching love seat. It's in the house."
I looked again at the price sticker. "One hundred dollars for both of them?"
"Yes," she said, "and it comes with the matching pillows."
So here's the love seat, in my living room! The sofa is across the room.
The garage sale was such a "God-thing". We got the sofa/love seat, kitchen table & 6 chairs & matching hutch, TV, dresser for Janelle's room, and window air conditioner all for $265, plus they threw in the couch pillows, 2 lampshades, & a wall mirror that matches the dresser, all for no charge.
On top of that, Janelle made friends with the granddaughter of the couple running the garage sale, and now the little girl's mom wants Janelle to babysit. The little girl, 9 years old, has cerebral palsy and is in a wheelchair, and also has an 8-year-old little brother. Janelle is SO happy! She misses babysitting.
Calvin built a really big fire in our backyard fire pit, and we finished off our awesome day with a hot dog and marshmallow roast -- one of the wonderful benefits of living in Alberta!
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How Awesome is that! I know you've had furniture on your mind, and I'm glad that God gave such a great blessing.
Congratulations. Guess we'll just have to drive out to check them out.
(I was kinda hoping the "furniture & fire" meant you were now able to burn your old couches. But no, just hotdogs)(and a little WD40? Andy...?)
I saw your email before i saw the blog! This makes wayy more sense as to why the 15 yr old floral couches are in the reccroom! The kitchen table looks awesome! Jenn and I discovered garage saling last year, love it! I use exclamation marks a lot!
-Dan
ps-WD40, haha. Thats as famous as his Coke addiction!!
haha......fire.....
haha......couch....
Oh what a deal! And it looks great - I bet it's more comfortable than those old floral couches too!!! LOL :o) The fire pit looks wonderful too - wish we could drop by for a visit.... miss you guys :o(
Hey Guys! I "found" you on Kori's blog, nice to see a new face around blog-land and catch up on your latest news! Looks like you're enjoying the new city/house/furniture/cat etc...! We're still down here in the 'deep South' and loving it. Keep in touch!
God answered big time! What a beautiful couch, and for cheap!
Welcome to blogland as well.. It will be fun keeping up with the happenings in Smallville :)
Hi Andy and Mo
This is my first time responding to a blog; actually this is my first time on a blog site. I received an invitation from the Greeks blog, and lo and behold, there are the Janz's, Lang's, Kori, Melissa; wow
Show me how, and I may start a Wade Fab Five blog myself.
Missing you
Barbara and Geordon Wade
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