So here's the poster my roommate and I had hanging in our apartments. I LOVED the colors in it. I've never been to Cannes, nor do I know for sure what the words underneath mean, nor is there any significance to the pretty lady sitting next to golf clubs. I just love the colors. So it's in our kitchen 'cause it's pretty.
David built the frame to go around it, and I painted it. Not a bad way to save some bucks on a custom-made frame.
And here's how the floors turned out. You can't really tell from the photo, but I really like the way the color turned out against our already-painted walls.
I definitely like them better than our previous reddish laminate floors. And up next, we shop for fireplace material. OH, how I'm excited about that. That dern fireplace is the first thing you see when you walk in, and it's the first thing I wanted to change --- but it will wind up being one of the last.And I had my quarterly home-improvement-related emotional break-down on Saturday because, PS, we have TERMITES. Blechk!! I tried vacuuming them up (the only logical way to destroy termites), but they just kept coming. It got kinda hard to breathe - and then the tears. The childish, oh-my-goodness-really-are-you-crying-like-that? tears. And poor David, whose reasoning and problem-solving skills somehow managed to stay in tact under crisis, just listened and nodded, looking up pest control people on the internet while I said over and over, "I'm sorry I'm crying so much. I'm really okay. I just need to cry.... wah.......!'
Thankfully bug spray can hold the little critters at bay until TOMORROW when the termite guy can fit us into his busy schedule. (I say that bitterly - I don't really blame the termite guy. I blame the termites. Misplaced anger.)
So a pipe leaks and floods our floors and termites invade over a span of two weeks. We'll see what's next. The Lord is testing and trying us. And as much as I complain (Lord, help with that please) I really am thankful for his refining work in us toward our sanctification. In his timing, he led me prayerfully sing the song below just about three weeks ago RIGHT before things started going all cattywompus. He will not let us forget him or replace him as ultimate. He is good.
"Ruin my life - the plans that I've made. Ruin desires for my own selfish gain. Destroy the idols that have taken your place 'til it's you alone I live for. You alone I live for."
