Cozy Home - Pictures

I had two lovely friends over on Friday for tea.

Here are two pictures I took before they came:

The silver candle holders I bought at an antique store in Halifax.

The larger candle holder my Mom found

at a garage sale a few years back.

Like my new dining table and 4 chairs? IKEA.

I am really pleased with them.

The table has an extra leaf stored

under the middle of the table,

to sit six people.

I bought the place mats while

I was in Halifax as well.

I do not have a lot of my decorations out yet.

However, here are two that I do have lovingly on display!

My dear friend E-H gave me these two little

handmade Dutch dolls this summer.

I love them there on my little table!

I bought the dusty pink table cloth also

in Halifax over Canadian Thanksgiving.

I was in Halifax for my spiritual big sister's wedding,

at St. George Greek Orthodox Church.

For Christmas I received a lovely poster (from an Icon Museum)

of St. George.

My friend took this picture today,

before I gave the poster

to another friend to be mounted.

This icon I am going to DV have above

my buffet in my dining room area.

I have a lampada from the monastery

that I hope to use for this icon.

St. George please pray for us!

Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy!

Furniture is coming my way

My furniture is coming!!!!

Let's hope it is all in one piece and all able to be assembled. Last year I got a tall bookshelf from IKEA that had the wrong shelf on top... It took half a year to get it fixed!

So what am I getting? Well... since you asked ;)

In Antique stain:

-buffet with glass doors
-coffee table with cool shelves in middle
-matching tall bookshelf (the same as mentioned above)
-round, with 1 leaf extension, dining room table (sits 4 or 6)

With cute full chair skirt almost to the floor:
-4 cute dining room chairs that are comfortable (good chairs are hard to find)

And one...

Ivory leather sofa bed (was just a little bit more than a cloth sofa bed and my Cat Cleo SHEDS)

I had intentionally saved almost all of my last year's tax return (educational credits all used up!) because I knew I wanted to move apartments. As I did not have a living room, I knew I would have a bit to store up for.

And now that time is here. It is a bit sudden, but exciting.

Finally I will DV have a bed and the space to have family and friends sleep over!

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On another note....I am still working at trying not to worry. I received some encouraging emails today that reminded me that I am loved. Sometimes, life is a bit of a struggle. And I know that starting a new job, moving and setting up house are all really big things. Lots of things going on with my job, a new online class and house stuff. But God is good and I am trying to pace myself, eat well and breathe a lot. I am still struggling with almost daily-nightly insomnia and some dizziness. More doctors appointments are in the works about these things.

Sending my love to all I know through the blog world!