uber productive day
What a Saturday that was. There was moments of stress and emotion mixed in amongst it, but overall, it was an incredibly tops day. Let me break it down for you…
The morning was spent with the boys in my bridal party as we headed off in search of suits to wear. We headed to Kelly Country in Granville, and before too long, we’d found a suit that everyone liked and the measuring began. In less than 45 minutes, we were all done and on our way to Parra Westfields for some Oporto breakfast :)
The rest of the day was a combination of rental hunting, and furniture hunting.
The furniture hunting was the best bit: Debbie found and bought a 7 piece dining table & chairs set at a garage sale type thing at Thornleigh Bapts in the morning, so we headed there for her to show me the awesome $60 purchase. While we were there, we found a large coffee table for $10. Such awesome finds! Later on in the arvo, we visited one of Debbie’s colleagues who’d offered us an old couch of hers that was almost destined for council cleanup. We got there not quite knowing what to expect in an “old” couch… but it was very modern, reasonably clean, matched our dining chairs in colour almost perfectly… and was free. Praise God! This is on top of already having a microwave and fridge for free, and a washing machine and dryer for $100.
Rental hunting was a bit stressful, as it has become in the last couple of weeks. But we headed to a house in Normanhurst, not holding out huge amounts of hope for it – it was on Pennant Hills Rd. But on arrival, we found a pretty nice looking place, nicely set back and down low from the road. And once the real estate agent turned up, inside was just gorgeous. The kitchen is beautifully retro (bright yellow!), rooms are big and comfy… it’s cool. And apparently they’re having a lot of trouble finding a tennant – the agent, who was a really nice guy to boot, said that he reckons just being on Pennant Hills Rd scares people off.
After being scared about not hearing back from the other place for 3 weeks, we asked how long he thought it’d take to hear back about it. And he was quick to say, “oh, if you get your application in on Monday, I think we’ll have an answer on Tuesday for sure.” Praise God again. Don’t know if we’ll get the place or not, but it would be cool… and the timing seems to be all smooth and everything’s just dropping into place really. But who knows what God’s up to :)
I’m now hanging out at the Wisdom For Women event at church. Have played guitar, and am playing again shortly. Then it will be off for a drive over to Thornleigh to collect the tables and stash them in Debbie’s incredibly generous parent’s garage. Hopefully only for a week and a half…
November 3rd, 2008 at 3:12 pm
noob, making me get up so damn early.