I am living where I live for 2 years now. And I simply HATED it! Of course most of the time I was depressed, sometimes more and sometimes less. Since my last vacation in Chicago I am feeling rather well though, and that led to me doing all kinds of things around the house to make it more...comfortable.
Like, I bought a little table and Maaike sold me a bookcase for a good price and I finally got a curtain rod to hang the lace curtains on I bought about 3 years ago. And of course I threw away 4 big bags of old clothes and other stuff. I even have a coffee maker now, a real Senseo!
I am starting to feel as snug as a bug in a rug here. Oh of course there is still a LOT to complain about, especially to the landlord who promised to make everything allright here... We're in September now and to be honest: he has taken care of some of the problems here like ventilation and the leaking roofs but he still hasn't done anything about dividing the utilities as promised.
Oh well. I have said what I think is important: I need electricity every single night for my CPAP. But since we're going towards the colder weather I don't expect much will get done here this year. Let's just hope we'll get a winter like last year. Because if everything's covered with snow....
But more fun has happened! As I told you all, Patrizia has been here for almost 10 days. And she gave me something totally awesome: a foldable guest bed! For her to sleep on of course, but also: other people can stay here now. We picked up the guest bed with Monique in her car...that was a lot of laughs! Her car is small and she had her shopping in it and Patrizia's suitcase and that big bed! So you can imagine...
It was the most expensive one at Leenbakker, the store where we bought it, but it was priced down to €80! I just checked to copy the pics and now it's €120 again. It is a rather comfortable little bed and it has even a nice (free) cover. So it's standing nicely folded and covered now. Patrizia will probably be using it again soon but it is good to know (for me) that I can have guests staying overnight now. Not like I expect that's gonna happen anytime soon, but it is a possibility!
I am still getting mail from my 'friends' in China regularly. The day before yesterday the mailman brought me 2 packages, yaaay! One was a black 'velvet' wig head and the other one the much expected Hello Kitty tote bag. The wig head was awesome, I immediately ordered another one. But the bag was a big letdown. The zipper was broken, the handles weren't finished and the lining feels like paper (and sounds like paper too). In short: not the quality I expected and it wasn't exactly a cheap bag! Of course I complained, and they had the gall to offer me $1 in recompense, that is €0,91! Well, I let them know they can stick that where the sun doesn't shine.
Since my stepdad sent me a bit over what I asked him, I ordered 2 pairs of shoes, I really needed those. So I am hoping and praying they will be nice, good quality ones. And there is some other stuff in the pipeline too! Some nail charms, 2 brooches, some kitchen gadgets...all from different sellers so all coming one by one. And of course the wigs Patrizia ordered will be arriving here too! I am gonna have fun opening my mailbox every day... Although some items will be delivered at home by my friend the mailman!
Well, you all too live in happy expectation!
Hugz, Anna
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