Praising God

Well it turns out that the sofa bed seller was a guy! He works as a research associate at UWA and he studies and photographs rocks all around the world. My initial thought was "oh grossssss", but it turned out to be a really clean guy who has looked after it amazingly well. He bought it in Germany two years ago and it has only been used twice as a guest bed in the spare room in all that time! Wow. One of Viola's friends, Jean, helped me pick it up. It is so lovely. We were both amazed at how great quality it was. The two mattresses and two "L" shaped cushions all zip together. Wow, such a wonderful trendy product. I am so happy to have bought it. THANK YOU GOD!!!

New bed

Just bought this gorgeous funky red sofa bed off eBay! It came from Germany. I am guessing the seller is German because she is also selling some other German products. I wonder what her story is. This will be my bed until my husband arrives later in the year and we buy a nice double bed together.

Jehovah Jireh, My Provider

Well today I heard I got the approval I was after for the First Home Buyer's Grant! Yay. THANK YOU JESUS!!! AND as if that wasn't great news already, my painter finished all his work today! So then I drove to the flooring guy, paid for the rest of my material and then asked if he could perhaps start the flooring next week and he said yes, so then I checked with the real estate company and they said yes, so now my flooring is being done Thursday!

The painting looks absolutely amazing. Ryland did such a marvellous job. Praise the Lord. The walls are all one colour now. The smell of fresh paint, as opposed to rotting disgusting putrid smells from the last tenant is therapeutic.

I am so happy in my heart today. I even managed to get off work at 12pm. God is soooooo good to me.

Then as I was driving along Scarborough beach road, I suddenly took a right turn down a street I had never been on before and there on the verge was a FREE set of drawers. Absolutely gorgeous and absolutely perfect for my housemate. I am just so stoked. God is so very faithful to me. He just knew that for the last few days I have been thinking about how expensive everything is and how I really can't afford to keep buying little things when my renovations are so expensive.

Almost moving in!

Almost three weeks later and now the painting is almost done, i have sorted out new laminate jarrah-looking floorboards, rollershutters for two bedrooms and some new furniture... well not new, as such, but great second-hand stuff from gumtree. I have two desks, a loft bed for my housemate, a set of drawers, a coffee table, a kneeling chair!, some kitchenware and a painting from Tri (to be honest, i don't really like it, but the fact it came from her is what makes it special).

This girl is painting a "V" for victory!

I am praying my first home buyer's grant approval letter comes today cos then i can go ahead with settlement next week. Oh God, let it be!

I bought a house!!!

I FINALLY had a house offer accepted. I am so totally wrapped. I managed to get one under $500K to take advantage of the stamp duty exemption and first home buyer's grant. I bought a cute villa in Scarborough. It is actually pretty large for a 3 bedroom villa with a big open plan lounge and dining area and courtyard area. God is so awesome. It was owned by a 91 year old retired doctor who rented it out.

The place looks totally amazing outside, but unfortunately, the inside looks like an absolute wreck (kind of looks like what my life was like before Christ! - haha). I don't think anyone could possibly live in it at it's current state, so i'll be ripping up the carpets and getting the house painted, as well as doing some handman repairs.....

I think the previous tenant must have had an anger problem because there are holes in the walls (looks like they were made with a broom handle), paint chipped off, liquid (probably alcohol) stains on the walls, gross stenched and stained carpets, lights broken, door handles missing ... but I actually think this place is really beautiful. I see amazing potential and it is a really great deal for this area. I have been researching the market for months now and if this place was painted and new carpets put in, it would easily be worth a lot more! Seriously, it is a great first home and i am totally thrilled. I'll be moving in late Feb or early March.

Once it is renovated, i'll be having a prayer/fasting/worship get-to-gether in it (prior to a house-warming). I may not own any furniture by then, as i sold it all before i went to America, but i'll have some cushions for kneeling on and new floorboards by then! Yay.