NESTING

We are moving June 1st and it seems to be taking forever to get here! Perhaps it is a blessing in disguise - I can take my time getting packed, etc. But I feel such an urge to "NEST" right now. I heard women often get this way when they hit their 2nd trimester. I hate where I am living, I am exasperated with my current landlords, and I feel no inspiration to clean or decorate where I am right now. Even my neighbours have suddenly become rude and abnoxious. I told that to Ken who said "Where have you been? They've always been like that!".

Starting this weekend I am going to pack 2 boxes per night. This should give me a real head start! We are going to cease parking our car in the garage and, instead, park it in the driveway. This way we can load up all our boxes in the garage and keep everything out of our way! Come moving day - we'll just open up our garage and presto! Once all the boxes are packed up - the movers can move all the furniture in the house which is all staying right where it is until moving day.

Some of you already know that I decorate my house with grapes and that my colours are grape green and grape GRAPE! I am greek and so grapes are a part of my heritage and many greeks like to decorate with them. But the real reason I have gone with grapes is to go with a few scriptures: "I am the vine and you are the branches" (which makes me think of a grape vine) and then the another scripture in Psalms "we are the harvest". So far all I have been able to do to convey this is deocrate with a particular colour sheme and a few non-tacky grape deocrations but I have never had the time nor the money to really do what it is I have in mind.

I have been slowly collecting odds and ends that are worth it and a real concrete idea is starting to take it's shape. I have a greek pillar and I need MORE. I have an idea for a greek coffee table but I don't think it will be good with a baby around (glass? uh uh!). Ken bought me two big greek/pillar style "windows". They look ancient and they have black iron openings in the middle - I was thinking of putting a picture behind them and leaving one side of the window open.
You hang hang them on the wall and they have baskets underneath them which I am going to fill with grapes hanging down!

There have been certain items I have been on the search for but I have been patiently waiting for something to "pop-out" at me. I have been on the search for a painting that will compliment my ideas, elegantly, and I have been desiring a stain glass vase as well as stain glass chandelier and matching stain glass lamps. Of course I want grapes on them!

I went to the "Blessings" store in Cloverdale which I have always called "The Christian Book Store". I would have never thought to go there with my house decor in mind! BUT I went there and found a stain glass vase with matching stain glass cross (to hang in a window but I believe I will find a stand for it). They are so beautiful and elegant! Of course - they have grapes on them! The cross reads: "I am the vine and you are the branches"! It was PERFECT!

Then the other day I went in there and found a large oil painting with both green and purple grapes on it! And there is a scripture about the harvest from Psalms written elegantly on the side!

I borrowed some money to afford the three items which are really rather cheap! All together it is going to cost me $250.00 maximum with tax! How could I NOT?

Now I just need to find my stain glass Chandelier and matching table lamps for the living room!
I am psyched as you can tell! And I am sure no one really cares, hahahahaah! But I DO and this Blog is a chance for me to be selfish with what I want to talk about! If I write an email or send a "wall posting" on someone's FACEBOOK it's all I can do to keep from rambling on and I take into consideration what that person actually wants to hear about!

This is why I have made a Blog - to be a "yenta". That means "Chatter Box" in Yiddish (Hebrew language). Oh! - and what a surprise! - that was my nickname growing up on the Jewish side of my family!