It's all there somewhere!

I have been singing lately about, "All the Gold in California," except that I have changed the words to read, "All the things I'm looking for are in a box in the back of Dan's garage with somebody else's name,"  or else the box is mis-labeled (but those words don't fit the tune)!  I know I have everything I need to set up life in this cute  new apartment of ours, but I just can't locate it all.  Hopefully, I don't buy too many things before I locate them.  The most frustrating puzzle is the location of our Wedding Album - now surely that box was clearly marked but I guess not clearly enough!  I have, however, unearthed most of my pictures for the walls.  So far, 80 pictures are awaiting placement but those of you who have seen our apartment will understand that I will be crying as most of them go back into a box because there is just not enough wall space for 71 years worth of memories - or even for the 48 years since we began our own family.  Now who will choose where/which pictures to hang and which to file away?  My life and my love is represented in all of them - I enjoy just sitting and looking at them all day.  The memories come so fast and last so long, precious memories all!

And then there are the many angels, the bells, the coffee mugs, the salt and pepper sets - who collects all these things!!??  Each part of each collection brings back the person or fun time behind it, and how can I store them all away again, out of sight?  Ah well, it has been fun unearthing all these things after 5 years or more of being hidden, and deciding what will be showcased and what will be re-stored.  It is almost like setting up housekeeping for the very first time, except that now the decor is all decided and just waiting for placement.  We did get the VHS set up so now I can watch all the Homecoming videos that I have been missing - and now people can once again buy me the newest ones on DVD when they need a gift idea :).

I have not gotten curtains, yet, though the blinds are helping until then, and I still need a microwave cart so that we don't have to use up all the space on our kitchen table.  And we need another book shelf or two so that I can have access to my bound journals and my older Bibles, although then I may not surface for days at a time because once I get immersed in them I can spend hours remembering how good God has been to us and what a big place His Word has had in our spiritual life and in our family life!

Well, we are enjoying ourselves and life is good.  Lots to do this Fall and throughout the Winter, but that is part of the blessings God has given us.  In 9 more days we will celebrate 48 years of marriage!  God is so good to let us have each other for that long, and to give us such a wonderful family and so many friends!  Now to locate my notebook so I can get started on my next to-do lists - that is part of what makes life worth living (having good things to do and good people to do them with!)