Joe and I went furniture shopping today at a Hom Furniture store in nearby Rogers, Minnesota. Our goal was to purchase furniture for the three guest bedrooms. After two and a half hours of walking and finding pieces available by early May, we walked away with what we wanted. I am excited at the prospect of creating three warm and inviting guestrooms for visitors to our home.
Each of the bedrooms will have queen-sized beds with a dresser and two
nightstands. Today I learned that most suites of bedroom furniture only come
with one nightstand. A second nightstand must be purchased separately and
sometimes those nightstands can be expensive. One set we both liked was $650
for the nightstand alone. There was a beautiful Amish set on sale from $5900 to
$2500.00 but the extra nightstand was $550.00. We decided to forego as the
timing for delivery would be later in the year.
We also purchased a writing desk with a credenza for the sunroom which will
serve as my work area and will house our futon couch for those guests who cannot
comfortably climb stairs.
Delivery is scheduled for April 23rd to the new house. That
also happens to be Joe’s and my thirtieth wedding anniversary.
The following link to an essay on Substack, written by friend Marjorie
Appel, is worth your time. She shares a piece by Kim O’Donnel that is a tribute
to Damian Sobol, one of the seven World Central Kitchen workers killed in Gaza.
Appel also shares a poem that she, herself, wrote and has been performing in coffeehouses
in North Carolina. The poem, Baptism in the Flood.
https://open.substack.com/pub/marjorieapple/p/words-shared?r=gc9tu&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
At the end of her essay, Appel encourages us, “In honor of Damian Sobol
and his colleagues, use your platform to tell the world of the particular
suffering that breaks your heart.”
Today my platform could well serve as a rant against the Arizona
Supreme Court. The Arizona Supreme Court ruled today that its 1864 total abortion
ban is a law again. This means that doctors and providers (anyone who helps
someone obtain an abortion) can be charged with a felony and upon conviction be
sentenced to two to five years in prison. The abortion ban provides no
exceptions for rape or incest victims.
I hope the backlash by Arizona voters is fierce.
I hope my room is finished by the time I get there! 😉
ReplyDeleteOf course! Two of the three rooms will be ready by April 23rd. The third will be ready by the second week of May. Actually that room will be finished except for the nightstands that are on backorder. So when do YOU plan to come see us?
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