We have a cat. Indi named him Valo ("Light"). his sweet face looks like it's radiating! He has been with us for two months now. He was sick with cat flu, ear mites and intestinal infection when we got him. He is now much better and growing fast after two rounds of antibiotics plus some other stuff to treat him.
We also changed up our apartment so that Indi got the bedroom for her own room ( I will post pictures later) and we are sleeping in the living room. The apartment is 52 m2 / 550 sqft but using smallish furniture it seems to work quite well and the living room seems more like a living room now than when all of Indiana's stuff was in there. We are still waiting to put up some book shelves in the living room and some small things like photos and posters and lower hooks for Indi in the entrance so she can finally hang her own clothes... We turned the kitchen table the other way so that it now seats 5 people (after I get more chairs, they are waiting at my dad's house to be painted). I had thought the space was too small for that but after just trying it out I noticed there was enough room.
We almost bought a house (yes, again) but stuff happened and we decided to stay on the island where we like to live - and we are pretty tired of moving... so that decision got me re-arranging our place to fit our current needs better.
I have also been sick again, and very tired, so it just seemed better for all of us to not make any big changes right now. Small ones are enough!
Life has been turbulent to say the least, difficult things happening, but during the blackest moments I clung to the promise that Jesus is with me every step of the way and is working his best will to eventually bless us all through the trials we face.. Sometimes it can be nearly impossible to see things turning around... but our impossibility is God's possibility. And he IS faithful and we are coming out of the other side of the storm. Changed, humbled, stronger, scarred but believing in becoming ever more whole, resilient and closer to the Lord, with his help and though his love and forgiveness.
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Vappu--I am glad that you are coming out the other side of a difficult time and feeling supported and strong. I have loved reading your simple living posts and find a lot of inspiration in your words and images. Thank you for writing and sharing. The pictures of the new little orange family member with Indy are so sweet... My family has 3 cats and one fairly big dog--it is a little too much in our 1000 sqft home, but they are all family members and my boys love them deeply.
Congratulations on the Kitty! Everyone I've known who've had orange/marmalade tiger cats have always said how sweet they were. I'm sure his affection for you and your dd is mutual!
Prayers for a full recovery for your health. Jesus is with you every step. I am not sure if you are familiar with a very popular "Footprints" story http://www.footprints-inthe-sand.com/index.php?page=Poem/Poem.php But it makes me think of your post.
Nice to see you back and looking so settled.
Such a beautiful cat - ours is marmalade/white (rare in a female) but the long hair Valo has is gorgeous, such a great playmate for Indy as she grows up, too.
Look forward to seeing more from you and hope you're feeling better, now. All the best.
I like the color description "marmalade" :D In Finnish we usually just call then orange cats, but Indi calls Valo toffee colored. When my little brother was young he called them "desert sand colored cats".
Valo is Siberian forest cat so he is a bit fluffy and will grow a ruffle around his neck.
I'm trying to take it easy, I have a final part of driving school left before my licence is official -I mean it's official now but only valid for two years and I have to complete the last part next month. It's a bit stressful for me. Okay, a lot stressful :D
Otherwise I just do small projects at home, read and sleep! I have started an essential oils protocol because it seems that I have now pretty much seen the top doctor in his field in this country and he could not offer much help. So I figured that they used essential oils in biblical times and the worst thing that could happen is that my house smells good haha! I love frankincence which is supposedly the "king of oils" and many others.. I'm sensitive to a lot of smells but surprisingly these pure essential oils don't bother me or my asthmatic husband. In fact I hope they may help his asthma too...
But we'll see :) Thank you for reading, and for prayers <3
So pleased to see a post from you, Vappu! I was a long time reader of your 'old' blog of minimalist posts and in my opinion you were the very best blogger I'd ever read on simplicity. Your writing really influenced me and I do hope you'll post a bit more often :-)
The apartment looks so lovely.
wow, fantastic work, nice work you have done so far Adopt a dog
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