I learned while trying to get these pics that the window is a real pain. So much sun comes in that window, all the pics came out much too dark and had to be edited. They are also a bit fuzzy, since I could hardly see in there. Anyhoo....that's it. Exciting right?
I searched and searched for an area rug, but apparently somewhere inside rugs they stash large amounts of gold. So for now we went with the old throw rug.
I also had to repaint the walls from beige to...well...beige. Thanks to the local True Value paint guy telling me that he couldn't match paint from the paint on the top of the can. See that vinyl horse decal (that Noel loves and could not be removed)....yep, I painted around that. Not easy but possible.
Oh yes, and then there is the "wallpaper". Again I had no idea that wallpaper is also made of gold. Did you? So we did the next most obvious thing....an atlas. Oh, you wouldn't have made that your second choice? Why not? I had so much fun piecing 3 atlases and two travel maps on to these walls to make...wallpaper. Actually...all sarcasm aside, it was kind of fun. I had no idea there was a Noel, Missouri. Or that Canada's map is actually much prettier than ours - thanks to all the blue lakes. Oh and I had to make sure there was a fully pieced Texas on the wall (not easy), since Josh is from Texas.
Noel is now back to the first bunk bed Josh and I ever bought. I actually gave it to the church a few years ago....thank goodness our church is ok with stealing back a donation. Even better is that it was the same color as her twin bed so we snagged the roll under drawers.
And since you made it through that totally boring post, I will tell you that we did finally receive our approval papers back with Olivia's pictures. Since then, we have filled out all the necessary I-800 (immigration) paperwork for Olivia and it is currently in Dallas waiting to be approved. We are hoping that this last paperwork takes only a month. This way, we will be prepared for Olivia's guardian to return from her vacation the first week of August and be on our way to Eastern Europe.
