{kitchen light, sofa table, etc}

my husband has been sick with a bad cold so his mother made us a lovely pot of homemade chicken noodle soup and brought it by a few days ago. It was delicious and she has agreed to show me her recipe so once our oven arrives (on Monday), I can start cooking for Thorsten. She has been SO GOOD to us, preparing delicious meals ever since we arrived -- It's been amazing -- And I must say that I'm feeling so spoiled by it all! But I am really looking forward to cooking again, it's been three weeks and though I love eating mom's cooking, there is nothing like preparing your own meals. Plus I eat things like tofu, soy milk, gluten-frei, veggie burgers... So of course I have to start cooking again because my family eats tons of lamb, meat, pork, milk products, it's just not my style of eating. Though it all tastes wonderful, I will take sushi or stir fry tofu and vegetables over curry wurst any day. But I will also take homemade soup like this... :) Moving from food to storage, this is how we are storing our food lately. On top of a plastic bin! It's crazy to live this way, but part of me is really having fun with this. We have ordered a oven and a clothes dryer, both will arrive on Monday. I'm still hunting for a sink and dishwasher, along with a large cabinet for the left wall for storage, etc. I also need shelving and such but I'm just happy we have our light installed (it's great!) and all the basics in place. It's amazing how you think you need SO MUCH and then when you are in the situation you see how little you really do need to survive. Oh and can you believe that the bed that I ordered from Octopus finally arrived to them (3 months ago I placed the order) and now they have arranged for a shipping company to bring it to us -- so it may arrive next week or a week later. I am very happy it will soon arrive but equally frustrated. Sleeping for three weeks on our floor (on a mattress but still) is not how I like to live. I need my bed! I also ordered a table today from Red Edition in Paris, it will arrive next week and I will show you a photo once it's here. The shipping was expensive (110- Euro) but it's a table that I think will really look great in our living room so I went for it. It's a reproduction piece from the 1950's that will be our sofa table. I can't wait for it to arrive. It has wood legs and trim and a white top. I needed something to break up all of the IKEA pieces in my living room, I dislike rooms that contain everything from a single source since I think that they lack character and a sense of history even. Like I can say, "My table is from Paris" instead of "Yeah we just bought everything in one day from IKEA". It's not about showing off, it's about building over time and connecting memories with pieces so that everything takes on a life of its own. xo, Holly