Creativity

A couple of weeks ago I asked my friend, Karen, who  lives in Dusseldorf to help me get in touch with the current occupants of our future house.  I wanted to ask them about possibly buying their light fixtures.  We learned from the first time moving to Dusseldorf that light fixtures aren’t a given.  For about the first month we had one lamp that we moved from room to room until we could get someone to come and help us put the lights up in the cinder block house.  (Another thing we learned- they don’t make the houses out of wood.  The weather is too wet, and the wood rots.  i.e. bigger drill needed)  I wanted to avoid that mistake and see if the current occupants would sell and then leave the light fixtures.  This has been one of my better ideas!  Not only are they leaving the lights and making sure that the owner doesn’t take them, they are going to sell us lots of their stuff- like a washer and dryer!  An extra Fridge!  A bed!  And lots of shelves, portable lights, and fans.  The best part is that we don’t have to haul it/have it delivered to the house; it can stay in the correct spot, all hooked up and ready to go.  The current family is excited for the same reason.  We are also going to look into possibly taking over their internet service, so that would be good to go from day one.  This requires a lot more effort.  However, football is on the line, and that is a big motivation for Chris and the boys.