Flatpack life

A few weeks ago I gave a sermon in which I discussed the simple life that Jesus led - free of the burdens of possessions he just wandered around Israel as and when he needed to. I showed a picture of my garage which was packed full of stuff, and then talked about how I needed to get rid of most of it, as I won't have as much storage space in Cambridge. That part of the project has been dealt with - and much of what remains will remain in the loft in Ferndown.

Earlier this week I seemed to spend most of a day in IKEA, as we looked for new bedroom furniture for Beth - in a bizarre twist of irony her new room is in the roof and her loft bed won't fit. We returned to Cambridge with a car full of brown flatpack boxes and a mattress strapped to the roof, several hundred pounds poorer. I only had to stop twice on the way back to resecure the mattress, which was trying to take off.

We then spent the rest of the day armed only with a screwdriver, hammer and allen key putting it all together. Come midnight everything was assembled, and the hallway was a distinct fire hazard, full of cardboard packaging, although by the next morning this was already recycled!

So, simplifying my life by buying more stuff and creating more rubbish......