A Good Night's Sleep

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Last year we had a bad experience with a new mattress.  In my effort (okay, obsession) to find a good deal, I found a mattress company on craigslist that said that the mattresses were factory-direct and we could get factory pricing on a Cal King (which are so expensive!).  Off we drove to downtown LA, and $500 later, we had a new mattress.

Fast-forward one year:  We called after 6 months of having the mattress because it was sagging. They hassled me, so I threatened to contact the BBB, and they promptly brought a new, better pillowtop mattress.  Well, it has been less than 6 months now and the mattress was sagging again.  I really prayed about this, because I didn't want to ever have to deal with them again.  I was really disappointed we had a 2nd bad mattress and we were out $500.  Every single morning I was waking up with back pain and feeling tired all day long.

Last week someone posted a Cal King pillowtop mattress on Freecycle that was 4 years old ("like new" it said), but they wanted a new mattress because it was too soft for them.  I immediately emailed our story but knew it was probably gone.  Well, we ended up getting it.  I was ECSTATIC!  It has now been about 4 nights since we've had the mattress- a beautiful, new (to us) Serta pillowtop with memory foam.  It is absolutely amazing.  And the best part?  I have had the BEST nights sleep the past 4 nights, woken up with no back pain, and I wake up not even tired!  It is such a huge blessing.  Good things come to those who wait!  

Bad news?  We discovered in the process that our box springs are broken (which we got from that first company), which may have caused the sagging mattress (although M says that happened not too long ago when he stood on the bed to change a light bulb).  Anyway, we need to buy new box springs so it doesn't happen again, but I don't mind that cost - it shouldn't be much.

Here are some more pictures taken recently- in the leaves across the street from our house, and in Palos Verdes overlooking the ocean.  

(This first one is of the boys rocking out - look at Micah's face :) - they wanted to each stand on a drum while they were playing guitar - it was so funny!)