So. John and I brought home a whole boatload (or trailer-load, rather) of furniture from my mom’s house last week. Among all the awesome schtuff was my great-grandma’s china hutch, a red couch, a glider chair, a dark coffee table and a matching end table. This was totally awesome except for the fact that we had to, you know, FIND ROOM for said items.

The couch was bigger than our old one, the coffee table was taller, and finding room for another chair, end table and hutch was going to be like telling my boys that every single hug can’t turn into a wrestling match, because it then ends up in someone getting hurt and then results in tears from one or both parties and then someone ends up with a pouty face and has a bad attitude and then there’s more crying and maybe some whining and PLEASE, NO MORE HUGS FOR THE BROTHERS. Thank you.

In other words, while I was crazy excited and grateful that my mom gave me this stuff,  I wasn’t exactly thrilled at the prospect of finding room for said stuff.

But when all was said and done–mostly thanks to that husband of mine who has all the good ideas and puts up with me when I am the one pouting and whining and asking if we can just leave it all in the garage, prettysuperplease–it looks purty awesome. And makes me happy.

It’s cozy and warm and the two tall bookshelves flanking the couch give the whole thing a library quality that makes me just want to curl up against the fluffy couch pillows and read Madeline L’Engle or Virginia Woolf all day long while sipping tea from an heirloom teacup. Perfection.

SO ANYway, I was trying to describe the new digs to my mom and my mother-in-law and thought video taping it would just be easier. And then–epiphany! Why not take all this wonderful mediocrity and display it on the blog? Because surely you’re all as nosy as me and would like to see the inside of someone else’s house.

And also, you get to see the truth in the fact that I make more sense in writing than I do speaking. Mostly because my brain moves faster than my mouth can keep up. Just sayin.

Also, bonus points and possibly even a real life prize to the first person to correctly identify my pet word-slash-phrase. Or maybe count the number of times I say it. It’s quite annoying. Keep in mind this video was completely last minute, so I didn’t exactly get myself all beautified–or beautified at all–before filming. It’s the end of a long, makeup-less, ponytailed hair day. Whatcha see is whatcha get.

One more thing. Please video your house. And send me the link. Thank you. That is all.

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