I didn't do shit today.
Steve told me yesterday that I could veg out all day if I wanted to.
He knows it's been tough on me lately, working from home and trying to homeschool, and all that other shit I've been complaining about.
I'm usually a busy-body on weekend. Well, there's just so much to do all the time.
Animals to feed.
Clothes to wash.
House to clean.
Floors to vacuum.
Groceries to be purchased.
Feeding of children.
Steve said he'd do it all.
Asked what I wanted this year.
And you know what?
I got what I wanted.
That right there is an apple fritter. In all its frosted glory.
I had a coffee.
I was sitting on the couch watching Netflix.
Ignoring my kids' pleas of this or what. I'm not sure what they were whining about. I tuned them out.
It was decent outside so the kids went out to play.
Of course, they DID first give me these.
Are you kidding? Ava's little handwriting. Mila's card. They made me ooblek :)
Since it's quarantine, it's not like we can actually go anywhere.
Not that I'd have anywhere to go. Maybe out to lunch? Dinner?
Luckily, we're homebodies and like being home.
I got to relax and pretty much watch TV all day. The girls floated in and out, and would stop for cuddles in between their activities.
On top of doing nothing for most of the day, I also decided it was time to redecorate our living room.
Our current set up just isn't working anymore.
The couch we got almost 6 years ago is literally too small for our family of 4. It worked when the kids were babies, but now? It's a struggle to fit us all on the couch. And the way our living room is set up...there's really only one wall to put a TV against. So that limits how we arrange our furniture.
I kinda get why the previous owners put up a wall between the kitchen and living room. Not that I would have chosen that route...
ANYWAY.
We had talked about closing up windows on the one side. We'd still get a decent amount of light coming in from the sliding glass doors and from the windows in the two-story vaulted ceiling.
So...we're going to do it. Steve said it "shouldn't be that hard" to close up the window (we'll save it for the barn), re-drywall it and paint. It would give me the opportunity to paint the last wall of the great room as well.
We also have what I would call "old school" audio equipment - it's like 10 years old at this point (got it after we got married), so it's fucking bulky as shit. Takes up WAY too much space.
Plus, the furniture itself was purchased for our old home. The living room was a different orientation, so it fit better in my opinion.
I never thought it fit in this house anyway.
The girls have also completely destroyed the furniture.
So I got to spend some time online finding new living room furniture.
We found a couch set...which is the first "set" we've ever purchased. All of our previous couches have been sectionals. And while we've liked them, we've found that it can be annoying not to be able to move things around or rearrange things.
We got a couch, loveseat and a "chair and a half". This should be enough space for the 4 of us. Plus, with removing the huge credenza, we'll gain some real estate in the room itself.
I got a smaller coffee table and we are going to get a single sound bar to replace the sound system we have.
Things should start arriving this week! Couch will be delivered next Monday. We opted to pick it up to save on the $119 delivery charge, only to find out that due to the quarantine, the stores are closed and the option to pick-up is no longer. They are offering FREE delivery!
Sweet!
Here's what it looks like with us all on the couch. I'm obviously taking the pic. That's about it! So the window behind Mila is going to get closed up. We'll put the TV on that wall instead.
Here's a good view of the back of the couch/TV situation. It's going to completely change and I can't wait!
I will do an official before/after.
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