Mon 9 Aug 2004
Now that we have a bigger place, it has become inevitably hard not fill it with more things. Originally we thought it would be a great idea to move now instead of later because we could whittle down our exisiting stock. That being said, I have been fairly good about donating old clothes I never wear, the set of chopsticks I never opened, and the hanging, wire, fruit baskets I no longer have a place for. Now that we have two rooms: A Sitting Room and A Family Room (I have huge issues with the naming of both of these rooms. I totally refuse to have a room that nobody uses and is only there for display. Our “Family” consists of Josh, myself, and Hobbes which hardly constitutes the need for an entire room). One room has bookshelves, the glass end table, and our awesome, overstuffed, blue couch. The other room has our dining room table, our tv, dvds, etc, and Josh’s parent’s old brown couch. Now, we took the brown couch so that we could establish two rooms: One for reading and one for lounging and watching tv. We didn’t realize that the brown couch is the most uncomfortable piece of furniture known to man. After being spoiled for so long with the blue monstrosity, the brown couch has proved to be a miserable experience. Therefore, it was unwise for us to wander into American Furniture Warehouse last Sunday.
This was a mistake. Nobody should enter a furniture store after moving into a home that’s too big, has too much space, and not enough to fill it. Of course Josh fell in love with the crimson, leather couch. Of course it’s now only $600 on sale. Of course we’re hemming and hawing over it, knowing full well we have sworn off credit cards and are taking a trip in less than a week. This has caused us to yearn for the couch like one yearns for Christmas Day as a child. Now, I could pull money from my precious savings account…but I just can’t do it. We could buy accessories for the awful brown couch (oversized pillows, etc), but any money we spend on it feels wasted. Like, why buy a matching sham when we could really buy the leather couch? Such a difficult decision…
August 9th, 2004 at 4:46 pm
Okay. In an effort to make Mara’s life less dramatic, there has been an executive renaming of rooms. It is as follows–
The room formerly known as the ’sitting room’ is now going to be addressed only by the following moniker: Room A1. The room formerly known as the ‘family room’ may only be refered to as: Room A2.
Note: Anyone mentioning these rooms by their former names will have their insubordination dealt with quickly and severely.
Thank you, and have a nice day!
August 12th, 2004 at 1:18 pm
Justin and I have also had the room naming issue. In our two bedroom apartment, one is Our Bedroom, and then there is…the OTHER room.
It has, at times, been called “the Office” (which Justin hates), “the Den” (which Justin kept trying but it never really stuck since there were lots of bookcases but no sitting areas), “the Junk Room” (probably the most appropriate)…and now, it has finally earned a good title…”the Art Room”. Since that is where I keep all of my art supplies and power tools and old paintings and such. Of course, now that we finally figured out what that room’s name was, we’re moving.