It's the Little Things

After almost a year I finally got a kitchen table and chairs today. I got a great deal on them - a six-foot table, with a leaf, and five chairs for $20 at a local thrift shop. They're not in the greatest condition but I can recover the seats and clean up the woodwork, perhaps even paint it or stain it. It's just really nice to be able to have my whole family sit down to eat a meal together that doesn't have to be in front of the TV.

We had a small round table and two plastic garden chairs. When we'd sit to eat the boys would get the chairs, Dolly would grab the step ladder and I'd bring in the chair from my computer desk. It was okay but not a lot of room; I'd have to put the food on the plates and put them on the table, no room to serve the food on the table. Now, though, it'll be different. We can all sit and have plenty of room to spread out. Tonight we still ate in the living room because it was a pick-and-go dinner; whatever you find in the fridge is what you're eating, and everybody was hungry at different times.

I put the table we were using on Craigslist and had responses almost immediately; I've got a guy coming tomorrow morning to get it. I didn't sell it for much because it isn't worth much but I'll have a little cash and he can do what he wants with the table. It needs to go because it's sitting in my living room right now taking up space. I also put my sofa on there because that's going, too. My ex is moving in with his new babe and he's giving me his sofa, which I really need.

I'll spend the next couple of days rearranging my household to make room for the new stuff to be brought in over the weekend. I was supposed to get it today but the boys that were supposed to help me couldn't so we changed the schedule. The weekend will work better for me, though, because the kids will be with Paul so they won't be under foot and asking to go with me to pick up the stuff. I'll have everything moved in and settled before they get home Tuesday afternoon. I can't wait.

I get really excited over stuff like this. Having a table to eat dinner on was the most urgent and the furniture from Paul is a bonus but I really need it. Right now all I have is a sofa so there really isn't any place for guests to sit. The kids and I have to sit side-by-side to watch TV together or they sit on the floor which is hardwood. Not too comfy. Paul's sofa is a big wrap-around with enough seating for about ten people. Plus it's got two recliners in it and a full-size pull-out bed. Or did he say it was queen-sized? I don't remember, all I know is that I'll have an extra bed if it's ever needed.

So that's my excitement of late; probably not that exciting for you but a source of great enjoyment for me. I love getting new things, especially when they're free, and even more when I really need them and can't afford them. It just gives me an all-over tingle. I also got Paul's practically-new mattress yesterday and I slept through the entire night last night with no back pain this morning. It's the little things that really make my day, can you tell? :)

Until next time...peace to all.