My New Chair

[chochiyo_sama]

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  The fabric used on the chair is called "Paisley Truffle."  It matches the contrast pillows on the couch.
  
  The chair is much larger in my house than it seemed in the store.
  
  
  
  
  My Goals for Today
  
• Correct all my papers
• Organize and clear off my desk.  (See pictures below.  Eek)
• Tidy up bedroom
• Pay bills
  
  
  
  
  
  

I woke up crabby today because my freaking foot is still killing me.  I just couldn't make myself walk this morning.  Every step feels like my bones are cracking.

GRRRR.

I'm supposed to go to group therapy tonight, but I do not feel like being in Rochester until nearly 8 pm tonight.  I think I am going to skip it and go home.  My whole house is cluttered, particularly my bedroom.  I'm feeling anxious and unhappy about it, since the bedroom WAS clean at one point.  Now I have junk accumulating here, there and everywhere again.

Well, I'm going to try to make use of every available second to get my stuff done today--including clearing off my horribly messy desk.

I began to feel crabby last night because I was too tired to attempt to do anything, but I still could NOT fall asleep.

GRRRRRR

I was tempted to just get up and start some cleaning, but I was afraid that, if I did, I would be awake till 2 am.  That would suck, because THEN I would fall asleep only to wake up 2.5 hours later, feeling like shit.

I eventually did sleep, but I don't feel rested  today.

ARG.

Comments

[enteryouruserid.livejournal.com]

Wait, I missed it, when did you injure your foot? Is it just going around? My LJ friend Revena's mom broke her foot. The day after I read that, I broke my little toe. Now your foot is cracking with every step? Man! My sympathies.

Great indoor photos. Wish my camera did that well indoors!

I LOVE your chair!!! Would you clone it and email it to me? Oh, it won't fit through my inbox! Darn!!! Well, anyway, it is a fabulous color combo and looks so comfy!!! I want one like it!!! ;-D

[chochiyo-sama.livejournal.com]

I did something to my foot after the Rennaisance festival--I think walking out to the car through the pasture.

It is better this evening, so I am hoping it is on the mend.

I got it at the Furniture Superstore. It is incredibly comfy--I feel like Captain James T Kirk when I sit in it! I long for the matching ottoman, but I just can't afford it at this time.


The colors are actually even richer in person. I even love the name--"Paisley Truffle." Sounds good enough to eat, doesn't it?

I LOVE YOUR CHAIR.

[the_godiva]

Your chair is fabulous. With the couch and pillows the living room is absolutely coming together.

(But you really do need to get rid of that Queen Anne atrocity in the background. I don't care how comfy it might be, I'll bet it isn't as comfy as the new chair. And it certainly isn't as pretty.)

I sympathize with the bedroom thing. Mine was clean. Now it's not. The living room is as bad as ever. I wasn't home all day and night yesterday. Went from school to home long enough to pick up the dog, dropped the dog at my parents, went to class, then back to my parents house the rest of the night.

Today, from school directly to another school for a meeting, then stopped at my parents house for dinner and didn't get home until 8 pm. What's the point then?

How can I clean my house when I'm never home. Or only home long enough to mess it up.

The awnings I bought for my dining room window and garage people door have arrived. They look simple enough to mount. I hope they will keep enough rain off so both will not rot and I won't have any more leaking issues with the window. They are a nice burgundy color that matches the door and window trim quite well.

The electrician comes this Saturday to prep whatever he can. But the job won't be finished until Oct. 17 because that's the soonest the utility can come out to do the power shut off and inspection and turn on.

I signed the contract for the photovoltaic on July 3. It was supposed to be done by second week in August, end of August at the latest. We're now shooting for mid OCTOBER.

Morons.

BTW how is the therapy going with the new therapist?

Therapy....

[chochiyo-sama.livejournal.com]

Well, my momentum was broken by the switch to the new therapist--I like the new one, but she doesn't seem to be as "with it" as the old one. Before my last visit, I was seriously thinking that maybe I needed to look for someone else.

But the last visit was significantly better than the previous ones, so perhaps I'll stick with her a little longer.

If I have time during my prep, I'll write up a description of the event.

I'm still feeling the emotional hangover, so it must be effective.

My old therapist told me that if I felt like shit for days afterwards it was a sign that the therapy was working.

Great.

The Queen Anne Atrocity...

[chochiyo-sama.livejournal.com]

heh heh....it is going. It was my grandmother's chair. It's the only recliner in my house, and sometimes I like to put my feet up and snooze in it....but....it's falling apart. The fabric is actually turning into strings and something from the underneath is wearing itself away, as I find piles of what appears to be sawdust under the chair.

I just haven't gotten around to dealing with it yet. The other one that was in the room is in my craft room now. I am considering having it recovered eventually.

Re: The Queen Anne Atrocity...

[the_godiva]

Get the ottoman next.

Then recover the upstairs chair.

Have Jim take the Queen Anne outside and put it out of it's misery.

Down the line you could consider another recliner if the ottoman doesn't to it for you. I have a chaise in my living room instead of a recliner. I find it works better for me.

They have some really great recliners now, you can put them right up against the wall. Zero clearance.

Re: The Queen Anne Atrocity...

[chochiyo-sama.livejournal.com]

maybe this weekend I will put it on the curb with a free sign. Someone will take it. Someone always does.

I live in the same kind of neighborhood.

[the_godiva]

It's surprising what they'll take.

My old kitchen door was wracked and coming apart at the seams. I put in a new French Door and put the old one out in the alley. By this time the screen on the window was also torn. It was gone that day.

My old microwave hood combo caught fire and died. No power. Not worth fixing as it was over 11 years old and past it's lifespan. So when I replaced it, we put everything, including the mounting bracket, meat probe, rack I never used and the original cookbook out in the alley. It was gone within hours.

I'm sure someone enterprising was able to fix both for their personal use or to sell.

And I don't mind. That's reuse and recycle. What I will not do is take or send that kind of thing to a landfill. I certainly won't PAY to dispose of it.

Someone will take your Queen Anne atrocity and reupholster it and use it themselves or sell it. Good for them. And good for you.

I actually have a Queen Anne myself. It was left here by the previous tenants. It had a broken leg. I took the leg off, glued it and refinished it to match the rest. Then had the chair reupholstered with a fabric that matched the wallpaper I put in that room. I still have it. It's great. I'm sure it was *their* atrocity. It had two layers of fabric on it and both were worn through to the stuffing.

One man's fugly is another man's crowning jewel.