Happy Mother's Day

This has been a perfect Mother's Day. I was woken up with breakfast made by my boys and then they agreed to follow my direction and we rearranged the entire house! I love it!
The Living Room
First, the big old couch with the rip in it (the hide-a-bed couch) moved back into the living room, only this time it is up against the windows because the piano is along the main wall. The love seat is over in front of the bookcase near the dining room - not ideal, but it fits. The new rug I bought for the breakfast nook now lives in the living room because for summer we needed to expose the airconditioning vent in the breakfast nook, and the rug covers it.I know the red blanket on the covered couch is not ideal, but we really like the Penny Road Panda blanket with our name on it. Suddenly, there are a lot of pictures over the love seat. Someday, I'll get that clock working again. I love that clock ... mom and dad gave it to us as a wedding present.

What a pretty Chase in the picture. He was following me around.The Family Room

Is EMPTY! Oh yea, this is the most exciting part - almost everything is out of the family room and we went shopping today for a new sectional sofa to put in here! I can't wait, but it will be several weeks. We've narrowed the choices down to two ... on a nice brown leather and one a toasty colored cordoroy. Cordoroy fabric seems to be very popular on couches these days - and it's very soft and cozy. But, it does look like something my friends back home would have had in their basements in the '80's. So, we've got some more discussing to do.

The Play Room

Most of the family room furniture moved into the playroom. This is good, because now the curtains are back with the matching furniture. We had separated them three years ago when we built the addition. The boys don't need so much open space to play anymore, so now they have a couch, a double chair, a table and a coffee table in the playroom. There's still room for Wii, and dance parties, and grandma's table can be popped up for puzzles any time. They each space for their laptops, and the family computer has moved upstairs, since they really don't use it anymore.

The Breakfast Nook

Is unchanged, but was pretty with the sun shining in. We are managing to keep Ben's plant alive. Oh, and the plants outside in the backyard are doing very nicely too.

This is the flower Alek got me, along with the mug he decorated himself.

This is the new salad plate from the boys. It came with beautiful beaded salad tongs that were made by my neighbors Mary and Rita. I didn't get a picture of them, but I love them!

The salad plate is sitting on the buffet, ready for use.

Upstairs Nook

Several years ago we floored our two-story foyer, creating a nook in the hallway upstairs. This has been the most useful space. For many years it was a play area for Little People, Thomas Trains, remote control cars, slot car racing, etc. Most recently it has been a dog hang-out. Now, it's a peaceful reading area with the striped chair and ottoman from the family room next to the computer on the computer table. This is where I'm working right now, because this computer is the one I use to download and store all my pictures. Perfect for reading.

Well, I hear Gary and Alek coming home. Oh, they put up my hammock first thing today, but I haven't had a chance to sit in it yet. We put it up and take it down each time we use it so it doesn't get dirty. There's a nice place to store it right in the backyard shed.

We're heading out for dinner tonight and I'm supposed to decide ... I hate deciding. But, I am getting hungry.

Happy Mother's Day everyone!