New Furniture

I (Heart) my new chair… How did I ever become cool enough to own an “accent chair”?! Slightly taken with myself right now, sorry…

My dog will never forgive us.  He DESPISES change.  Here is what happened: our elderly neighbors from our apartment complex of 7 years ago gave us their old recliner before they moved out.  Who knows how many decades they had it before they passed it onto us?  In a desperate state of absolutely no-disposable income, we purchased a loveseat/sofa combo for approximately $700 10+years ago.  Yes, imagine the quality coming through on that one…before this ill-fated purchase, I never knew that furniture could actually hurt.  After a decade, I can now give testament of couch-induced pain and have spent years fantasizing about an improved decor–both visually and in the “for-the-love-of-God-let-me-crash-into-something-comfortable-at-the-end-of-day” regard.  Ergo, praise God when said inherited recliner physically broke into non-repairable pieces 2 weeks ago.  I could feel it, sense it, taste it–new furniture that, gasp!, might actually be comfortable to sit on was within our grasp.  Oh fantasies redeemed, my husband and I made the trek to Raymor & Flanigan and discovered a more humane way of living (read: oversized butt not falling off the couch and  poorly placed support beam not digging into middle of back).  I am in love.

My almost-8-yr.-old dog hates us, of course, for rocking his precisily calculated known environment, but I am blissful.  Bring on the new furniture–this Mom of the Year has got a new couch. Oh yeah…

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Meredith

Meredith blogs at The Mom of the Year, where she dedicatedly earns her title one epic parenting fail at a time, offering quick, relatable laughs for fellow parents and all their empathizers. She has been part of several best-selling anthologies, featured on prominent sites such as Huffington Post, In the Powder Room and BlogHer, and loves her role as the Executive VP/Operations Manager of The BlogU Conference. When she's not breaking up fights over Legos and juice boxes, she remains fully committed to sharing a less serious look at the world of parenting.

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