You may remember Hubby wanting to rearrange the lounge because he sits a little twisted to watch TV (has done for about 18 years) and is now getting a sore back. He has moved this very heavy furniture around a few times but no other configuration has worked totally, so he then talked about removing the chimney breast which would consequently mean rewiring power, aerial, Internet, sky box to dish and who knows what else to get tv and all the stuff that goes with it to the other side of the room, which would involve lifting carpets and moving furniture upstairs too. Phew he thankfully talked himself out of that option.
I suggested he could change the three seater sofa to a two seater and add a single chair for himself that he could place angled directly facing the TV leaving the lounge with the social dynamics that already work and more importantly me and my stuff can stay as we are. Off to the shop we bought this suite from and ordered his chair, which is a rocking swivel recliner (he'll never want to leave it) Only downside is there's a 15 week delivery, but he's waited this long so a little more won't matter! Apparently this now allowed going into the next store to buy the bigger TV!!! (Not so old one on the floor, very new one in the box while he puts the stand together). Hubby's happy.
We've got through this pandemic, especially the lockdowns, with social media and knowing we have great neighbours. As I've mentioned many times we have enjoyed our "end of your own drive coffee mornings" every Monday since March 2020 only missing a few when weather stopped us. One of the neighbours wanted to acknowledge what good friends we are and arranged lunch at the local hotel. So Monday after sitting out in the cold with blankets and hot water bottles, nine of us went for lunch and it was lovely having conversations in the warm.
I'd organised the Christmas meal for the team I used to work with and partners for 20th December and we were all really looking forward to it as we couldn't do it last Christmas and only managed to get together for a lunch once this year. Sadly with the omicron variant being found in East Anglia and one of our group now on chemo and two others vulnerable we've decided to cancel. Have to stay positive though and hope we can soon socialise worry free.
Late panic Friday evening due to Daughter's fridge freezer dying, so I managed to clear two whole shelves in my nearly full freezer by moving, over stacking and squashing (I may never find what I need again) and she promptly came round and filled them. Stayed long enough to have a cuppa and order another fridge freezer with delivery next Thursday. We all have a very busy week ahead so then had to work out who could be at her's to take delivery!
Think I'm starting to get on top of the prezzie buying too, just hoping the stuff I have on order all arrives in time.
Wrap up warm and stayed masked and enjoy your week.
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2 comments:
Ooh! we bought a sofa a couple of weeks ago! We’ve been trying to sort sofa out for the front room for months and months. The green one we have needs refurbishment but the shape doesn’t really suit the room and as C&I are more sprawlers than sitters a U-shaped sofa we liked the idea of more, giving two corners for leaning back into. The one M&I liked most all those months ago turned out to have bigger reduction in their black friday sale that it had had in their spring sale. Dithered about waiting until the january sale but then thought they could put prices up overall beforehand and it could turn out more expensive so just went for it. Hopefully it will arrive in March... It’s the most expensive moveable thing we have ever bought and hugely stressful never having bought a sofa before. I suspect the frame quality won’t be to the standard of the green one which is still perfectly solid with regards to the frame. I'm hoping I will find someone local who will be able to refurb it and love it.
We went out last night to The Three Horseshoes in Laleham to have dinner with mum and Keith. It was packed and we were the only ones wearing masks so I’m not at all sure where that’ll leave Christmas. I can see how cases will keep rising. Here in Hitchin area people wear masks more regularly, though depending on where you go the proportion of masked to non masked changes. Village cafes see more masks than in town, though lower density of people. Food at the pub was excellent though and fortunately we were at the end of a room so our own space and no passing traffic. We would have been far twitchier had we been on one of the walkways through to the loos or near the heaving bar area.
Hope the new sofa is really comfortable when it arrives. I hate making these decisions. Non-mask wearers make me very twitchy too, we hand gel after reading the menu too as I've never seen them wipe them over,I hope they do.
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