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katallison) wrote2008-05-18 08:02 pm
katallison) wrote2008-05-18 08:02 pm
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Holy crap, has it been a Weekend of Productivity in these parts. Since my rather frazzled entry of Friday evening, I have:
--gotten all the boxes out of the living room and dining room;
--assembled the dining table;
--moved bookshelves to other side of the study;
--unpacked, dusted, and shelved all books;
--got my internet and cable TV connections WORKING AT LAST THANK YOU LORD;
--sorted and hung up/stacked/put in drawers three big plastic trash bags full of clothes;
--returned the broken ironing board (tooling down the freeway with it hanging out the trunk);
--vacuumed the entire place;
--and -- the one thing I didn't think I could manage myself -- assembled my bed frame. This is not only physically demanding (it's queen-sized, made of iron, and heavy as hell) but also mentally taxing, since the assembly process is rather complex and I had of course lost the instructions. But! I triumphed! I have a real bed!
(On the other hand, the washing machine in my unit is acting up, so I may not have any clean sheets to put on it. *sigh*)
Now that the living room is emptied of boxes, it is borne in upon me even more forcibly that I really need some furniture. As it is, the only thing I have to sit in is my lawn chair, and I'd prefer something a bit more upholstered. I did some shopping around this afternoon, and looked at/sat upon many sofas, all of which fell into either Group A: affordable and repulsive, or Group B: really nice and insanely expensive. The search will continue...
--gotten all the boxes out of the living room and dining room;
--assembled the dining table;
--moved bookshelves to other side of the study;
--unpacked, dusted, and shelved all books;
--got my internet and cable TV connections WORKING AT LAST THANK YOU LORD;
--sorted and hung up/stacked/put in drawers three big plastic trash bags full of clothes;
--returned the broken ironing board (tooling down the freeway with it hanging out the trunk);
--vacuumed the entire place;
--and -- the one thing I didn't think I could manage myself -- assembled my bed frame. This is not only physically demanding (it's queen-sized, made of iron, and heavy as hell) but also mentally taxing, since the assembly process is rather complex and I had of course lost the instructions. But! I triumphed! I have a real bed!
(On the other hand, the washing machine in my unit is acting up, so I may not have any clean sheets to put on it. *sigh*)
Now that the living room is emptied of boxes, it is borne in upon me even more forcibly that I really need some furniture. As it is, the only thing I have to sit in is my lawn chair, and I'd prefer something a bit more upholstered. I did some shopping around this afternoon, and looked at/sat upon many sofas, all of which fell into either Group A: affordable and repulsive, or Group B: really nice and insanely expensive. The search will continue...