new chair, don't care...

...fits my giant derrière.  

I was not in the market for a new chair.  You all probably remember how I was slightly traumatized last year when I said goodbye to my comfy chair.  I bowed to family peer pressure, my old chair was big, it was ugly, an eyesore.  So when we inherited Grandma's cute, trim, little rocker recliner, well, it only made sense to drag my beloved comfy chair to the dump.  I wanted to bring it back in, even after it got rained on.  This new chair was no comfy chair.

Well, time passed, and I got over it.  Then, today, I took two little girls to the thrift store.  They are redoing their room, and had two huge bags of donations.  Of course we had to take a little look-see around the store and see if there was anything good.  Well, oh my dear goody good goodness, there WAS something good!  This chair, brand new with the tags still on it!

That couldn't be right, $44.99?  For a new Ashley recliner?  hmmm.  It was sitting outside the store, so I poked my head in and inquired, and yup, it was still for sale.  I'll take it, I said!  

When Charlotte Claire and Camille realized what I was up to, they groaned.  For some reason, my kids aren't as excited about these things as I am.   I was wondering the logistics, it wasn't going to fit in the Mitsubishi, although shh, I did suggest we try to cram it in there, just to torture the girls a tiny bit.  Then Char was the hero of the day when she suggested that Sonja meet us there with the truck, as she was at work not five minutes away from there!  Oh joy, I was getting a new chair!

Sonja was NOT going to drive the truck home with the new chair in the back, no sir, I had to switch vehicles and let her drive the Mitsubishi.  She had a dr. appointment, and she isn't a fan of parallel parking, but in the truck with a chair in the back, I guess that's just too much.

So we had a few places to go in the small city, Lowes:  two gallons of ceiling paint, a new light fixture, a nice edging paint brush, and a big plastic tarp.  The little girls are re-doing their room, and starting with the ceiling.  I'm excited about it, because it'll keep them busy.  I promised them I'd help, we'll turn on some music, and make it fun.  There's no reason to be bored, when you can do a room makeover.

We stopped at the store too, because we had to replace some refrigerator things that had to be thrown out.  Paul is amazing though, he fixed that refrigerator.  It's so nice and cold now, and we don't have to buy a new one!  I did learn a lesson though:  if you repeatedly, over several days, have the thought: hmm, this refrigerator doesn't seem very cold...then, DUH, it probably isn't very cold!

Anyway.  It's been quite a day, such fun!  Miss Char had her last state test, so I had to get up and drive her, then when I picked her up, I had Camille with her (ha ha Char, back seat!), and off we went for our outing.

Home, ahh home.  Paul and Sonja brought the new chair in, and who says money doesn't buy happiness?  

The girls made lunch, I made bacon and eggs...eggs so fresh, from Ben and Ashley's chickens, mmmm.  Now it's afternoon coffee time....

Oh, the cupcakes came out nice yesterday!

...and a pic from a few years ago, Jon was just a little guy!

The sky was just lovely today, I asked Miss Cam to take a pic when I was driving...