Christmas Gifts {Part 1}: Bedroom Furniture

Yay, we finally have new bedroom furniture!

As I mentioned before, this was part of our Christmas gift to ourselves this past year; our second part is a new sofa and recliner, which should be arriving in about four weeks now. I know, kind of an expensive gift, but it's been a long time coming. We've been using mostly free furniture until now, and Dan got a decent Christmas bonus this year, so we figured we'd treat ourselves and get something that would last a very long time.

We were a little worried about how everything would fit into the bedroom (we switched to the slightly smaller room since it has a bigger closet), but it fits pretty well. The bed is really high, but I kind of like it that way. Poor Mila, though...she won't be able to jump up and down. Especially since this room has hardwood floors and her legs will go all different directions if she tries jumping off the bed. Hopefully soon we'll get a rug and some new bedding, curtains, etc. for the room. For now, it's pretty bare...

Here's a shot of the new bed and two nightstands. I think we may have shifted them over a bit after I took this picture. Since there's that little bump-out in the corner, the nightstand sticks out past it and looks really weird when it's next to the bed, so we decided to push it up against the other wall.

I'm sure you can tell in the picture that there are some exposed un-stained parts on the headboard, which we'll have to have touched up, as well as a chip on the footboard.

In this picture, you can see it all, including the chest in the far right corner.

And here you can see the view from the other side of the bed, looking toward the door. On the left is the closet with a mirrored door.

It's pretty plain and boring right now, and even though I'm really excited to decorate it, I'm dreading the cost of having to buy all new things. For now, we can get by with what we have, but I want to make it really warm and cozy.

Well, hopefully we will have pictures of our new living room furniture soon! I'm really looking forward to getting our old junky sofa and loveseat out of there....

Thoughts on the year ahead...

“Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, or worn. It is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace & gratitude.” - Denis Waitley

I haven't really made any specific New Year's resolutions for 2015. Last year, I had my weekly green challenge, which was great and all, but now I'm burned out. I'm not really sure what I want to achieve this year, but I suppose I'll figure that out with time.

So far this year, we haven't done much. Today is the last day of a four-day weekend, and we'll be back at work tomorrow. We spent the first day taking down Christmas decorations, cleaning, and re-decorating the house. The next day, we finally got out and ordered our Christmas gifts to ourselves: a new sofa, recliner, and bedroom furniture. The bedroom furniture will be here Thursday; the rest will arrive in about five weeks. So excited! This has been a long time coming....

Writing

Yesterday, I did a little bit of writing and I'm hoping to do a little more today. As far as writing goals for this year, I think I'll just keep on re-publishing old Y!CN articles to my blogs, finish my children's ebook series, and work on some fiction stuff. I'm not going to set any huge goals for this year.

Fitness

I guess my sort-of fitness resolution for the year would be to keep on exercising daily. I was pretty bad about it with the holidays, traveling, and being sick, but now I think I'll be able to get back on track. Three days a week, I do cardio (usually Zumba on the Kinect); three days, I do yoga; and the last day used to be a break, but now I'm hoping to vary it up each week with Kinect games, walking, or whatever. I'm not going to set my goals too high because I know I'll give up if I do, but I'm hoping to lose a few pounds over the next few months.

Otherwise, I'll just see what the year has in store.

“Life is short, live it. Love is rare, grab it. Anger is bad, dump it. Fear is awful, face it. Memories are sweet, cherish it.” – Unknown

Pictures from Anthony & Alisha's Wedding

Happy new year 2015!

Even though it was a couple weeks ago already, I thought I'd share a few of my pictures from Anthony and Alisha's wedding. I decided not to take any pictures at Christmas this year and just enjoy our trip to MN. Instead, I spent half of the time sick, so I couldn't enjoy it anyway.

Well, I won't waste any time here.

 

That's it for now...I'm sure I'll be back again soon.