Change is a Good Thing

When we bought our home the furnishings in our front room, consisted of a Couch, Love Seat, TV and a cute set of Coffee and End Tables. I put up pictures- they were very well placed, centered on walls and above large pieces of Furniture. Two years ago we added a Piano- it fit perfectly below the Picture shelves. Then we had a baby and Ken finally gave into my constant nagging about having the computer in an open area of our home- and that is where the problem began.

The computer pushed both the Couch and the Piano out off center. The pictures suddenly made no sense, but I had no idea how to make it all work again. Until Christmas- When Ken conspired with my Sister in Law Tiff to get me a wonderful Present. Can you see it here on my new picture wall? Hint- it has to do with Vinyl Lettering.

So, Instead of focusing on Centering- I focused on Love, and people I love. Ken noticed that there are more pictures of the Baby by himself then there are of us, but that is OK because we love the Baby- so it works.

I then took on the Picture shelves, which at one point were beautifully Centered above the Piano. Now I say "Centered Shmentered!" Well kind of centered shmentered, I did move the big clock (also a present given to me by Ken and made by Tiff- that Tiff is amazing!), so anyway, the big clock is pretty much centered above the piano, and everything else is just stuff I love, arranged in a nice way.

So I am happy- Change is a Good Thing- especially when it doesn't take too long to do. I started planning the rearranging at about 7 pm last night, and I was completely done by 10 (I didn't spend an entire 3 hours moving things around- I was distracted at times by Family Scripture Study, American Idol (why do people have such good self images- I would never ever ever feel comfortable doing that!!!!), and a PBS Special of Billy Crystal being given the Mark Twain award for Comedy. This morning (at 2:50 when I was comforting my baby who has a double ear infection and possibly a sinus infection) I kept looking at my wall and thinking. "I love it, I love it". If you want to see it in person- you are welcome to come visit. Then you can love it too.

Oh yeah, I had 22 things on my to do list this week. Rearrange pictures was one of them. As of today I have crossed off 14 of those items!