The living room in my house has changed looks very infrequent in my lifetime. Growing up, you only could go in there when you were clean, so right after a bath. No food of drinks of any sort were allowed in this room. I had a small cousin once spill a sippy cup of grape juice on the sofa. His mom, my cousin, flipped the cushion over in hopes that my mother would not have seen it. Of course she did. My mother missed very little that went on in our house. When I saw him do that, I was not happy, I was like that is why no food or drinks are allowed in this room. She will be so mad.
She was as I suspected and for the reason I suspected, was it because a toddler spilled his sippy cup? No, it was because his mother, my mom's niece tried to hide it instead of owning it. Fortunately, the toddler had more sense than anyone. He went right up to my mother to say, in toddler speak, he was sorry that he spilled his drink on the sofa. He pulled mom to show her and then they went and took care of it. Not one raised voice, even when she said that she was a little mad that a toddler had more sense than his mother on telling the truth about an accident, which is what it was. She said to my cousin, I don't get mad at accidents, I get mad at lies and cover ups of accidents. Which was true since the little was happy to help her clean up.
I no longer have that furniture. That was the first big change I made to the living room. After the store closed, 2 pianos came home, and I needed to teach at home so I would be with mom all the time, she was at the stage in Alzheimer's that is was necessary not to leave her alone, I had a few friends help me switch the family room and living room furniture around. The cushions on the living room furniture needed to be replaced as they were crumbling and at other spots, rock hard. Mom enjoyed listening to the few students I had at the time lessons. She would come into the living room with me. She would quietly sit on the sofa and listen. Sometimes, she fell asleep. I think that is one of the biggest things I miss the most, is having mom enjoy listening to the students.
The 2nd huge change was to a big part of the house. A friend of mine and her husband along with their 2 kids moved in after she and her husband and I decided it would be a good thing to combine households. It has worked rather well for all of us. I had some furniture to say goodbye to. I made a post of facebook to see if anyone needed anything and well, within a day, everything was spoken for including the few exercise equipment that was mom's. The furniture went to good homes and we are here comfortably. At that time, I had three file cabinets full of music down in what became a bedroom again. We brought the cabinets up and emptied that room after going through all the boxes. HBT and I would just laugh every time we would open another box, I swear we would find another pair of scissors. It was hilarious.
I am not making big changes anymore, just small ones. I have a new recliner that is really helpful with pain levels. It is one that also lifts up to help you stand. At this point, that rocks. Sometimes, pain levels can rise really fast for me. This time Cellulitis is different than the last time I had it. I do not ever want this again. nope nada I am done. My best friend, Kathy's husband and one of her sons came to pick up 3 filing cabinets today. Early in the summer I had gone through some of my advanced music and gave the music to a friend of mine. Between the fibromyalgia hand pain and the arthritis, I no longer teach advance piano. I gave it to a teacher friend who will be able to use all of it. I asked if JH and TH could switch out the table I was using for teaching. I wanted to use a smaller one as the bigger one I had ended up being a music pile holder. I needed to eliminate that problem. The small table is actually a better fit for the room and for my height as it is shorter than the other table. I rather like it. I must empty a chair of music and a pillow so this chair can go elsewhere. I need to file the music and not just move the music from one pile to another. Just another step in getting the living room to a comfy and functional living/music room.
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