Remember when I gave you the house tour right after we moved in and showed you all the scary piles and the crap everywhere?  Well, we finished unpacking long ago and there are still generally piles of scary crap all over our house because I have the equivalent of 3 full time jobs and a very poor relationship with laundry, but when I do clean my house it’s much different than when you saw it the first time.  This first picture is our dining room table.  During the first house tour we were still pretending this was the living room.  We like having festive lights on all year round so Philip decorated our window with them.  We love it!

Look how clean that floor is!  The dining room table has no mail on it!  Chick is running up the stairs to position herself for maximum barking impact when the mailman comes.

This is my single most favorite piece of furniture besides my desk.  It’s from the early thirties and was shipped over here from Italy.

Just another view of my dining room.  I’m only showing you the dining room and living room this time so I want to give you lots of opportunity to enjoy it.  If you ever come to visit me you will not recognize them because they will be covered in crap.

Looking from the living room to the dining room.  Chick is not a restful dog.

I love this picture because of the light streaming in from the ONE window in this room.  The curtains are usually drawn to keep the glare off the tv.

We like chairs, not couches.  Though I miss having an alternative place to fall asleep if the bedroom is inhospitably loud.  When we hang out together we each like having our own chair.  The purple one is mine, the blue leather one is Philip’s and the dark rose colored one near the floor lamp is Max’s.

Lastly – this is the tv cabinet.  It’s my mom’s and she’s taking it back to put in her apartment.  We don’t know what we’ll do.  We’ll have to find some kind of replacement.  I’ll worry about that another day.  The shelf to the right is filled with my cookbooks and gardening books.

Some day the stars will align and the upstairs will be all tidy and looking pretty and I’ll give you the tour of that.  I’m just happy to have it on record that every once in a while my living room and dining room are neat and tidy and pretty and inviting.

Hope you enjoyed the mini-tour!