Monday, October 26, 2009

Hand me downs

As you may know, I am child number 2 of 5 in my family, which means the concept of hand me downs is not new to me. I grew up wearing most of the clothing that my older sister once wore. It wasn't until my feet got bigger than her and then I got bigger than her that I stopped wearing hand me downs. (Not a positive, but inevitable. Have you seen her? We are not cut from the same cloth, capice?)

Anyhow, I have lived my whole life with hand me downs as a major source of my items. (Items? What I mean is for more than just clothing.) Well, when my sister was at my house this weekend, she mentioned that my mom is wanting to get rid of her old end tables and "coffee" table, and I immediately perked up.

My living room consists of two bookshelves, a love seat and a rocker seat.

I would really like a set of end tables and a coffee table.

Then, Kari pointed out that the majority of the items in my house are hand me downs. Including my entertainment center, dining room table and chairs, recliner, rocker and both love seats as well as various desks and shelving units scattered throughout Grandma's Playhouse. I think I have only ever made three furniture purchases, one of which was a used piece. But while my initial thoughts vaguely brushed upon the "poor me" sort of idea, my next thought was much more positive.

How amazing that I have such wonderful friends/family that are so generous with their belongings to just GIVE stuff to me! How fantastic that I could furnish the many crazy rooms at Grandma's Playhouse with gifts from the people that I love to remind me of them! I could be sitting on milk crates to eat my dinner or lounging in an empty living room, but I am not! I have a place for my home teachers to sit when they come to visit me, I have a table to place my food on and I am so blessed!

Hand me downs rock!

And so does my family.

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