8:39 p.m. | 2003-07-14 There�s Always A Solution. And, It Might Be Cheetos. I�ve been nervous the last few days because they were delivering my livingroom furniture tonight and it�s been more than a month since I bought it. All the �what ifs� were racing through my mind. The main one being: What if it�s too big for my cozy little room? I never measured it and I have no sense of relative size until I see a piece in a location. I�m the kind of person who would go into a huge warehouse store and buy humungous furniture thinking that it�s small because it looks small in a gigantic store. Which is sorta what happened, except it wasn�t in a big store and it is pretty small. However, my livingroom is tiny. Anyway, after they delivered it, I realized the complete set was just too big for the space. Now what? See, that�s a cool part of getting older� you, hopefully, get wiser and you learn a lot over the years. Immediately following the first hint of upset was this truth: �There�s always a solution.� I just needed to think it out. And, actually, there are always many solutions � you just need to determine which one works best for you. So, one chair is now in the bedroom, which isn�t ideal but it works. I also had to move a small bookcase into the bedroom, but that fits just fine and I�d already considered doing that. That gave me enough room to make the other chair and the sofa fit into the room. I also have a collapsible antique rocking chair upholstered in tapestry-type fabric in the livingroom for quick extra seating. I can easily tuck that away when it�s not needed. (By the way, that rocking chair is way cool � it doesn�t even look collapsible but it is, easily.) The sofa and chairs have wheels which makes it easy to move �em around if they�re in the way. That�s one of the tricks to living in a small space � have several key pieces that are easy to move around or tuck away. Of course, this whole discussion is pretty funny and rather pointless too, as you know that my home is my sanctuary and I rarely invite people over. I mean, come on, it�s not like I�m going throw lavish dinner parties, or anything. I crack myself up sometimes. That said, I do like my place to be soothing, comfortable and I must be able to move about easily. And, it�s all that for me, but not so much for big, giant people. Or maybe average size people for that matter. But since this is MY Dreamspace, that all works out just fine. Besides, my �front yard� (otherwise known as MyPark) is gigantic. When people want to visit, we can go over there. See, there�s always a solution. Still no TV. Still not liking that. Hopefully, that�ll all be resolved tomorrow. I so wanted to sit on my new furniture and watch TV tonight, but oh well. When the delivery guys were moving my new furniture into the building, the HotelHandyman and I had the following conversation. (HH:) More furniture? Wow, you sure have a lot of �stuff�. (CI:) You know, if you put all my stuff in an average size house, the house would practically be empty. (HH:) Yeah, you�re right. But, you�re not putting all your stuff in a house; you�re putting in a really small space. (CI:) And, I don�t have a storage unit either. (HH:) Okay, you got me on that. We do have a lot of stuff in storage. Several people have commented that they think I have a lot of furniture and big furniture at that. I�m puzzled as to why they think that�s so unusual. I mean, is it? I�ve been around for almost 39 years and I�ve been on my own 22 of those years. Did everyone think I was sleeping, sitting and eating on the floor? And, storing my personal effects in boxes instead of dressers, bookcases and such. Even Boss has commented several times that I have �big� furniture. However, my furniture does fit this place pretty well because of the high ceilings and whatnot. It actually looks smaller in my Dreamspace than my last home. In fact, I�d imagine that most people my age have a ton of stuff because most of them are married and have kids. Is it because I�m single that they figure I don�t have any furniture and such? See, I�m just not getting that. Don�t you guys all have stuff too? I had this rather interesting conversation with Boss today. (Boss:) I�m gonna have my kitchen painted. It�s so small and I need to bring light in, so I want to paint it bright yellow. Well, more like a yellow-orange. Like this color right here in my shirt. (CI:) Hmmm. I like that color. (Boss:) I need to go get some Cheetos. Oh, that�s it. That�s exactly the color I want my walls to be � the same color as Cheetos. (CI:) Well, just buy a bunch and glue �em to the walls. Then you�d have color and texture. I mean, why not? Hildy would do it. (Boss:) (Looking at me like I�m crazy.) I�m gonna go get some Cheetos. And, you so know Hildy would do that. She glued hay to walls once, for crying out loud. Oh, and fake flowers. 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