Chairless in Seattle

It's the end of another fabulous Seattle summer weekend and I'm simultaneously pleasantly tired from being out and about in the SUN and 75 DEGREE weather all day, and a little antsy because it's ALREADY getting darker earlier. A couple of weeks ago it was sunny until 10pm or so - tonight it's 9:15 and I think we may have 15 more minutes before it's dark. Funny how that works around here. By the time we finally pass that hump of summer and get some sun, we cross that solstice hump and start losing daylight. I guess it's yet another example of the life/death cycle thing manifesting in nature, heavy on the death.

I also took another nesting step this weekend and put together the furniture that I ordered. I think 99% of the furniture in my condo is from West Elm. Each "room" in my condo looks like a page in their catalogue. Anyway - I got an ottoman/storage cube, nesting tables, and a table... yes, I finally have a "dining room" (aka dining corner) table! Well, actually to get something small enough I had to buy a "mini-desk" which, when turned to it's side with the desk drawer facing away - looks and acts just like a dining table.

The only problem is I don't have any chairs for it. So as lovely as it would be to sit and eat at a real table for the first time in 16 months, at the moment I am just staring longingly at it. I just, for some reason, can't stomach the idea of paying $175 (minimum) for a chair. Much less two. But that seems to be the lowest out there, aside from going to Ikea. Which I may ultimately do. I don't know. It would ruin the vibe. Not that West Elm is fine wood craftmanship, but it is a step up from Ikea. At least in the sense that it's not all made of plastic and/or particle board. And the furniture all have names I can pronounce.

But can I tell you how nice it's been to sit on my couch and be able to put my feet up on the ottoman, and sip from a glass of iced tea waiting for me on my nesting tables?

On another note, my knee is still bugging me but the rest of me seems back to normal. Make of that what you will...