tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177702759920770590.post3591328490175376414..comments2024-01-13T11:49:07.238-08:00Comments on Narrating Life: On giving up on dreamsMirandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888264290380513746noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177702759920770590.post-86111174488428093222011-03-06T16:33:42.091-08:002011-03-06T16:33:42.091-08:00Just buy the damn couch!Just buy the damn couch!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177702759920770590.post-22167670653411702572011-02-25T09:53:06.664-08:002011-02-25T09:53:06.664-08:00I say save your pennies and buy the couch.There i...I say save your pennies and buy the couch.There is honor in saving for your dreams. By that time the kids will have grown out of the booger and puke stage, just in time for a brand new gorgeous couch. You deserve it! or you will by then.Sarah Stampshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13990593385245173923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177702759920770590.post-55282578378984865452011-02-24T15:04:04.770-08:002011-02-24T15:04:04.770-08:00btw. I ate granola and yogurt for breakfast.btw. I ate granola and yogurt for breakfast.Emmylounoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177702759920770590.post-39209551061384771092011-02-24T15:03:04.120-08:002011-02-24T15:03:04.120-08:00I feel I can ditto Becky's comments. The End.I feel I can ditto Becky's comments. The End.Emmylounoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177702759920770590.post-62135867415381111392011-02-24T07:09:58.126-08:002011-02-24T07:09:58.126-08:00I think I agree wholeheartedly with Rendy's se...I think I agree wholeheartedly with Rendy's sentiments. I fidn myself reminding myself constantly about a time and a season for everything- My mom has given me some nice things, or recovered some things for us, and we are all frustrated when inevitably things get stained, scratched, clawed or destroyed by kids or cats. The good new is, and I tell myself this often, you can 'settle' for something less that is still cute, and if you have a good aesthetic and style, you can pull it off and even make it into something beautiful and hip. I definitely don't have all the furnishings I wish I did, and a good third to half of them aren't even my style- but with color, paint, placement and accessories (cheap ones, too)you can make it your own and a place where you want to be. You can do it. just be glad you don't have bad taste, although grandma always said that good taste was a curse. I *so* know what she meant, if I do say so myself.jthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11565824986946758808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177702759920770590.post-25934217229538173342011-02-23T09:47:35.812-08:002011-02-23T09:47:35.812-08:00Miranda, I saw this http://www.ikea.com/us/en/cata...Miranda, I saw this http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/S09840535 in Ikea yesterday in the isunda gray color and it's quite adorable. The gray is actually pretty fantastic. Nothing like the couch of your dreams though. <br /><br />This is my thought. There's a time and a season. Toddlerhood is not the time to purchase a piece of furniture that you adore. Because when z-cakes barfs on it you will hate her for barfing and worry more about your couch than your sick baby. My suggestion would be to purchase something that is less fantastic, lesser-quality, but fits your aesthetic (and your budget). Nobody wants an ugly couch! That's not shallow- that's just the truth. Then you could save your dream-couch for a time when there is less barf-booger-chewing gum in your life. My two cents. :)Rendy Tuckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01768136591568262958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177702759920770590.post-15073245779300173272011-02-22T22:41:41.429-08:002011-02-22T22:41:41.429-08:00Oh that couch! I love it!!! I can understand your ...Oh that couch! I love it!!! I can understand your feelings, though. But, with three tornados running around, I'm glad we opted for the cheaper version. Toddlers + Super nice couches = disaster. I love that I don't have to guard a couch. Mine are disposable.Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01931656703800469915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177702759920770590.post-47858933628535008922011-02-22T22:26:10.548-08:002011-02-22T22:26:10.548-08:00Breakfast: egg whites & V-8. (Virtuous, but gr...Breakfast: egg whites & V-8. (Virtuous, but gross.)<br /><br />This, dear girl, is a conundrum. I feel where you are coming from, and it tugs the heartstrings a touch. Because you want home to be a haven and a place filled with lovely, beloved things. But sometimes it's a choice between those blasted things or having a house in which to place them.<br /><br />I say, save up for the doggone couch. Dream big and budget for it, bit by bit. Realize that this process takes a while...that particular couch may have moved on by the time your pennies are saved, but there will still a Someday Couch Fund. (Or an alternate Cool Piece of Furniture Fund, should your needs and tastes shift.) The point is, there should be room for a few fabulous things in amongst all the other "okay" things.Katharinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05510288288895911841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177702759920770590.post-62355100716460753812011-02-22T16:14:16.589-08:002011-02-22T16:14:16.589-08:00we bought the cheap couch. and it is ok but i sti...we bought the cheap couch. and it is ok but i still find myself wishing for a different one. i know what a dilemma you are in and wish you the best as you make these oh-so-tough decisions.lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02433914150035377956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177702759920770590.post-57485884572673921312011-02-22T13:44:24.504-08:002011-02-22T13:44:24.504-08:00i am so with you, miss miranda. i've had those...i am so with you, miss miranda. i've had those exact feelings. except it was because my hubby didn't think we needed a couch (chairs aren't so bad..) after much deliberation, i finally talked him into getting a $500 dollar pottery barn couch. we now sit / sleep / play on it every day. the moral of this story is to go to DOWNEAST in idaho falls, it is bursting with cute wonderful things. however, sadly not that gorgeous couch you are pining over. am mourning your losses. hope you will find something you love equally. gardner village is dangerous.martahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15027406340527614561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177702759920770590.post-8723616384938523372011-02-22T13:22:27.148-08:002011-02-22T13:22:27.148-08:00Wait... You got to hang out with Rachel... Rachel ...Wait... You got to hang out with Rachel... Rachel got to hang out with YOU! I am pining after the fact that I wish I was in Utah with the two of you pining after that couch!! I was "blessed" with the inability to decorate... hence the reason that we have lived in our house for 2 1/2 years the only things on our walls are things my husband has picked out (e.g. the red/white/blue stars & picture of the American Flag... what so we're patriotic big deal!). I am pining after my dear friend Mwanda to live closer to me and help me in my own personal decorating crisis!!Rebekahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06413909639806372333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177702759920770590.post-3923365934617059232011-02-22T12:56:40.170-08:002011-02-22T12:56:40.170-08:00I totally went back too, on Monday. And the sales...I totally went back too, on Monday. And the sales lady recognized me and said she knew I would be back. And I looked at your couch, and my heart ached for you.....And for me too, cause I knew deep in my heart the impossibleness of it all. But I will keep hoping and dreaming, and maybe someday it will happen for you and me! I want to go to that Home Again shop that Staci was talking about, I see it everytime I go, but I never stop. But I did eat at Archibald's for lunch, and the fried green tomatoes made me feel a little bit better about everything :)Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01853007673377833292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177702759920770590.post-84126718365127160662011-02-22T11:55:11.955-08:002011-02-22T11:55:11.955-08:00Sigh. I totally get wanting to wait and get the pi...Sigh. I totally get wanting to wait and get the pieces you really want, not just things that are okay. That said, a lot of our home is filled with the okay things. My very favorite things are pieces that Marc picked up at the BYU surplus sale and then refinished, or the dresser that I got at D.I. and painted. <br /><br />So what am I saying? Sometimes you find something that you just want so much, nothing else will satisfy. Other times you settle because it doesn't matter that much, and eventually you will get around to replacing it. But I suppose I do a lot of pining.<br /><br />I think the couch is just lovely, btw. And I loved the narration of you trying to get your man interested in decorating while he's gaming. Classic.michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14617050750444837628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177702759920770590.post-84906335438226077732011-02-22T11:54:44.366-08:002011-02-22T11:54:44.366-08:00That couch is gorgeous.
I had a similar issue wit...That couch is gorgeous.<br /><br />I had a similar issue with a coffee table at Ethan Allan. I was searching for the perfect coffee table and went in there on a whim (because I don't regularly shop there, because...I like my food. And my house)...and there it was. Beautiful. Also about 4 times more than I was willing to pay :P I ended up getting one from IKEA, actually :DFemme Facetioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12747707596198149176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177702759920770590.post-72905783767568064212011-02-22T11:17:45.417-08:002011-02-22T11:17:45.417-08:00OK here's the deal - I've loved Gardner Vi...OK here's the deal - I've loved Gardner Village since it opened, and now that I live in West Jordan I don't go there for anything excetp the lemon chicken cutlets at Archibalds. It's too rich for my blood and it just makes me unhappy to know all of the beatific wares are there to taunt me. They have a kitchen island that I'd give my eye tooth to have, and I haven't gone back because it would break my heart to know that someone else was able to take it home.<br /><br />BTW - did you happen to stop at Home Again? It's a consignment place that's right around the corner from Gardner Village and up the street from Black Goose (also a no-no shop for me). It's divine. You should go there next time you're down this way.Stacihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13318473351223372435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177702759920770590.post-79806329369748897302011-02-22T07:40:14.243-08:002011-02-22T07:40:14.243-08:00I ate a granola bar. And now I pine after the Nadi...I ate a granola bar. And now I pine after the Nadine couch on the link you shared. It would be perfect with the red chair in our living room, wouldn't it? Never you mind that we just got a new couch last year. But mainly I am pining over going on that trip to Ireland with Lorne, because I don't think we're going to be able to afford it, and I'm feeling like such a loser for being so angsty about not going. I've already been to Ireland, and I realize I've been very lucky to have traveled a lot in my life. There will be plenty of trips in the future. But I want to go NOW. Pity me.Laurelhttp://www.penguinbot.comnoreply@blogger.com