Selling Sno-Cones at the Beach

nesting: not just for birds anymore

Not even a couple of chapters of The European Union: How does it Work? could put me to sleep last night - I was up past 2, very unusual for me.

I have several routines for getting to sleep. The most effective one, and the one I used last night, is mentally to walk around the yard of my childhood, looking at every tree, shrub and flower. It sounds demented, but I have total recall of every plant in the acre I grew up on (and left when I was 13).

I am a landscape architect, after all.

Due to some sleep deficit, after our pizza with friends tonight, I snuggled into the Rent-A-Center recliner we rented to help Brian convalesce. It's so unbelievably comfortable (yet so incredibly ugly) that I want to design a recliner for my perfect living room.

This room will have two of the recliners (one for each of us), a large TV, adjustable lighting for atmosphere or task-work, and perfectly designed side tables to hold all the stuff you need while nesting: remotes, beverages, snacks, reading material, writing implements, a phone.

The perfect living room: don't leave home....

(I'm thinking Ultrasuede.)

Posted by otto0114 at September 3, 2004 08:53 PM