This is me, on "Perfectly Ugly".

Yes, perfectly ugly.  Delightfully ugly.  And oh, so very MINE!!!  I have the best friends a girl could ask for, and two of them were bound and determined to find *something* for us to sit on in the living room, and preferably something we liked, and better yet, something that would have the price tag of "next to nothing".  As they were walking out of the furniture store with all of the new, high-priced furniture, the man stopped them, and they explained what they were doing and why, and he told them he might have just the perfect thing.  He showed them a couch that would do...but for what it was, it still had a high price, and it wasn't spectacular, so they passed.  As they were on their way out the door the 2nd time, they were stopped again...and *that*, dear reader, is when they angels sang....ahhhhhhhh......and the light shone down on the Perfectly Perfect Just For Abby spectacularly ugly in every way couch and chair.  And with just the right price.  It couldn't have been special-ordered to suit me any more...but this teaser will have to do for now, until I get the living room as I want it to share with you. 

Today was a good day, and it finished off just right with nachos made by yours truly, piled high with pico and sour cream and olives and cheese and meat and...well, that may be all.  But you get the picture.  That was topped off with Cherry Chip ice cream cones and a walk across the street to the park with the boys, Katie, and her "boy", Leo, and Nycole and I. 

There's nothing much better than girlfriend time, and I've been able to have my fair share of it lately, thankfully.  Tonight, we chatted until the boys fell asleep, Katie left to go to bed, and then we chatted some more.  Sat on the porch (I love my porch!), used my bench I found last year while yardsaling with Barb, before "The Fall" and broke it in good and proper...sat there until 2:30 solving the problems of the world.  It's good to have friends like that...the kind that know what you mean, even if it's not what you say. 

I'm staying here tomorrow to work on the house some more...it seems I've done a lot of everything except getting settled while I've been off...but the necessities are coming along nicely, and the rest I'll work on in the evenings as I have time...not gonna stress over it....gonna enjoy it instead.  I've had enough stress lately, doncha think?

Happy Fourth, friends!