Can I tell you wonderful it is to have my living room almost back to normal?  Oh, what sweet sighs of relief I feel in heart and soul tonight…take a look!  We still have the baseboards to do, pictures to hang, final sanding and the trim around the door to the hallway, and more painting on the wall that the windows and entertainment center is on.  But I have my living room back.  Oh, what glorious relief. 

I think I’m hearing strains of the Hallelujah Chorus echoing in the heavens.

Off to ponder how to hang family portraits and art and what-not…and dream about leather sectionals and recliners and coffee tables and end tables and shelves.  Why does Pottery Barn have to be so expensive?  Sheesh.