House updates

We have been make some house updates lately.  Just for my record I want to write them down.

• Did some Fall Cleaning and took a load of stuff and clothes to the DI
• Got our carpets cleaned professionally, first time since we moved in 6 years ago
• Gave our couches to Steve's friend Zach Hannay, and got some from Dave/Joann, who got some from her dad Carl who is moving back to Arizona.
• Got new pillows for the couches.
• Got a new ottoman for the couches.
• Got a new lamp for the living room.  The lamp has a reading lamp, which has been great for study and readying stories w/ Nyles.  He thinks it's fun! ;)

"New" couches, ottoman, pillows and lamp.  

They are a little smaller than our old couches, so they fit better for the space.

• Got a new mattress for Steve and I.
• We rearranged our room.
• We rearranged Nyles' room.  We took down the crib months ago and he's in a big bed now.  Also put all his toys/books in baskets to try to keep them more organized and cleaned up.
• We finally got the TV from Steve's grandpa Carl Jensen.  We actually got a really nice HD one through my perk points, then returned it because it was turning itself on/off.  Then we heard Carl was moving back to Arizona and was giving his away, so we've waited a few months to get his.  Our old one was a 32 inch, which we thought was ok, but then we had the 42 inch one and it's so much nicer.  It's nice to have a bigger screen again.  Definitely easier to see!
• Since we got a new TV, we also got a new DVD/Blu-ray player, plus Modem/Router, in order to speed things up, plus a new cable box (ours was 6 years old and outdated as well).  The Blu-ray also has Netflixs on it and Amazon Prime, so we don't have to use Steve's XBox anymore.  

Our old TV and the new one.

It's refreshing to have a few updates, since we're not moving anytime soon. :)