There are two couches, a two person rocking chair, a chair and a half, one La-z-boy, and a couple of kitchen chairs to sit on. The boxes hold our new cabinets. Then there's the fridge, stove and shelves of food and kitchen equipment. Oh, and 11 people and 1 dog.
The awesome thing about this is, no one seems to mind. Instead of everyone going off to their bedrooms where they could have peace and quiet (though no food), they have all chosen to spend their down time together in one cramped room. We have had all kinds of together time.
Not only family does not mind, the kids have had friends over. We all just move over and make room for another body. Soon (relatively) the kitchen will be put back together and the furniture all replaced where it belongs.
But, I think we've made some fun memories in this room. In fact, within 5 minutes of the television being removed from the room two of the boys sat down and played a duet on the piano. That alone makes me want to keep the t.v. gone.
We've read, played games, watched movies on the computer and prayed together.
So, we're managing. It's not easy, but when we pull together we're a pretty strong team.
