{"id":29907,"date":"2025-04-18T11:09:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T16:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=29907"},"modified":"2025-04-18T11:09:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T16:09:11","slug":"another-rite-of-passage-completed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=29907","title":{"rendered":"Another Rite of Passage Completed"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been a total slacker. Our new recliner was actually delivered over a month<\/a> ago and we’ve been enjoying it ever since.<\/p>\n

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We had to rearrange our furniture to make room for it. The new recliner basically replaced the loveseat that was in front of the fireplace in our kitchen area. This space has evolved over the years. When we first moved in over 12 years ago, we just had a chair and a small ottoman in this space.<\/p>\n

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Not long after, we added a rug we found at Pier 1 Imports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Because this space has the only fireplace in our house, it quickly became our favorite spot. In our first few years of living in this house, with all the areas you could possibly lounge in, we would fight over this one chair. When I say fight, it’s not really argue. Mostly we would try to beat each other to the chair. Often we would just resign into squeezing both of our asses in the chair. So much space in the entire house and both of us would be squeezed in this one chair. I think our only saving grace was that we were both still quite skinny back then. <\/p>\n

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Here’s the original configuration — we had the loveseat part in the living room and the chair in the kitchen area in front of the fireplace as shown in the above photo.<\/p>\n

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As of the end of 2020, we still had the single chair in that spot. However, I think the pandemic was the catalyst. We were spending a lot of time at home and we both wanted to sit in the same chair and, while we were making it work, it really wasn’t that comfortable. <\/p>\n

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We pulled the trigger at the beginning of the next year, and swapped the position of the loveseat and the chair. We could finally sit together in front of the fireplace!<\/p>\n

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Saki appreciated the change as well.<\/p>\n

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Our furniture has been in this configuration for the four years or so until Brian’s cancer treatments late last year. After spending a couple of months lounging in a comfy recliner during his chemo treatments, Brian decided he wanted one. <\/p>\n

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We shopped around a bit and then finally pulled the trigger last month but had to wait a couple of weeks for delivery. The night before we moved the loveseat to the living room with the rest of the furniture. <\/p>\n

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