So, I mean, yeah, I have the Most Stationary Baby Ever, but we’re trying to figure out what to do re: babyproofing. Because while she’s not motoring about, yet, it’s really only a matter of time, and at this point our living area is basically an invitation for toddler mayhem. What ends up happening, is that I look around, and in my HEAD I envision the perfect solution — a long credenza or low wall unit type thing where the TV lives, to start.

When I met Dave, I had a little 13 inch tv from when I first went to college (still have it, too, upstairs) and that was Just Fine. But Dave being Dave, the first thing he did was to run everything so that the sound goes through the stereo, which, okay, that’s cool. Then someone gave us an older 19 inch tv, so we swapped that in, and then we moved here and didn’t have Magical Free Cable like at every other place we’d lived, so we got our bunny ears. At this point, to watch the news, four separate machines have to be turned on — the tv, vcr, stereo, and bunny ears. (They’re electric.) And that requires two remotes, because we can’t get the stereo towork with any remote other than it’s own.  The speakers are each standing on two separate shelves — those cheap Target shelves — and we have DVDs stored there, but they are super tippy, and so that will have to change. The TV/VCR/ETC is on the old dresser I bought at a junk shop, god, YEARS ago, I lived on Court st…, and that’s not a bad place for it. It’s deep, so the vcr and dvd player are pretty safe from a kid shoving a fistful of goldfish crackers into it, it’s heavy and wide and low, so tipping is absolutely NOT a concern. It’s old, so the drawers take some wrestling with to open, so, again, not a concern for a wee one. BUT, it’s just a hair too small, width wise, to hold all that stuff. (edited to link to a pic: Tv stuff)

When I go to look for something to flank it, or something to replace it, I get lots of armoire type stuff, which I don’t really want in our living room, as I prefer long and low. Or, of course, I go to like DWR or Ikea and see the perfect thing and then spend a lot of energy giving both sites the finger, DWR because I don’t have that kind of money, and Ikea for being so goddamn far away and having such a weak internet commerce segment that it’s basically nonexistent.  I haven’t looked at Actual Furniture Stores yet, maybe I should, but I’m expecting to see massive wall units that are wide and tall and totally designed to hold one’snew widescreen, freestanding, HDTV. I just need, like, a run of kitchen dabinets that are 3/4 height or something. So annoying.

I did pick up some of those snap together chrome wire cube shelves for Ingrid’s room, and some bins to slide in, so that’s something…. and we eventually need to tackle our closet and guest room. It sucks, because the general rules of thumb regarding getting rid of clothes kind of don’t apply to me, because I haven’t worn a lot of stiff in the last year, but that’s because I’ve been pregnant and now, nursing. Maybe I should just get rid of everything and start fresh, anyway.

The storm on Friday quickly turned to mild and melty on Saturday and today, and clearly, spring is in the air, if I’m obsessing about organization and housekeeping.

Any babyproofing tips for us? Beyond "fence in your goddamn Darwin stairs already?" Sigh.