The big ugly sofa is here!!

Well, here's the monstrofasee for you to look at, gaze in wonder at this monster that takes up 3/4 of my living room. It's HUGE, it's UGLY, and it's DOGONNE uncomfortable!! The memory foam is in the seat cushions- the back cushions are just plain old foam. The color is NOT the deep rich red color I expected, though it looks kinda pink in the picture, it is just red. It causes a lot of static electricity that is pretty shocking as well.

Of course, Chris says its very comfortable, and likes that you are forced to sit up more straight when you sit on it. Yup, there's only one way to sit on this thing - upright - like a church pew. I have spent a few hours on the other end - on the chaise lounge, and it's ok for a little while, then its time to get up and get back into my chair.

He actually wanted me to give up my La-Z-Boy when this thing was ordered, and I told him no way, that chair has been under my butt for almost 20 years, and it's not going anywhere till it falls completely apart and is laying in pieces on the living room floor. It's still in very good condition, the fabric is still as nice as when I bought it in Reno all those years ago.

The ONE nice thing is that ridge around the back, the cats just LOVE to run around that thing. Benjamin thinks that where he should be most of the time surveying his domain, his big issue is he can't get underneath this couch, it's only 3" off the floor. Buddy likes the big flat end over on the far side, he can stretch out far and wide (as he is very wide). Sassy and Shadow are sleeping on it once in a while. The fabric collects cat hair like a magnet, and one of us is using the lint brush daily to clear away a spot to sit on.

My old sofa is going to the goodwill, they'll be here tomorrow to cart it away. I wish I could keep it, but its no more comfortable than ol' big and ugly here. Chris would NEVER EVER NEVER admit he made an error and bought something big ugly and uncomfortable, guess we're stuck with this. Whenever I can replace it, I think I'll find a high-back old fashioned couch with wagon-wheel fabric and wooden armrests!! Or maybe purple and pink and polka dot with dinosaurs!! YEEHAWW!!!

TAG, I'm it!!!

Well, thanks Claudia for remembering me in your list of people to tag for this Wikipedia game, here's my responses to the fun....fun? Ok, well, I was amazed by some of what I learned!

First, you are to go to Wikipedia and type in the month and day you were born.

December 26, 1962 - that's me

Second, you are to name 4 events that occurred on that day.

1)1825 - The Erie Canal opens

2)1862 - The largest mass-hanging in US history took place in Mankato, Minnesota, killing 39.

3)1944 - The play The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams is first publicly performed. ( great story - if you haven't read or seen this play, you should)

4)2004 - An earthquake measuring 9.3 on the Richter magnitude scale creates a tsunami causing devastation in Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, The Maldives and many other areas around the rim of the Indian Ocean, killing more than 200,000.

Third, you are to name two important birthdays on that day.

1) 1979 - Chris Daughtry, American singer (How LUCKY this guy from American Idol is to have the same birthday as me, and I'm Interested to know this!!)
2)1914 - Richard Widmark, American actor (The only other name on the list I knew, a favored actor of mine)

Fourth, you are to name one person whose death occurred on that day.
1985 - Dian Fossey, American gorilla specialist (b. 1932) (What a brave and interesting person)

Fifth, you tag five fellow bloggers. You are chosen, but if you don't want to play,no problem at all. Now if I can just figure out how to put tags here, we'll all be amazed!!
Well -lets see, Claudia got Ingrid, so I'll get:
Morgan: onehippiesopinion@blogspot.com
Grammie: awaitingbuddah@blogspot.com
Ron: underthenews@blogspot.com
That's all I have besides Claudia and Ingrid, sorry!! Hopefully these three will play too!