Furniture update

So, as I noted in the previous post, yesterday we did some shopping. The place we got the sectional from specializes in clearance items. One of their terms is that all purchases must be picked up within 48 hours. Well, I wasn't planning to try to stuff the sectional into the Outback, even at one piece at a time, so we went with the delivery option which added another $95 to the price. Knowing that the piece would be arriving within a day or two, we stopped off at city hall to get "bulk item" stickers so the old pieces could be hauled away.

Shortly after we arrived home, the store called to tell us that our purchase would be delivered some time between 8:30am and 11:30am the following morning. This moved Judy to insist that the old set be removed from the living room so she could clean and make ready for the new. So, at about 5:30pm we hauled the old sofa and love seat out to the curb. Now, virtually all the cushions had splits in the fabric covering. The springs on the couch were so shot that, when one sat on it one's knees were at about one's eye level. And yet, within 1 1/2 hours, they were gone. History. Not destined for the landfill quite yet.

I was a little nervous wondering what would happen if the delivery truck was in an accident or something else weird happened. But nothing did. Our new centerpiece for the living room arrived and was set up without problem. And here is the lovely Judy showing off her new baby...