Hoola in the Kitchen: Big News in Our House!

Well, my parents have been without a sofa since August of 2008. They had all good intentions when they gave it to my brother to take to his college house. It was a good sofa. Oversized pillows. Comfy. Fairly good, neutral color. Good sofa. They had been wanting a new set of den furniture, so what better way to speed up the process than to give the furniture to the son! Perfect! .....annnd 16 months later, we still have no sofa. We have had an air mattress, a sleeping bag, a rocking chair, and almost a hammock (the Mama had been flexible but put her foot down at that suggestion). They have looked at every sofa and loveseat in our city. Every one. They looked online. In magazines. Nothing. Then one day, they found one that just might do. It was not the perfect sofa but it would be okay if they just had to have a sofa. So in September they picked out this sofa/chair combination. In October they looked at it again and decided that was not what they wanted. The search continued until November. Another possible option. The problem: it was not an in-store sofa and had to be shipped from elsewhere in the country. It arrived. Finally. This morning the parents bought the sofa. "It's not perfect but I guess it will be okay."

Dad: "I hope ya'll like the sofa. It sure wasn't a cheap one."
Me: "Anything beats a leaky, squeaky air mattress. Except the hammock. I think ya'll should have gone with the hammock."
Dad: "Me too but for some reason your mother didn't like that idea at all."
Weird.
So. In the morning when I decide to roll my lazy, not-in-school self out of bed there will be a sofa in the den! and I can go sit on it and watch King of Queens because you may not know this but I really don't watch TV all that much. King of Queens and Everybody loves Raymond are the only shows I really ever catch. But it doesn't matter. We have a sofa now. I'm going to watch so much TV I'm going to become attached to the sofa. :/ okay. dramatic. yes.

Moving on. To-Do list for Thursday: