This-or-That Tuesday
A day late. Usual for me.

1. Lying down on the couch, or stretching out on a recliner?Gotta love that couch. I love it so much that I am ordering a real, store-bought slipcover for it. It’s just a little too big and complicated to cover with table cloths. The couch is going to be Embot’s bed for the summer, so I decided this would be a good time to make it a little more pleasant. (Maybe I should put a little Febreeze on the shopping list, too. Just to freshen things up. It’s not that far removed from being the stinky couch that VW used in the funny ad with the 2 guys driving around picking up junk.)
2. Going barefoot or wearing soft slippers?Can I count my EVA web thongs as slippers? Please?
3. Eating ice cream, or pizza?Pizza.
4. Watching on TV...a classic movie or a reality show?Classic movie. (If you need psychodrama, a good Mommy Dearest session is better than any reality show.)
5. Wearing: blue jeans or sweat pants?What, no khaki category?
6. A long, soothing bubble bath or a quick, invigorating shower?Shower.
7. Furniture: leather, or something more on the fuzzy side?Fuzzy.
8. Soft, classical music, or upbeat rock & roll?Both.
9. Darkness or light?Both.
10. Thought-provoking question of the week: You get married, or otherwise begin cohabitating with a significant other. S/he moves into your place, but brings with them the UGLIEST chair you have ever seen! You really don't want this thing in your home, but SO says it is the most comfy chair s/he has ever sat in, and no way will they part with it. Do you: grin and bear it, or scheme to get rid of the montrosity somehow? Experience has proven that no thing lasts forever. So grin and bear it is the charitable thing to do. It’s also good to remember when married, it is now our place, not my place. And I’d have a lot of children quickly. Not only are they a gift from God - they have the side ‘benefit’ of speeding the depreciation of the furniture.
And this might be a good time to learn to sew slipcovers out of table cloths.

This is one of those growth moments in marriage. I can’t remember a particular piece of ugly furniture RIck brought to our home (OK- all of our furniture was pretty bad) but I remember the navy blue dishes he bought while working in the Customer Service Dept at Dayton’s in Minneapolis. Why would someone return these dishes? Because they were so UGLY.
As I said, no thing lasts for ever. Haven’t seen a trace of that nasty stoneware in a decade. With no malfeasance on my part. I just let time take its toll.