Comments on: Slow on the uptake

By: Alicia

Alicia — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:12:13 +0000

Love it. You have my support when you need to block.

By: AlisonH

AlisonH — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:16:42 +0000

Actually, the one we have in the living room, my mom said was the most comfortable hide-a-bed type bed she’d ever slept on. We bought all these from The Futon Shop, which now sells online; they’re a local company that makes all their own mattresses locally. Not outsourced. Green materials. I don’t know about their other mattresses, but our thick top-of-the-line ones have served us well and comfortably for 11 years, which is why we went back to them.

By: Carol

Carol — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:43:21 +0000

Yup, futons make great ’spare bedroom’ furniture. comfortable enough for a night or 3, not so comfortable the guest wants to stay TOO long! LOL

By: Suzanne in Mtl

Suzanne in Mtl — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:33:01 +0000

Interesting how change changes our view of things, huh?

Stare all you want. It won’t mind. It’s part of what it’s meant to be, I believe.

By: Holly

Holly — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:12:13 +0000

Nah, you now need to splurge on some of those toy, foam mat blocks that zigsaw together. You can place them on top of just about anything and not have to crawl on the floor.
Then you can carry your blocked project from room to room and drive everyone nuts!

By: ldsvenus

ldsvenus — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:57:24 +0000

You will adjust . I find my life just as busy as it was when all 4 were home, only now I have more room . hehe

By: Momo Fali

Momo Fali — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:49:15 +0000

Aw! This made me kind of sad. I’m not ready for futons! Thank goodness I’ll still have mine around for a few more years.

By: Don Meyer

Don Meyer — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:13:28 +0000

Somebody said it: The only thing that’s constant is change. So enjoy.

Fun -

Humor from Click and Clack:
Someone had written in asking whether a 1974 Ford F-100 pickup could carry a load of rocks she wanted for landscaping. Their advice was negative, saying that the ‘100’ designation meant that it was meant to have a capacity of 1000 pounds.

Tom: Or two and a half mothers-in-law.

Ray: According to our rock insiders, dry gravel weighs around a hundred pounds a cubic foot. That’s heavy.

Tom: If you pile the gravel one foot high , you have 32 cubic feet. That’s 3200 pounds.

Ray: Or four broken springs and two broken axles.

By: Toni Smoky-Mountains

Toni Smoky-Mountains — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:41:56 +0000

I’m going to remove a king-size bed from a room so now, you have me thinkin’ about futons…hmm.

By: Julie

Julie — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:48:27 +0000

I turned my daughter’s room into a sewing room some years ago. My local fabric shop was having a Hallowe’en get-together last Saturday so I decided to dress up as my stash. I emptied three bins of fabric scraps onto the floor and pinned various bits all over a long dress and also a hat. The end result was quite funny and got a lot of attention, mostly people saying “I have that fabric too”. Anyway the point of my story is that after I got back home and walked into my sewing room it was an absolute mess, with fabric bits all over the place. It was a total flashback to the way my lovely (and tidy now) daughter used to keep her room, a big empty closet and clothes all over the floor and furniture. Ah, sweet memories!