Friday, May 04, 2007
Green Couch Burning
Here is the story about the couch.
Jim's mom and dad purchased this couch back in the 70's when the gold and greens were really popular. The couch costed about $600.00 back then. Well, it went into the formal living room when they were in Park Forest IL. The kids were not allowed to sit on it. In fact, Momma Sue had plastic over it. She knew exactly when the kids even got near it. She would tell them, "Don't get near the couch!".
Well when the Alvis' moved to Tennessee it didn't match anything in the living room, so it was retired to the back bedroom. So when Jim and I got married she gave it to us. (By this time the couch was 20 years old. You wouldn't know it, still look brand new). We took it up north with us.
We used it as a couch. When Jim's mom and dad came up for a visit, Jim couldn't resist saying "Look Mom! I am sitting on the couch!".
By the time we were ready to sell the house on Pin Oak Dr in Mahomet, the couch had been loved! So to send it out in style Jim decided to burn it! What else are you going to do a couch that was 30 years old and worn out?
Jim's mom and dad purchased this couch back in the 70's when the gold and greens were really popular. The couch costed about $600.00 back then. Well, it went into the formal living room when they were in Park Forest IL. The kids were not allowed to sit on it. In fact, Momma Sue had plastic over it. She knew exactly when the kids even got near it. She would tell them, "Don't get near the couch!".
Well when the Alvis' moved to Tennessee it didn't match anything in the living room, so it was retired to the back bedroom. So when Jim and I got married she gave it to us. (By this time the couch was 20 years old. You wouldn't know it, still look brand new). We took it up north with us.
We used it as a couch. When Jim's mom and dad came up for a visit, Jim couldn't resist saying "Look Mom! I am sitting on the couch!".
By the time we were ready to sell the house on Pin Oak Dr in Mahomet, the couch had been loved! So to send it out in style Jim decided to burn it! What else are you going to do a couch that was 30 years old and worn out?
# posted by Beth Alvis @ 9:57 PM 
