636Benjamin » La-Z-Boy http://636benjamin.com The Official Blog of 636Benjamin Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:46:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Sweetness and sadness today http://636benjamin.com/2009/08/sweetness-and-sadness-today/ http://636benjamin.com/2009/08/sweetness-and-sadness-today/#comments Sun, 09 Aug 2009 02:00:53 +0000 636benjamin http://636benjamin.com/?p=14 Today was a good day (insert random Ice Cube lyric here).  I slept until noon. That is always a great way to start the day. I called Janelle, because we were supposed to pick up two La-Z-Boys today from a high school friend’s parents anytime after 10am. So, I made some coffee and hit the road. We successfully got two nice recliners for her apartment, but then when we got home, we had to make room for them. One of the two futons she had has got to go. We debated putting a status on Facebook, but in the end decided to set it in the alley. I gave it under 24 hours to be still sitting there, it was a nice futon, but it didn’t even last 6 hours. Awesome. Congratulations to the winner of a free (cat peed on) futon. Now we have to rearrange the living room to make this all work. Shouldn’t be too hard. And yes, they are very comfortable.

So, then it was on to my place to continue my bi-annual (at best) deep cleaning of my place. Today’s mission: Kitchen, bathroom and finish the living room. I started going through boxes of junk I had in the living room, pitching stuff that at one time I thought very important to keep forever (plastic stethoscope, Xtreme Radio air freshener, sparkly rock, among a lot of other things). Among all that stuff was nearly every ticket stub for anything I have ever been too. There were several DC Talk concert tickets, a Ratt ticket, countless Blues and Cardinals tickets (including some Blues 1993 playoff tickets) and a ton of movie stubs. Someday I plan to make a scrapbook, if I ever get artsy. It’d be awesome.

Among the gems I found, were some noted to a speech I apparently gave to someone at some point. I only found note cards 2-6, but the basis of the speech surrounded the history and awesomeness of Petra. Then I moved on to DC Talk, who, I noted, was my favorite band of all time. I finished this stellar speech with Michael Whittaker Smith (his website also has a section called SmittyTV. I recommend you check it out. I also just told Janelle I would probably resemble a 13 year old girl at a New Kids concert in the mid 90s if I ever met him even today), my favorite artist of all time. And yes, I made the distinction that DC Talk is a band and MWS is a soloist, which is how they can both be my all time favorites. It must have been the best speech ever.

So, I threw away a whole trach can full of stuff, and consolidated 4 big boxes into 2 small ones. Success. I also cleaned my shower (while I showered), but I left the rest of the bathroom and kitchen to (hopefully) tomorrow. Still a successful day. But I mentioned sorrow in the title. So, what was sorrowful? Let me show you.

It was a sad day at this Muehleisen house.

It was a sad day at this Muehleisen house.

Yes, today I took down my Christmas tree. For those that don’t know, its been up for 4 years. It was a great conversation piece. But, I think it might have been a good call to take it down. It was caked with dust. It was time. I still have a few Christmas lights up though, so it’s still always Christmas at my house.

Now, I’m gonna help Janelle rearrange the living room, then enjoy some delightful taco salad. Great night coming, it’ll probably include some Skeet.

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