New couch!

Our new couch was delivered yesterday. It's much more comfortable than our old one.



Since we couldn't donate the old one anywhere (nobody takes ripped, torn, stained, or damaged items as donations), we just took it to the disposal center and kept the pillows from it.



Yeah, so they don't match the new couch at all, but we'll just make some new covers for them. And we probably won't use them all for the couch, we might use some for other purposes.

So, that's the new couch, it's nice to have one that's not ripped anymore.

Furniture shopping

Well, I figured since this is home.blogspot.com, I think I'll write about things in my home.

First is the couch in the family room. It's so old (as old as our house, which is 15 years old this year) that the fabric on it is all torn. I might post a picture or two later.



Both of the cushions are torn, so even if we flipped them over, it wouldn't make a difference. So, to fix it, we've put a blanket on top of it just to hide the rips.



So we went to take a look at furniture to get a new couch, and maybe a bed for one of our spare rooms, or maybe just a sofa bed/sleeper sofa for now until we decide what to do with the spare room.

Anyway, we went to Mor Furniture since they were having a New Years sale... it seems like they always have a different sale every week, so that was the sale for that day. For a place that claims to have "more furniture for less" they really didn't seem to have that wide of a selection. Maybe it was just the store that we went to, so I wonder if their other store will have more inventory.

It was kind of disappointing. Nothing we looked at was a must buy and the prices weren't really that great either.

After that, we went to check out some other furniture stores in the area. There were limited places that were open, especially on New Years day and at almost 8 PM at night. We just peeked through the windows of the Jennifer Convertibles store and then checked out Lane Home Furnishings next door.

Picking out furniture is hard! I think we should just go on one of those TV shows on HGTV or TLC and just have a designer redo our whole family room, not just replace our couch. Maybe I should apply to be on While You Were Out or something.

Ever have a dream...??

Have you ever had a dream that you knew was really cool after you woke up, but then you couldn't remember any of it? I had a dream last night that was all over the place, but the only thing I can remember from it is that it started off with me playing Zack & Wiki for Wii (because I played it for about 4 hours before I went to bed last night). I can usually remember most of my dreams really well, but this one's kind of giving me a tough time.

I wish I could go back in time to this morning when it was still kind of fresh in my mind. Oh well, it's long gone now, unless something triggers my memory of something that happened in the dream, then that'll get my brain going. But for now, nothing's coming to mind.

Man, that thing will vibrate your whole head

The title of this post was taken from a post on a forum I visit, so I can't take any credit for it, but I thought it was fitting with what I'm gonna write about.

UPS delivered my Sonicare Flexcare toothbrush & UV cleaner today. It's my first time using a Sonicare - the only toothbrushes I've ever used before were the manual kinds and the battery operated ones they sell in grocery stores.

Anyway, I let it charge up, and gave it a try tonight. Wow, that's some intense cleaning action! It'll take a bit of getting used to, but I'm really loving it already. I kind of want to just brush my teeth again just so I can use it. After using it just once, I don't know if I could ever go back to using any other toothbrush ever again. And, no, I'm not being paid to write any of this (I wish I was!).

The commercials weren't kidding - it really does give you that "dentist clean" feeling. My teeth have never felt so clean after brushing them.

After brushing, it recommends to put your brush head into the UV cleaner to clean the germs off of it, so I did that. I can't really tell either way if the head is actually cleaner or not though. There's really no way to know unless I put it under a microscope or something. The UV cleaner is really quiet and the only way to know that it's doing anything is from the blue light on the front of the unit and the blinking green light on top. Other than that, you really wouldn't notice that it's doing anything.

Before today, I wouldn't even consider spending so much ($179.99) for just a toothbrush. I still think it's probably way out of a lot of people's price ranges for home dental care, especially since you still have to change the brush heads as often as any other toothbrush (every 3 months). But it works really well and really does get your teeth nice and clean. And, at least for me, it's kind of fun to use.