Beneath the Wraps

           I’ve been searching through flash drives in search for some misplaced memory pages I had designed for Jaime.   During my search I have come across scads of photos in which I see different pieces of furniture in the background. Steven on the lap of my grandpa Ralph          This couch for instance was reupholstered three different times.   This is how it looked as I was growing up.   The second makeover had similar flowers but in green and orange.   The final also had a green/orange theme but with birds.   It was my least favorite of the three. same couch in background - the final makeover          The painting above was removed when mom went into assisted living.   I heard that my niece had taken the couch.         There is this photo which my brother had posted to his wall and wrote memories about each of the items on the knickkna...

             It’s been just over three and a half years since we had made the purchase of our reclining couch and chair – something that had invited comfort in the showroom.   We didn’t realize the furniture had been created over extremely heavy frame that would misshape each time it was moved.   Thus, coming out to Oregon really took a toll on our misshapen couch each time it was moved.   It’s sad that it’s value had depreciated so quickly.   We feel so gipped.   But what can we do?   We have looked to replace our pathetic couch, but it’s not a priority.   There are two other issues at hand.             First there is the matter of the car that my mom had purchased brand new, however Roland and I put more miles on the car than she ever did.  We had borrowed it to go on long trips thus it had quite a bit of mileage on it before we had purchased it....