Family & Friends,

During Sunday’s Super Bowl game I remembered that the couch I was sitting on was purchased for the last super bowl.  This CLASSIC from Jan 31, 2009 remembers the purchase of this beauty.

The men of Aslan’s How recently informed me that it was God’s will for us to get a new couch, and leather would be nice.  The quest was Thursday. We manned two trucks and convoyed to IKEA, the labyrinth disguised as a store.  En route we tried to title our trip.  We considered,  “Couch Quest”,  “Furniture Foray,”  “Aslan’s Assault” and “Epic Adventure”.  At the door, a lady offered us a store map.  Joe said, “We are men.  We don’t need maps.”  I started to say, “Old men like maps.”  But, before I could speak, the guys gave a group fist pump and Seth cried, “The Couch-pedition of 09 has begun.”  I received new strength and surged like a young man in search of the coveted Ektorp SO-3 in bas dark brown.  I thought Ektorp might be a Swedish swear word so I just called it , The Big Unit.   We prowled up to the big unit and, when no one was looking, we man tested it.  Then, Carl lounged on it and produced a Zzzzz sound.  It was both strong and comfortable, not that men need comfort.  We also decisively selected a mattress, the Sultan Hedfors 5000, of course.

We marched toward IKEA’s cavernous warehouse, the same place where the raiders stored the lost ark.  Since we got a $50 credit for the mattress, we bought it first and then started all over again, using the $50 toward the big unit.  With several further discounts, the transaction got so gnarly that a long line formed behind us.  After we finished, I apologized to the restless crowd.  “Sorry we took so long, but IT WAS WORTH IT!”  One man [I’m not kidding] gave us a fist pump that resembled the powerful Aslan’s How fist pump.  The big unit arrived from storage on rollers.  The guys pushed it faster and too fast simulating the Jamaican bobsled team.  We rejected their delivery service, because we are, Men with Trucks.  We also are men with compression straps to hold the big stuff from falling out of the back of our trucks.  After cracking a door jam and scraping off some unneeded paint, the big unit settled into the living room.  The Couchpedition of 09 was fiat accompli, and now the seven men of the How are ready for Super Bowl Sunday.

G

Next Aslan’s How Tour Marach 6, 2010 (11 am) room for 20.
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