Tieing up some loose ends

Ok I admit it...it has been a week or so since I've written. The snow and a head cold coupled with sales conference have sucked up the oxygen in my life lately. So today I thought I would give you an update on some past posts and tie up some loose ends.
The science fair project came to an end with my son Peyton and I creatively decorating the big tri-fold poster board thingy that everyone has to use. My son had taken pictures of the different houses sitting in my tub getting wet and we taped them to the board and added a border. Done. Complete. Finished. Not so fast...he got an A and is now on his way to the city-wide competition?!? I'll keep you posted.
Regarding the lay-z-boy...for those of you following me on facebook, you know that we spent an entire weekend searching for the replacement. We went to four furniture stores and sat in every recliner they had available. But the recliners had to meet very stringent requirements. The foot rest had to come up part way and stop so that my husband can sit with knees slightly bent to support a popcorn bowl for movie night. The back had to lay all the way down for Sunday afternoon naps. the arm rests had to be at the right height for elbows supporting a newspaper and the seat needed to be wide enough to comfortably fit a wider girth.
Add to that the "lap board" he built with cup holder and mouse so that he can sit in his chair and play Farmville on his laptop.
We found the perfect chair and it was the lay-z-boy store...hidden in a far corner with a dim bulb overhead (think the Charlie Brown Christmas Tree) was the chair. And lo and behold it was the same chair...but worse fabric. My opportunity to finally be rid of the brown corduroy chair has just gone south. The opportunity to instill some sense of grace and style into or living room...gone forever.
It arrives in less than 2 weeks.