I was planning to load the futon into my pickup today and take it over to the Goodwill and claim a very nice deduction on next year's tax form. It has a great mattress, one of the high-quality hand-made cotton filled ones, Japanese style. But before I'd moved it out, an email came via Craig's List asking about it. They live in the next town down. So after a couple of bogus answers from folks who wanted to run a scam with money orders, a mother and son from the Crowley came and looked, we moved it around so they could see how it goes into various shapes, and they carted it off. I lowered my price by $25. A donation price would have probably been near double, because you can't buy these cheaply, but I'd have gotten credit for a fraction of the donation, so I'm still ahead this way.

While its absence doesn't actually make an echo in the room, it feels less cluttered. It was a functional piece, and we did sit on it occasionally, but we have lots of other stuff to sit on around here. :)

That sets my weekend off to a good start!

SRS