Lasandra

As promised...I will now introduce you to Lasandra:

This is me and my good friend, Lasandra.
When Rachael and Stephanie and I were getting ready to move in together four years ago, we needed some furniture because we were renting an unfurnished apartment. We had the majority of our stuff except for a couch. Then, Steph remembered her brother Jay had an old couch at their old office that he wasn't using. She said, "It isn't the prettiest thing you ever saw, but it is comfortable." So, she and Rach went and checked it out and decided it would work for a college apartment. We had no idea the love affair that was about to begin.

You see, Lasandra was old when we got her. One of her back legs was missing. After a long debate on our move in day, we decided to take her other back leg off and leave the front two on. So, now we have an overstuffed, well-worn, green couch with a hole or two that is now reclined. We had no idea what we had done. She quickly became the most comfortable couch we had ever sat on! We told everyone about how awesome she was!

Most people were excited for us, but didn't really care to hear about our couch. Then, one weekend, Michael Wilson and Stephen came up for a visit. When Michael first sat on her, I believe his exact words were, "Oh. My. Gosh. This couch is Ahhhhmazzzing!" After he obsessed over our amazing couch for a while, he decided she needed a name. After some thought, because not just any name would do, he decided she needed a very voluptuous name. His first suggestion was Lasandra and it has stuck ever since. That was one of our very first weekends in our new apartment together. So, she has lovingly been known as Lasandra ever since.

Most of our friends have either met or heard of Lasandra. Word travels fast about a comfortable, named couch. Now when people come to our apartment to meet her, most have to pulled away because she sucks them in with her magic. However, there are the rare people who have not had the joy of meeting Lasandra, yet. You can imagine the confusion when we start talking about sitting on or taking a nap on Lasandra. It gets some good reactions from people as they try to figure out who Lasandra is and why we are laying on her.

The majority of the time spent on Lasandra involves sleeping and cuddling. Her magic relies all in the reclining. She is so large and overstuffed that when you sit on her, she sucks you in and quickly puts you to sleep. She is a good snuggler and will allow you to sleep for hours on her!

This year Lasandra, and Stephanie, and I made a move to a new apartment. We decided we had had enough of the green and wanted to dress her up a bit. So, we bought a cover for her. Now, slip covers are expensive and I don't even know that they make ones large enough to fit someone as big as Lasandra. So, we bought a king size sheet for her dress and used the pillow cases to cover her arms. She looks like a completely different couch.
However, since her dress is not fitted, (no one likes to be in a tight dress all the time) it sometimes comes off. Now, the pictures here are not of her completely de-clothed because I would not want to expose her that way on the internet. But, from time to time, she gets pretty rough looking. However, we try to take good care of her and help her get dressed and do her laundry from on a regular basis, especially when guests are coming over.
There is some sad news though, Lasandra is old and getting saggy. She has a hard time staying fluffed up. Her back pillows fall down and get sat on a lot. Her bottom pillows get flat and lumpy. So, we had to admit her to ICU earlier this year and amputate her back two legs. The reclining just made it too hard for her to stay fluffed up. Although, she is not as good as new, she is doing much better. The good news is, she is still very comfy to sit and sleep on. She was losing her comfortableness before she had to go into the hospital and we were afraid the amputation would take that quality away forever. However, she made a full recovery and is still open for long naps and snuggle fests!

Please feel free to come meet, visit, and/or snuggle with Lasandra anytime. She loves meeting new people!