3 posts tagged “new”
Andy went to pick up our new table and chairs today, and our friend and his son came and got grandpa's table. Things couldn't have been timed more perfectly. Andy pulled in with our table and chairs (they all fit in our Vue!) and our friends pulled in just behind him. With how heavy the table is, I'm super glad Andy had help lugging it inside too.
I know I'm biased, but it's gorgeous.
Being a glossy black it also magnifies finger prints too, but oh well.
Here's Stephan drinking some water:
Right now we have the leaf out and the table square, we might shrink it up to a rectangle, we'll see. I love that the leaf stores inside the table! It's also a fun bonus that the table came with a lazy susan ... that could be fun. Hopefully, in the near future we'll be able to get at least two more chairs, but for right now this is perfect. I've been wanting a counter top height table and chairs for a few years now and am ecstatic to finally have one.
The past few weeks have not been the greatest for me, for a few reasons. This weekend Stephan had a few wonderful meltdown moments that were challenging and so unlike him that we are a little concerned about what's going on with him. For about a week or so we've been looking at TVs and debating whether or not we should spend the money on a new TV when our current TV, while a few years old, is really a very good TV.
Thursday was rough at work, dealing with some students with some tough issues coupled with my own stress. I was so over everything. I'd gotten in two nice walks taking a few students to the Federal Reserve and didn't need to head to the gym ... so I went to Sofa Mart. We got our last couch there and I just thought I'd pop in and see what they had. Figured at least I couldn't walk out with anything since it's not like I had hundreds of dollars in my wallet. So I'd get some retail therapy at no apparent cost.
Ha.
I wandered through the whole store, well, the half with non-leather furniture, and sat in several couches. Found one that I really liked and texted Andy. He was going to check out a couch/loveseat combo on sale at JCP on his way home Friday that while cheap, might have been just that, cheap. Our current couch, also purchased at Sofa Mart (only about 9 years ago) has been great, we loved that it was long and deep and had a high back. So I wanted similar features in a new couch. I've also been coveting a chaise lounge, though not sure one would really fit in our space. The "jigsaw" getup was a perfect mix of everything I wanted!
Andy was not super impressed with the couch/loveseat at JCP, and we weren't sure fitting that much furniture in our living room was a good idea anyway. We went to check out the couch at Sofa Mart Friday and he liked it too. As we were still debating the TV thing and couldn't do both, we decided to wait on the couch and check out TVs. After looking at TVs we decided that a couch was the better use of funds. Maybe come Christmas or next year's Super Bowl/March Madness, we'll be able to get something for a good deal. We went back to Sofa Mart Saturday morning and bought the couch. They are quick with delivery and got it here this afternoon.
I love, love, LOVE it and a friend with a truck is going to help us get the old couch to Goodwill so we'll get a little tax credit on that next year. Can't wait to put Stephan to bed and snuggle up with Andy to watch a movie ... or the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency and Chuck we have on the DVR.
And one more from the store. They had these cute little toddler chairs ... not worth the $130 but cute all the same.
My iPod made it!
Not without some drama of course. I had my MOPS meeting and put the signature authorization on the door and the FedEx guy didn’t see it so he had to come back again … HOORAY for Andy getting it all worked out while I was at my meeting!
Of course that means that now I am uploading several thousand songs before we leave for FL. This is an interesting process since we make backup discs and all the songs are not stored on the computer normally. So I have to reload them into iTunes and then put them on my iPod and then delete them from iTunes again. We have 33 back up disks! If only I had a better computer, but that must wait till the "stimulus" check (aka: gas refund) comes in a few months.
So here's what it looks like now ... I know, not exciting.
I'm also hoping to put some photos on it as well, we'll see how much time the songs take. Nothing like this is ever devoid of drama, and like Andy said, it's taken three years to get this stuff all on our iPods and here I am wanting it done in an afternoon ... HAH!
At least Stephan is still sleeping, but we'll see how long that lasts. For now, I'm going to go get a book and wait productively.
