Friday, December 31, 2010
Monday, December 13, 2010
Bring Back the Fabulous
Well, lately my life has been lacking just a little bit of fabulousness. Remember on my last post I was discussing my new fabulous furniture and it's quick arrival...well it didn't happen exactly that way. Rooms to Go was not able to make that delivery, they called and said that some of the furniture would arrive on Friday, December 3 and the rest of it would be delivered on the following Tuesday, December 7. I told them that I was not able to take off two days of work to get the furniture so I would just wait until the 7th and get all of my furniture. I then asked if I would be able to pick up my t.v. which was part of the promotion on Saturday or did I need to wait until Sunday. The operator on the phone informed me that I would not be able to pick up the t.v. until 5 BUSINESS days after my furniture delivery...which makes it Tuesday December 14. I was a little sad but it was ok.
Jump to Monday, December 6. I receive a phone call late afternoon telling me all of my furniture would be delivered the next day except the chair. The chair would be delivered on Tuesday, December 14. I told them that was not possible because I had scheduled the delivery this way so that I would not have to take off work 2 days. It is a VERY busy time of year in kindergarten and I NEED to be there. So not sympathetically at all, in fact rather flippantly, she told me ok then we will deliver the chair on Saturday, December 18. AS IF this would be fine with me and that her job was done. I WAS DISPLEASED, AGGRIVATED, and DISAPPOINTED! And she didn't even care. Circumstances being what they were I had no choice but to call my mother and vent to her. She very calmly stated, "Angie, you can't sit on three things at once. Just sit on the couch and the loveseat until the chair comes." Well, I'm sure if I could have understood what she was saying I would have been offended that she was not as appalled as I was but no worries there because she was now speaking a language I am not fluent in...the language of logic.
So, I get myself home and am working to remove things from my living room like picture frames, laptop, etc. things that will be in the way when my dad comes with his truck to pick up the old furniture in my living room. Then I receive another phone call from my mom to say that my dad's truck is still in the shop and dad can't move the furniture out! PANIC mode! So I figured, fine we'll just slide this stuff out to the patio. I then left my home to go to mom's for dinner. When it was time to get back to my house my dad was coming with me and states that he is trying to come up with an idea to just move furniture around in my house so that all of my new and old furniture will fit. We worked, and worked, and worked! It made me so sad that at one point I did actually break down because things just weren't going the way I pictured them in my little mind.
But the furniture did come on Tuesday! I was so excited! I LOVE IT!!!!! Unfortunately, dad's truck is STILL in the shop and therefore my old furniture is still combined with the new furniture and did I mention I thought I would also unpack ALL my Christmas decorations!It is amazing that I would think the perfect answer to my situation would be to add a little holiday chaos! But I did because I just had to see my decor with my new furniture and I needed to see the Christmas decorations in the kitchen since this year it is painted like I wanted it!
The GOOD NEWS is it looks like the fabulousness is on a direct path to my front door! My dad's truck is supposed to be fixed tomorrow and my brother is off work so supposedly my old furniture will exit my home! Hurray! The next thing to look forward to is my dad said he will try his best to pick up my t.v. on Wednesday! Then on Saturday (4 weeks later than originally thought) my chair will be delivered! So if you can stand it wait for the last bit of good news...Friday is the last day of school before Christmas break! So I have 2 full weeks of vacation with a house full of new furniture, a new t.v. to catch up on all my dvr-ed shows, Christmas decorating finished, and now time to finish up my shopping, wrapping all my presents (for others), and some Christmas baking, and of course cramming in all my favorite holiday movies!
Yes, I can't wait...Here comes the FABULOUS!
Jump to Monday, December 6. I receive a phone call late afternoon telling me all of my furniture would be delivered the next day except the chair. The chair would be delivered on Tuesday, December 14. I told them that was not possible because I had scheduled the delivery this way so that I would not have to take off work 2 days. It is a VERY busy time of year in kindergarten and I NEED to be there. So not sympathetically at all, in fact rather flippantly, she told me ok then we will deliver the chair on Saturday, December 18. AS IF this would be fine with me and that her job was done. I WAS DISPLEASED, AGGRIVATED, and DISAPPOINTED! And she didn't even care. Circumstances being what they were I had no choice but to call my mother and vent to her. She very calmly stated, "Angie, you can't sit on three things at once. Just sit on the couch and the loveseat until the chair comes." Well, I'm sure if I could have understood what she was saying I would have been offended that she was not as appalled as I was but no worries there because she was now speaking a language I am not fluent in...the language of logic.
So, I get myself home and am working to remove things from my living room like picture frames, laptop, etc. things that will be in the way when my dad comes with his truck to pick up the old furniture in my living room. Then I receive another phone call from my mom to say that my dad's truck is still in the shop and dad can't move the furniture out! PANIC mode! So I figured, fine we'll just slide this stuff out to the patio. I then left my home to go to mom's for dinner. When it was time to get back to my house my dad was coming with me and states that he is trying to come up with an idea to just move furniture around in my house so that all of my new and old furniture will fit. We worked, and worked, and worked! It made me so sad that at one point I did actually break down because things just weren't going the way I pictured them in my little mind.
But the furniture did come on Tuesday! I was so excited! I LOVE IT!!!!! Unfortunately, dad's truck is STILL in the shop and therefore my old furniture is still combined with the new furniture and did I mention I thought I would also unpack ALL my Christmas decorations!It is amazing that I would think the perfect answer to my situation would be to add a little holiday chaos! But I did because I just had to see my decor with my new furniture and I needed to see the Christmas decorations in the kitchen since this year it is painted like I wanted it!
The GOOD NEWS is it looks like the fabulousness is on a direct path to my front door! My dad's truck is supposed to be fixed tomorrow and my brother is off work so supposedly my old furniture will exit my home! Hurray! The next thing to look forward to is my dad said he will try his best to pick up my t.v. on Wednesday! Then on Saturday (4 weeks later than originally thought) my chair will be delivered! So if you can stand it wait for the last bit of good news...Friday is the last day of school before Christmas break! So I have 2 full weeks of vacation with a house full of new furniture, a new t.v. to catch up on all my dvr-ed shows, Christmas decorating finished, and now time to finish up my shopping, wrapping all my presents (for others), and some Christmas baking, and of course cramming in all my favorite holiday movies!
Yes, I can't wait...Here comes the FABULOUS!
Saturday, November 20, 2010
New Furniture
Well, today was a big day! I just got brand new living room furniture! I am so very excited! I cannot wait to see it in my living room. It is currently scheduled to be delivered December 15, however; the sales associate assured me he would try his best to get it to me next week. While this is good news it does prevent a few problems. I asked him exactly when he thought it might be, and he said the day after Thanksgiving. He did say very honestly that he wanted me to get my furniture early for my pleasure but also because the sooner I get my furniture, the sooner he gets his money from the sale. Anyway, as the excitement lit up my face a very real force of panic went through my body. There are 2 problems with this scenario.
Problem #1:
The day after Thanksgiving is BLACK FRIDAY! I have serious intentions of doing so CHRISTMAS SHOPPING! It is a huge tradition with my mom, my sister, and myself. We start at o'dark o'clock (6 a.m.)and go all day, finishing up by about 8 or 9 o'clock. It is an exhausting and exhilarating day all rolled into one! Now should the helpful associate come through and get me the FABULOUS furniture early, this shopping excursion I speak of will be interrupted...this is tragic, but it does have a good payoff!
Problem #2:
This is what sent the panic coursing through me! Once I get the new furniture it is my plan to move my treadmill into the guest bedroom. This is a fantastic plan because I really don't care for it in the living room. It is an intimidating plan because the guest bedroom is in a slight state of disarray. I mean it was in perfect condition then I had to swap dressers and somehow there was not a smooth transition with the clothing, meaning all the clothes that came out of the dresser did not make it back into the new dresser. This means there are some clothes on the bed. A few months ago my neighbor's home flooded from rain and it leaked all into my bedroom. My landlord had to come in move all the furniture out and put big fans to dry the carpet. Well a lot of the items had to come out of the bedroom and naturally they were moved to the spare bedroom and for some reason are still there. Another problem is I decided to organize my purses. Well I pulled all of them (maybe a few too many) out and am still contemplating an effective way to organize them. So...my week of vacation will be spent cleaning, organizing, sorting, and purging items I do not need anymore. I love to organize and I love a clean house so this is a good thing. I do know myself well enough to know that the only problem with all this is that I get distracted so easily. While I am putting things away I get interested in them and stop to find a new and better use of them, and so forth. But perhaps I will be more successful this week since I have an actual deadline. I am not free to just go through things in my own sweet time, instead I am on Rooms To Go time! So wish me well, I will definitely need it!
Problem #1:
The day after Thanksgiving is BLACK FRIDAY! I have serious intentions of doing so CHRISTMAS SHOPPING! It is a huge tradition with my mom, my sister, and myself. We start at o'dark o'clock (6 a.m.)and go all day, finishing up by about 8 or 9 o'clock. It is an exhausting and exhilarating day all rolled into one! Now should the helpful associate come through and get me the FABULOUS furniture early, this shopping excursion I speak of will be interrupted...this is tragic, but it does have a good payoff!
Problem #2:
This is what sent the panic coursing through me! Once I get the new furniture it is my plan to move my treadmill into the guest bedroom. This is a fantastic plan because I really don't care for it in the living room. It is an intimidating plan because the guest bedroom is in a slight state of disarray. I mean it was in perfect condition then I had to swap dressers and somehow there was not a smooth transition with the clothing, meaning all the clothes that came out of the dresser did not make it back into the new dresser. This means there are some clothes on the bed. A few months ago my neighbor's home flooded from rain and it leaked all into my bedroom. My landlord had to come in move all the furniture out and put big fans to dry the carpet. Well a lot of the items had to come out of the bedroom and naturally they were moved to the spare bedroom and for some reason are still there. Another problem is I decided to organize my purses. Well I pulled all of them (maybe a few too many) out and am still contemplating an effective way to organize them. So...my week of vacation will be spent cleaning, organizing, sorting, and purging items I do not need anymore. I love to organize and I love a clean house so this is a good thing. I do know myself well enough to know that the only problem with all this is that I get distracted so easily. While I am putting things away I get interested in them and stop to find a new and better use of them, and so forth. But perhaps I will be more successful this week since I have an actual deadline. I am not free to just go through things in my own sweet time, instead I am on Rooms To Go time! So wish me well, I will definitely need it!
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Life is Good
I love my life. I don't have a perfect life and in fact, it is quite chaotic at the moment. It is absolutely slam packed right now. However, I love it! I am thankful for it, because even though it doesn't leave me a whole lot of free time it reminds me of all that I have been blessed with in this fabulous life. I have a big family that is unbelievably close and we spend as much time together as possible, I have many friends that support me, laugh with me, listen to me, encourage me, and even cry with me when necessary. I have a job that I absolutely LOVE and I also love the people I work with, they make work FUN! I have a church that I am proud to be a part of and involved in and I have a home that I can call my own that offers me refuge. I am able to pay my bills, and I am healthy. Actually, at this point I am a bit too healthy which I am currently working on-and it is a slow process! I have always led a full life and circumstances being what they are I have learned to appreciate what I have-big things, and little things and this is how I have come to view my life as FABULOUS!
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