So selling all our furniture last May to embark on a yearlong journey around the world was awesome, except now we’re back to “normal” life and we have no furniture! It’s kinda developed into an emergency situation, since Rob starts school on Monday and Amy's studio opens on the 20th, in which people will be coming into our house. We have clothes thrown all over the place. There are boxes of homeless books just waiting for a place to live. It’s been awful. The only thing we’ve bought since we moved in were some pretty sweet couches off craigslist. Other than that, it’s been pretty bare-bones around here.
So what’s the answer? IKEA!! The closest one to us is in Cincinnati, so we decided to take our first out-of-town adventure and make it into an Ikea run.
Want to know how to make a 30-year old woman break down into a 2-year old tantrum? Leave her at Ikea for 7 hours! Yep, we were there for 7 HOURS! It was a marathon. Literally, since we had to sprint to the finish. The store was closing and we still we hadn’t picked up all our items. We were the last ones to check out and to load our car. They even turned off all the parking lot lights. Any of you who have been to Ikea can probably relate.
So about half-way through, Amy got “the angries” which means that nice, pleasant Amy has gone MIA and angry Amy emerges. She stares down Rob in a sort of, “Careful, mister, I could rip your throat out” sort of way, starts complaining, pouting, and is on the verge of throwing herself on the floor and screaming. Rob just slowly backed up, raised his hands in surrender, and led us straight to the nearest food court. The angries are no match to snack time, and wouldn’t you know it? Ikea not only has every furniture item you could ever want in your house, they also have a yummy cafeteria and bistro. Haleluja!! We were both saved from craziness.
So here’s what we left with: 2 dressers, 3 desks, two tables, a bar (for mixing drinks in the dining room), a storage unit, and many décor items and random useful crap.
What happens now? We get to spend the rest of our weekend assembling furniture! Spare a thought for us whenever you’re enjoying that nicely assembled table or desk at your home. At that very moment, we’ll be screwing ours together, pouring with sweat, and missing the Olympics. But don’t worry, we’ll have plenty of snacks to keep Amy in check, and Rob will be well-beered, which will make things interesting! :)
Oh, and P.S. - Amy's studio website is now up! Check it out at www.studioRmusic.com.
Also, this blog will have a new look soon, so be ready for that!
Happy Saturday, everyone!
So what’s the answer? IKEA!! The closest one to us is in Cincinnati, so we decided to take our first out-of-town adventure and make it into an Ikea run.
Want to know how to make a 30-year old woman break down into a 2-year old tantrum? Leave her at Ikea for 7 hours! Yep, we were there for 7 HOURS! It was a marathon. Literally, since we had to sprint to the finish. The store was closing and we still we hadn’t picked up all our items. We were the last ones to check out and to load our car. They even turned off all the parking lot lights. Any of you who have been to Ikea can probably relate.
So about half-way through, Amy got “the angries” which means that nice, pleasant Amy has gone MIA and angry Amy emerges. She stares down Rob in a sort of, “Careful, mister, I could rip your throat out” sort of way, starts complaining, pouting, and is on the verge of throwing herself on the floor and screaming. Rob just slowly backed up, raised his hands in surrender, and led us straight to the nearest food court. The angries are no match to snack time, and wouldn’t you know it? Ikea not only has every furniture item you could ever want in your house, they also have a yummy cafeteria and bistro. Haleluja!! We were both saved from craziness.
So here’s what we left with: 2 dressers, 3 desks, two tables, a bar (for mixing drinks in the dining room), a storage unit, and many décor items and random useful crap.
What happens now? We get to spend the rest of our weekend assembling furniture! Spare a thought for us whenever you’re enjoying that nicely assembled table or desk at your home. At that very moment, we’ll be screwing ours together, pouring with sweat, and missing the Olympics. But don’t worry, we’ll have plenty of snacks to keep Amy in check, and Rob will be well-beered, which will make things interesting! :)
Oh, and P.S. - Amy's studio website is now up! Check it out at www.studioRmusic.com.
Also, this blog will have a new look soon, so be ready for that!
Happy Saturday, everyone!
Yep, that's a lot of stuff. Muchas cosas!
A workday needs to start with an awesome breakfast - shape pancakes! Rob made me a heart and a smiley face.
Rob, of course, made a Brontosaurus.
