Posts by Brandie:
We don’t need no stinkin’ instructions
My dad came to town to pick up some materials for a home construction he is overseeing. With him, came a 26′ goose neck trailer. So I asked if he would be willing to help me bring some furniture up to my house from IKEA.
Many, many carton lugging sore muscles later, Dave and I were constructing Cailin’s new bed EXCEPT there were no instructions.
No reason to panic, surely the instructions were posted to the web.
Yes and no. Yes, IKEA does post many of the instructions to the web…but no, not this bed. 🙁
Here is where past experience as an IKEA furniture installer comes in handy (oh, and Dave’s too -he has hung around me way too long – I think when he reaches 5 years they will Saint him.). Anyway, we layed out all the pieces and proceeded to put together the bed. There were just a few mishaps, which were fixed without much ado.
It turned out awesome…and there were only a few leftover pieces. 🙂
In fact, it turned out so well, my daughter spent most of the day and the evening in her bed. She has been reading, building Legos and playing on the Internet in Migoland.
So we now know that we don’t need no stinkin’ instructions! Amen!
But we are glad to have them for everything else…
Concrete and Neighbors
Wow, what a busy few days. Spring break is always that time to shake off winter and start preparing for summer. In Phoenix, spring doesn’t change much in the weather department (we only have two seasons, hot and hell). But up north, in the mountains, there are signs of spring. The tree next to my driveway has […]
Random Friday
Maybe Friday’s seem like a great day to consider Random topics… Like, my heart and prayers go out to those in Japan and to those bracing for impact in Hawaii. So many things we can’t control from some giant Jumanji board (I wonder who is winning) seems like just a lot of losing down here sometimes. On to […]
Gadget Gal Strikes Again!
I am a gadget gal. I freely admit this and don’t wish to “recover”. That said, I took the plung today and picked up a new Windows Phone. This was by no means a rash purchase, in fact, I tried to buy one several months ago but the guy at the T-Mobile store kept telling […]
Hollywood Good Eggs
We all know why it happens, but as we are bombarded with Charlie Sheen nonsense, I couldn’t help notice there just isn’t enough good press for the good eggs in Hollywood. There are TV and movie actors that seem to do a really good job of living a “normal” life. Granted, normal is all relative, but these […]
The Trouble with Legos
You probably thought I was going to talk about how those infernal little bricks hurt when you step on them as you make your way across the living room. Yes, that is a problem, but the trouble I am really talking about is how boyey they are and that they are apparently more addictive than meth. I have […]
Great weekend!
I have to say this past weekend was a terrific one. I did not get to go up north to the cabin, but it was more than made up for in our activities. The terrific-ness began on Friday when Dave walked into Nate’s with a Vitamin Shop bag handing it over and telling me we were […]
Random musings
Have you ever noticed that some days are harder than others just to put one foot in front of the other? Breath in and out, in and out, the weekend is coming… Do you remember a time when you didn’t have to worry about anyone but yourself? Really? Funny thing was, we probably weren’t really […]
You get what you measure to…
Expect to see this in other places because it is such a common issue that it bears pointing out to any audience that I have captive… Last weekend Dave and I ran to get a bite to eat at a local fast food restaurant (I will omit the name to protect the guilty). We were there in […]