Feb 29 2008

Ikea and the Manx

29022008148.jpgWell folk, there’s just so much you can screw up, and Ikea screwed up this time.. An Anaboda drawer set, with the baseboard all crazy-screwed. You can see where the feet are supposed to be, and how the feet *actually look..*

29022008151.jpgMan, it’s been a rough day for me. We picked up the glass from our fireplace that *I* broke. The new glass cost a freaking 600kr (100$). And the rugs I wanted to buy, they were all sold out. And I didn’t get the trash-fan frame for under the sink I desparately need, AND my drawer set is all screwy.

Some days.. Just some days.. Bite my big fat butt!img_0005.jpg

Edit> Okay, I’ll admit it, I panicked early… I’m pretty darn tired already, and didn’t realize that  the white side of the baseboard actually faces *up*, and not down towards the feet. Sure enough, on the other side of the board, were holes that looked quite proper and *not* drilled by a guy high on weed. X3 For quite a while I was thinking that my drawers must have been assembled close to the pusher street in Christiania!

Some nice stuff happened today though… Marina, the wife of my hubby’s brother, played her first two games of Backgammon with me today, and had a hoot of it. She ended up ‘kicking’  my butt on the second round, and teasing me silly with counting out every move. X3 In her homeland she’s basically grown up without company with her peers due to epilepsy keeping her home, and never really played games, because the religious folk over there think all card games are gambling. Really awkwards, but thank goodness I know a relatively simple game that’s card-and-text free. I get a feeling I’ll be harassed for more games by her. ^^

Oh, and dad just called. Yay, familyfutzing!

Feb 26 2008

Moving in, Day 7

Today we got our dining room table and chairs in, and Mike’s dek and stuff. I painted the whole silly place, but now it’s looking great! We’re buying wooden blinds for the room on friday. It should turn out really nice.

The fur hanging is alpaca wool from naturally-dead critters in South America. We bought it on our ‘honeymoon’ weekend in 2002 right after we got married May 18th - hubby got a wife for his birthday, which is May 19th. ^^ It was thanks to my long-working grandmother that we had funds for a hotel room and we sorta lounged easy until it was time to fly home to denmark. ^^;

Chalcara off-color print 

The wall hanging, proper 

Easy chair corner 

Hubbybutt

Feb 22 2008

In the midst of moving

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Written by :: Illys
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What can I say but wow? I’m up after four hours of sleep just now. It’s nine in the morning, and I have boxes and bags of stuff that I loaded myself last night in preparation for one of the many trips we’re making in moving. Up til this point it’s really been Mike’s work and the family’s, (more…)