Yesterday a guy bought our old couches. They came to pick them up around 4:30 and Isabella watched them load them on to the truck. "Where they going with our couches?" She asked. I told her they bought them and they were taking them home. "Oh. Bye bye couches!" she said.
Later, I went to Ikea to buy the couch that we had looked at on Wednesday. I planned to buy it and have them deliver it on Sunday. If you've never been to Ikea before, it's a huge store with an amazing maze of furniture. You pick what you want, then go in to the warehouse and find where it's located, put it on a cart, and take it to the check out. The same was true of the couch!
I found it, had to put it on a flat bed cart (vertically) and then pick out the cover that goes with it. You can buy a choice of 7 covers for this couch, so if you get tired of it or if it gets dirty you can get a new cover for much less than a whole new couch. I got mine and then managed to get the cart with the 7 foot long (or tall in this case) couch up to the checkout where the woman scanned it and I paid for it. She then told me that I should take it over to the home delivery department to get it delivered. I went over and the woman told me that since it was 8:10 and the cutoff was 8pm, that they couldn't deliver it on Sunday. She said they'd be happy to bring it on Monday though. I explained that I wouldn't be home on Monday so they'd have to bring it Tuesday. "Oh no, sorry, we can't do that. Only Monday." "Great," I said. "What should I do with this then?" She then suggested that I take it home on my CAR. They have everything you need to tie it down to the roof, and they'd be happy to help me lift it up. I thought she was crazy, but what the heck. I went out with the couch and they put it up on top. I had plenty of twine to tie it down and when I was done I was reasonably sure it would not go anywhere. I drove home via the back way about 30mph the whole way but I made it with no problem.
I got home and our neighbor Michale helped me get it down and in to the living room. Here it is on the car, and then in the living room after we put the cover on it.
When Isabella came down today, she walked in and said, "Whoa! Where's our other red couch?" We used to have a couch and loveseat, but now we only have a couch since we are wanting the living room to look bigger for selling the house. She was pretty sure that we should have another one to go where the old one was.
I found it, had to put it on a flat bed cart (vertically) and then pick out the cover that goes with it. You can buy a choice of 7 covers for this couch, so if you get tired of it or if it gets dirty you can get a new cover for much less than a whole new couch. I got mine and then managed to get the cart with the 7 foot long (or tall in this case) couch up to the checkout where the woman scanned it and I paid for it. She then told me that I should take it over to the home delivery department to get it delivered. I went over and the woman told me that since it was 8:10 and the cutoff was 8pm, that they couldn't deliver it on Sunday. She said they'd be happy to bring it on Monday though. I explained that I wouldn't be home on Monday so they'd have to bring it Tuesday. "Oh no, sorry, we can't do that. Only Monday." "Great," I said. "What should I do with this then?" She then suggested that I take it home on my CAR. They have everything you need to tie it down to the roof, and they'd be happy to help me lift it up. I thought she was crazy, but what the heck. I went out with the couch and they put it up on top. I had plenty of twine to tie it down and when I was done I was reasonably sure it would not go anywhere. I drove home via the back way about 30mph the whole way but I made it with no problem.
I got home and our neighbor Michale helped me get it down and in to the living room. Here it is on the car, and then in the living room after we put the cover on it.
When Isabella came down today, she walked in and said, "Whoa! Where's our other red couch?" We used to have a couch and loveseat, but now we only have a couch since we are wanting the living room to look bigger for selling the house. She was pretty sure that we should have another one to go where the old one was.
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