It Came!!

Well, after a large rainstorm and 2 hour power outage, our furniture arrived. Yes, there are problems, we need to return the coffee table and a few of the couch coushins, but at least it arrived. We still need to move the old couches out to the street for trash, but at least we can relax for a while on our new ones, at least until we get the replacements.

And here it is:
And another view...

Rooms to Come

Ok, here is the new living room story.
After spending all that time at Rooms To Go Saturday, with a new salesperson (we were his first sale I think) we arrived home pooped. Brooke started getting nervous looking over the itemized invoice. We had ordered taupe couches and the invoice said Peat. No real problem since online they didn't have a peat sofa listed, only taupe, so possibly online and in store had different names. When looking a the coffee table portion, it said "sofa table." Distinct difference between the two. So, upon putting in the skew number from the invoice into the online site, nothing came up. I figured possibly online had different skews as well, but got a little nervous when i found the coffee table and end tables we really wanted with an entirely different skew. Seemed all sofa tables started with a different first 4 digits than all coffee tables did.
I decided to call Sunday when they opened and have our guy look over the invoice and assure that what we ordered is what we are getting. After looking over it he said not to worry, all was correct. I argued a little but not much I could do, he was looking at the item in the store and all I had was online with different skews. I felt a little nervous but decided to trust him.
Monday rolled around and Brooke decided we should add a second end table to the order, we had left it off because we didn't think we had room, but found space for it. I called RTG Monday and spoke with our salesman and he was excited to add the table and lamp, and would call if we needed to do anything extra. 10 minutes later he called Brooke and said that we would have to come into the store (1 hour away) to re-sign the paperwork. Brooke asked if he could fax it to me and I could sign and fax back, that flustered him a bit and he said he would have to check with management. I called him back to check about 10 minutes after he talked to Brooke and he was apologetic and said he was wrong all along, the coffee table order was incorrect as I had previously suspected, and that we now owed $35 more on the order than expected. Fine, not that big of a deal, but i was kind of upset because i pushed the issue with him on the phone Sunday telling him i was pretty sure he was wrong, and he assured me he wasn't. So now we owe extra, plus more for the second end table. He gave me the total that we now owed and asked if I had a calculator so i could figure out tax for him... Why me????? Ok, i asked what tax was. He told me 7% and said to just multiply the amount he gave me by 1.7 and that would give me what he owed. I said, actually you mean 1.07, he of course argued and said "trust me, it is 1.7", so I obliged, knowing there is no arguing with this guy anymore. When I said ok, we owe you 340 (way inflated of course) he kind of sat there on the other end and I could tell he was trying to figure out what happened, so i said "I think you really mean 1.07" and he finally clicked and said oh yea oh yea, you are right (heard that a few times now from him regarding HIS job.) So we got the price all set, but it still seemed a little high so i questioned that and he gave me a rundown and at this point arguing was moot. He was still stuck on us having to go sign for it and I asked if Marcia could just go down and do it for us since I wasn't going to drive 2 hours just to pay more money. He said OK, so i hung up and called Brooke. Brooke called Marcia and she said she would do what ever but we should talk to a manager and see if the paperwork could be faxed.
Long story short, the manager impersonator (longer story) said no, so Brooke decided to head down and straighten it all out in person. Turns out the sofa order was wrong anyway and the peat color was not what we wanted. And after all of this the order was $100 cheaper. Ugh.... So the furniture is still due here Friday, but I am not holding my breath. That is our RTG experience. I don't have a problem with the store, but will not use another "first timer" again.
Stay tuned to whether we get our furniture or not Friday, hopefully there will be an Olivia on the sofa picture by the!!

Rooms To Go

Yesterday we spent all day looking at new furniture for our living room. Our current couches smell like dog and have not worn very well. We wanted something that would be more stain resistant and fresh. Aside from that, the side of the sofa has pulled away and has exposed staples now that can easily poke a little finger. We think we made a good decision on the new sofas and coffee tables. They will be delivered next Friday. We will keep you posted!!

Below is what is GOING (well, not the laptop)...........

Here is what is STAYING............

Pizza and Sunflowers

Last night we had another play date. This time with a friend of mine from work and his sister's family. They have 2 kids, one 8 and one 18 months. We had pizza and gave the kids a chance to play together. His house has a big open area where they have planted sunflowers and they have grown like crazy. The kids had fun interacting with each other and playing with their toys.
After dinner, we all went out to get pictures with the sunflowers. It had been raining for the past couple of hours but had stopped and the weather was great. The sun was just setting and it was very cool outside. We got home and go Olivia to bed and she went right to sleep. (Wow, these blogs are short and to the point, but can sound like a third graders homework writing assignment.)

Long Weekend

We had a great 4th of July weekend. We kept ourselves very busy. Actually didn't see any fireworks except for the 5 that went off at 10:00PM Sunday night by our next door neighbors. Those shook the house, but were pretty.
Friday I had off and basically lounged around and took care of Olivia for most of the morning so Brooke could sleep, since she had a hard week with Olivia due to her stomach problems. I went for an afternoon bike ride and did some other stuff around the house. Saturday after Olivia's first nap we headed to Columbia around 10:30 for lunch. Stephanie and John were coming down for the day as well but had to head back up to Charlotte early because she had to work early the next morning. We had BBQ and an awesome chocolate cake with strawberries in the middle and on top that Brooke made. Olivia was very good and even took an afternoon nap for about 1 1/2 hours. After she woke up we all played with her for a while longer then decided to head back home. Olivia spent the night with Mima and Grandpa Rob.
The next morning (Sunday) Brooke and I decided to go see a movie at an actual movie theater. Something we haven't done in over two years. One of the side effects of living in a small town. We had lunch, went to the movie and finally picked up Livi and headed home.
We had been invited to a dinner get together for later that night but had delayed giving a firm answer until we saw if Olivia would nap beforehand or not. When we got in the car she fell asleep so we confirmed our dinner plans and told them we would be there in about two hours. We drove home, showered, bathed Olivia and headed out to dinner. Olivia was great at dinner and though very tired, never whined, just showed tired eyes. After dinner we headed home, put Olivia down and went to bed ourselves. It was a long and fun weekend!

Belly Aches and Play Dates

Olivia had another play date and had a great time. Olivia and Jemma played at Jemma's house. What is Jemma's last name? Gearheart.. Jemma's dad works at PC as a professor and yes, the mail room will frequently mess up our mail.

As for Olivia, she has not had a good past couple of days. She won't nap and has been staying up 11 hours a day. We think she has a belly ache judging from diaper changes and her inability to nap. Hopefully she will feel better soon. Actually, she is great when she is up, but when she gets tired she can't sleep, there has been some very cranky time in there, but she ends up getting a second and third wind and turns back into the Livi we know.

Puff Puff Yogurt Puffs

Today we got Olivia some baby yogurt puffs. I had to try one first, and now I want to fight her for them, they are GOOD!!!!!