Saturday Story
I have a little story about my bedroom saga.
If you're up to speed about my remodeling saga, you know that it's been a struggle just to get furniture. I finally decided to pull the trigger and buy a bedroom set. I was waiting, hoping for something that is delayed, but decided that there wasn't a better time than now, with some Divine intervention I might add, to buy said bedroom set.
I purchased it on Wednesday. The salesman I met with on Tuesday wasn't there. His name is Jake like my son, and we shared a laugh at the frustration they feel when most people assume their name is a shortened version of Jacob. Fortunately, someone from the store called him and he got the credit and commission for the sale. I would have waited otherwise. But for two days after that, I was trying to get with said Jake to schedule the delivery. I stopped at the store on Thursday and Friday both. He wasn't there, but he called me Friday afternoon to let me know that the furniture was coming Monday.
That was a surprise because the day I bought it, the tall chest was back ordered until October. I guess several other people had the same set on a hold but I guess buying is different than holding and he found me a chest. Just buying the chest was a leap of faith. I'm trusting God that I am going to need it someday, but that's a different matter entirely.
My Saturday story is this: I bought curtains for my bedroom online on Thursday evening. They were supposed to be here in two weeks. Supposed to be. I got an e-mail today notifying me they were back-ordered until December. I'm not going to wait until December to cover up my bedroom windows. I've looked all over for curtains I wanted, with no success. The one place I didn't look was ShopKo, so I decided to stop there and see if they had something I liked.
They kinda did. They had something that matched the motif' of my bedroom which is outdoorsy. I could have made them work, had they had enough of them. They didn't. I told myself if ShopKo was a bust, then it was Home Depot for blinds.
I bought some blinds there a few years back for my living room window. It took three sets of them to do that window, and they're kind of a cherry wood color. That's what I thought I wanted. Home Depot doesn't sell them in store anymore. They had dark (faux) wood ones. They were $95.00. I decided to check out the ShopKo on 12th Street to see of they had one set of curtains that matched the other three at the ShopKo in Riverdale. They didn't. I kind of felt the nudge to go to the Lowe's by the Walmart in Harrisville, so I did. And they didn't have drapes I wanted, but what they did have is 72"x48" dark (faux) wood blinds for $28.99 each on clearance.
The dark color actually looks good because my bedroom is painted a brown that's close to what coffee with cream in it looks like. They fit the inside of the windows perfectly. I didn't have to cut anything and it only took me about an hour to install them both.
Apparently covering up the windows was important and I needed blinds.
Today.
Some friends came by for dinner and a swim tonight. They brought their kids. It's always fun to have friends for dinner. I busted out the dutch ovens and made country ribs and dutch oven potatoes. The food was good and so was the conversation. I enjoy having friends over. I hope it's the start of having people in the house again.
On the way back from Lowe's I needed to get a couple of things i forgot for the potatoes, so I was gonna stop at the Smith's I drove past on ;my way home from Lowe's. Again, felt the nudge to not go there, but to the Smith's by my house. I don't know why that was, but I do know that as I was leaving the store, I found two dimes on the floor.
That's 20ยข for the missions fund. That's a worthwhile find.
.
If you're up to speed about my remodeling saga, you know that it's been a struggle just to get furniture. I finally decided to pull the trigger and buy a bedroom set. I was waiting, hoping for something that is delayed, but decided that there wasn't a better time than now, with some Divine intervention I might add, to buy said bedroom set.
I purchased it on Wednesday. The salesman I met with on Tuesday wasn't there. His name is Jake like my son, and we shared a laugh at the frustration they feel when most people assume their name is a shortened version of Jacob. Fortunately, someone from the store called him and he got the credit and commission for the sale. I would have waited otherwise. But for two days after that, I was trying to get with said Jake to schedule the delivery. I stopped at the store on Thursday and Friday both. He wasn't there, but he called me Friday afternoon to let me know that the furniture was coming Monday.
That was a surprise because the day I bought it, the tall chest was back ordered until October. I guess several other people had the same set on a hold but I guess buying is different than holding and he found me a chest. Just buying the chest was a leap of faith. I'm trusting God that I am going to need it someday, but that's a different matter entirely.
My Saturday story is this: I bought curtains for my bedroom online on Thursday evening. They were supposed to be here in two weeks. Supposed to be. I got an e-mail today notifying me they were back-ordered until December. I'm not going to wait until December to cover up my bedroom windows. I've looked all over for curtains I wanted, with no success. The one place I didn't look was ShopKo, so I decided to stop there and see if they had something I liked.
They kinda did. They had something that matched the motif' of my bedroom which is outdoorsy. I could have made them work, had they had enough of them. They didn't. I told myself if ShopKo was a bust, then it was Home Depot for blinds.
I bought some blinds there a few years back for my living room window. It took three sets of them to do that window, and they're kind of a cherry wood color. That's what I thought I wanted. Home Depot doesn't sell them in store anymore. They had dark (faux) wood ones. They were $95.00. I decided to check out the ShopKo on 12th Street to see of they had one set of curtains that matched the other three at the ShopKo in Riverdale. They didn't. I kind of felt the nudge to go to the Lowe's by the Walmart in Harrisville, so I did. And they didn't have drapes I wanted, but what they did have is 72"x48" dark (faux) wood blinds for $28.99 each on clearance.
The dark color actually looks good because my bedroom is painted a brown that's close to what coffee with cream in it looks like. They fit the inside of the windows perfectly. I didn't have to cut anything and it only took me about an hour to install them both.
Apparently covering up the windows was important and I needed blinds.
Today.
Some friends came by for dinner and a swim tonight. They brought their kids. It's always fun to have friends for dinner. I busted out the dutch ovens and made country ribs and dutch oven potatoes. The food was good and so was the conversation. I enjoy having friends over. I hope it's the start of having people in the house again.
On the way back from Lowe's I needed to get a couple of things i forgot for the potatoes, so I was gonna stop at the Smith's I drove past on ;my way home from Lowe's. Again, felt the nudge to not go there, but to the Smith's by my house. I don't know why that was, but I do know that as I was leaving the store, I found two dimes on the floor.
That's 20ยข for the missions fund. That's a worthwhile find.
.
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