and a handful of norsemen
Tuesday, December 29th, 2009 21:14![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sofiavioletDad and I ate at the local-ish (I think it's a small chain) Mexican restaurant last night; Ellie was taping Cameryn's standup comedy routine and Mom figured we were eating too late and she would get heartburn when she went to bed. Was tasty. Tonight, we went to one of the two Indian restaurants on Centre Street.
Today, we went to Ikea. After some tasty breakfast from their restaurant (Mom and Dad's was free and so was their coffee, yay promotial freebies!), we went through the whole store.
Furniture-wise, we got two Effektiv wall cabinets to put up in the dining room. There's a wall which has a hutch in one corner, then a radiator, then an outlet, and then a door to the kitchen - so you can't really put any furniture there. But we can fit two of these side-by-side, without blocking anything.
We also got two Lerberg shelf units to go on either side of my workbench. (They were on sale, yay.) I also have a Rationell Variera trash basket, which I will zip-tie to one of the shelves.
I got a black Trones shoe storage system, and Ellie got a white one.
Other acquisitions:
* a Vurm wine rack, for Ellie's cooking boozeahols;
* a Sortera bin, which Ellie wants to use for rice;
* Hemlis, Brallis and Bagis hangers;
* and a ton of other stuff I won't bore y'all with.
And then we had to fit all the stuff we got into Ellie's car. After a lot of rearranging, putting all the small things inside larger ones, and breaking one of the Trones things into its three sections ... everything fit! With a couple of things in the back seat with me and Mom, and Ellie's snow shovel up front with Dad. And with the other Trones tied to the roof rack - and then we had to drive home on the highway in high winds with a big plastic thing tied to the car. /o\
And now Ellie and I have to go back, because the Stora loft bed was out of stock. Yes, after three years, I am finally upgrading from the $25 futon frame I've used for the past two and a half years! And other stuff, since we're in the process of rearranging the apartment (getting rid of our b0rked tv, for one).
Today, we went to Ikea. After some tasty breakfast from their restaurant (Mom and Dad's was free and so was their coffee, yay promotial freebies!), we went through the whole store.
Furniture-wise, we got two Effektiv wall cabinets to put up in the dining room. There's a wall which has a hutch in one corner, then a radiator, then an outlet, and then a door to the kitchen - so you can't really put any furniture there. But we can fit two of these side-by-side, without blocking anything.
We also got two Lerberg shelf units to go on either side of my workbench. (They were on sale, yay.) I also have a Rationell Variera trash basket, which I will zip-tie to one of the shelves.
I got a black Trones shoe storage system, and Ellie got a white one.
Other acquisitions:
* a Vurm wine rack, for Ellie's cooking boozeahols;
* a Sortera bin, which Ellie wants to use for rice;
* Hemlis, Brallis and Bagis hangers;
* and a ton of other stuff I won't bore y'all with.
And then we had to fit all the stuff we got into Ellie's car. After a lot of rearranging, putting all the small things inside larger ones, and breaking one of the Trones things into its three sections ... everything fit! With a couple of things in the back seat with me and Mom, and Ellie's snow shovel up front with Dad. And with the other Trones tied to the roof rack - and then we had to drive home on the highway in high winds with a big plastic thing tied to the car. /o\
And now Ellie and I have to go back, because the Stora loft bed was out of stock. Yes, after three years, I am finally upgrading from the $25 futon frame I've used for the past two and a half years! And other stuff, since we're in the process of rearranging the apartment (getting rid of our b0rked tv, for one).
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Date: 2009-12-30 04:14 (UTC)My father asked after your parents today -- he wants to know how they're doing.
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Date: 2009-12-31 00:52 (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-12-30 17:02 (UTC)I used to have a loft bed like that in my old apartment.
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Date: 2009-12-31 00:53 (UTC)no subject
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