Assisted Living Move In - Take Two

At around 3:00 today I received a call from Ashley saying we would receive our full order by 6:00 pm. At approximately 5:30 today Ashley delivered the mattresses and box springs we ordered. Now why, oh why, did they not do that in the first place?????

Tonight was fun because my three sisters and I looked through pictures, discreetly packed things up.

Margie took Dad over to the next door to Suzanne's and across to Pee Wee and Mr. Bassett. Pete and Norma came by. It was a really nice day.

All this gives me hope for tommorow. I hope there is not too much crying when we move them out of their house for the last time.

Assisted Living Move In - Take One

So here is how today has gone. The recliners and sofa/sleeper were delivered as scheduled. Unfortunately, the recliners are rockers which I guess my sister and I failed to realize. Margie has gone by Lazy Boy in Mobile and gotten a swap out with a monday delivery. Cannot have rocking chairs because the older folks will be richocheted out when they sit down/drop into the chair. We will have to use some of the Assisted Living place chairs for now.

Ashley Furniture delivered the twin sleigh beds, one mattress, and NO box springs. So here is how it went with them today:
10:00 a.m. I call ask about delivery, they tell me I should have already been called. Delivery schedule for 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 pm. GOOD THING we did not need to be at the Assited Living to meet the furniture.
10:05 a.m. Ashley person tells me there was an error in the purchase order and they would be delivering two box springs and one mattress!! I stressed the fact that we had TWO people and they needed a place to sleep, was promised a call back.
12:30 pm No call back, I call Ashley, they say they are working on it but they have been busy.
12:30 ask to have the store manager call me.
1:00 pm Beds are delivered, one mattress NO box springs
1:30 pm I visit Ashley where I am told things have been crazy around there and they were working on a loaner mattress. That is when I told them that I did not care about their internal problems and we needed a mattress and TWO box springs. Oh,, and the store manager has gone home for the DAY.
2:30 - Ashley calls and says they will deliver loaners by 6:00 pm tonight. More later.

Arch D'Progress

The Arch is nearing completion!! Looking really good.

Move to Assisted Living is a GO

A date has now been set for Mom and Dad's move to Assisted Living. I will be sending out postcards with their new address. Move in date is Friday Feb 27th. Lots of details to work out.

Today they had more police on their street and the meth lab people are out of jail and back at their house.

Here is a link:

http://www.mercymedical.com/assistedliving_catherinepl.php

Boring, Boring, Boring

Well lets see. I am taking pictures of bowls and covering shoeboxes with magazine articles. Man oh man I am leading a boring life. I will have to get myself in gear and get something cooking on this blog.

The Lazy Way to Cover a Shoebox

While PCK is busy doing something productive with wood I have been busy as well. I recycled the shoeboxes from Amy's bridesmaids gifts. I only covered the end of the box (lazy) because that is all you see!! I have more boxes from Sam's that I am going to use for something.

To Glue or Not to Glue - That is the question

This is an arch update. The picture is of the newly constructed unpainted arch crafted by PCK. All care has been taken to make sure that the keystone is architecturally correct. In the Roman days the keystone would of course actually be functional and hold a massive weight of stone.