Yesterday was a blur of activity as televisions and furniture were delivered and Direct TV sent in the A Team to get the satellite system installed. It started early when Best Buy dropped off the TVs we had ordered by internet, the guys even open them and set them up for us. As the Best Buy truck was leaving the Ashley Furniture truck parked in their spot to drop off the furniture we bought here last March, those two guys had a hard job unloading and assembling most of it outside and then moving everything inside; they are big guys and we did our best to keep them hydrated.
The Ashley Furniture truck had just pulled away when the doorbell rang, we thought they had forgot something but it was Direct TV. Instead of sending back the guy who was focused on sitting in his van, smoking a cigarette and telling John why he couldn’t do anything, Direct sent two guys in a pickup truck who were ready to work, formulated a plan and then split up and worked independently. One person worked outside cementing the dish mounting pole into the “pre-dug” hole (Sandy and John dug it the evening before), while the other made the connections inside. When the dish was mounted on the pole the connections were made inside and we had television.
Sandy and John spent the rest of the day assembling the Select Comfort bed and unpacking, we even found time to do some shopping before we were done for the day. It was starting to feel comfortable here so we picked up our property at the rental house and spent our first night at home.
The couch and chairs were packaged in bags when they came through the door.
Someone made them self at home on the recliner…
the chair…
the couch…
and the bed.
When the day was done the little dog moved over for John (the big dog???).
Today we continued working on several projects.
The guest quarters are shaping up.
The master bedroom is comfortable.
The great room is also looking good.
There are a few pieces of furniture we would like to purchase and then we will work on wall decorations. We are happy with what we have and relieved that we did a lot of shopping last spring while we were here, it would have been a real pile trying to do all the shopping while moving in at the same time.
The only major set back we had was our oven and range did not work when Sandy was ready to make supper last night. We checked what we could but it appears to be a low voltage issue as the clock and controls light up but there was no heat in the oven or from the cook top. We sent an email to our warranty person and we hope it’s just a wire that didn’t get connected rather than a problem with the range itself; Sandy wasn’t real sad that she didn’t have to cook but we hope it’s a quick fix on Monday.
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