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On Sunday, I bought a bed from Ikea.  In packaged form, it consisted of two large, very heavy boxes, a bunch of metal hardware, and these completely retarded directions:

Please note that the upper left hand illustration in these directions “clearly” indicates that assembly of this bed is not a one man job.  But, after helping me heave the boxes into her van and into my house, dearest mother mine had to leave, and I was not deterred by “Sad Lone Builder” in Fig. 1.

I unpacked the boxes:

And arranged everything just so:

And things were moving along quite nicely, though my talking to myself was gratuitous:

Then, when attaching the metal rods pictured below, the directions indicated 4 different positions for rod to go in.  Because I like high beds, I chose the top hole and screwed the rod in manually.  The last screw didn’t want to go in all the way, however, and even though I know you shouldn’t force these things, Laurie left a power drill at my house and I was too tempted not to use it.

This was a mistake.

I got the screw in, but I totally stripped it:

Only to find that the “optional” positioning hole is just a farce.  The rest of the directions, and the rest of the hardware this bed comes with ONLY WORKS if you have the rod on the lowest hole.  So I had to take the rods off both sides, BUT I’d stripped the screw.

This was frustrating.  Things had been going so well!  I tried and tried to get the screw out.  I even tried my teeth.  Tears ensued.

Fortunately (cue the triumphant horn section) my new neighbors Larry and Jessie Kwong came to my rescue the following night.  Larry got the screw out in no time with a pair of vice grips Michael let us borrow.  I gave them dinner in return, which was another favor of theirs to me because I’d been hoping for some dinner guests.  

King and Queen Kwong: 

And just an hour ago, my incredibly amazing Sears-o-Pedic (firm with organic cotton pillowtop) hath been delivered unto me.  Just TELL me I don’t know what’s up when it comes to the comforts of sleep.

Oh you know how I do:

BAM!

I cannot wait to get in bed tonight!  FINALLY!!!!!

So, I had a great time at my housewarming/bday party, but sadly I wasn’t in a photo mood (I couldn’t even keep track of my drink, nevermind my camera) so I can’t post pics of that fun.  I do have some pics from those who stopped by during the day, and have photograpphed some furnished rooms.  Here goes.

Mom and Kathy:

Jay, Laurie, Cath, and Sue:

Leah, Sandra, and Tim:

Jay Jay in my beloved office:

The walls of my office are definitely green, but choose to look pretty much white in these pictures.  Anyway, these are a few of my favorite things:

This paint in the kitchen rocks my face off:

Love love love:

 I’m looking for a taller/bigger table to go under this mirror… preferably semi-circular, or with a side I can drop by the wall:

I’m also looking to stop sleeping in the livingroom by this weekend if possible:

And constantly looking forward to sleep as of late:

So, things are coming together quite nicely.  I’ve finished painting, the carpets were cleaned this morning, a new terrace fence was put up and painted, so I figured I should provide some new pics.

“Swimming” on the big blue tarp, painting day one:

Leah thought I could be serious when photographed, but this is untrue.  Getting started with the first wall in the living room:

More livingroom.  My posture clearly says, “I’m tired mang”:

Livingroom painted with clean carpets:

Dining room all painted and clean:

Pretty green bedroom, and the window where I’m going to make a window seat.. always wanted one of those:

My green bedroom:

Office:

I love how this color looks in the kitchen.  The kitchen became the major brain of the operation, here it is overrun with stuff.  Note the heineken bottle acting as a vase for the flowers Nicole brought me:

Bathroom:

Bathroom, not too shabby on the trim, eh?  I’m good:

New painted fence says “welcome”:

I was going for “chillax” — do you see “chillax”?:

Hey, take a load off, recline:

But keep your sense of humor about it.  This guy deserves a close-up: