WE BOOKED OUR HONEYMOON!!!! We are officially headed to Corfu, Greece after the wedding in June! Dana & I are SO excited! It took us forever to decide where to go... and after six (yes, SIX) trips to the travel agent, we finally made a decision! It's fantastic to be able to check that one off the list! oh man the beach.... i cannot wait!!!!
Furniture Mishaps
Furniture Mishaps
We had our first act without thinking furniture mishap. I was surfing Ramstein Yard Sales and found a buffet table and a modern china cabinet for relatively amazing cost. I immediately emailed the seller and we were able to secure the purchase. The smaller piece is about 6' by 3.5' by 2'. The larger piece is about 8'-3" by 5'6" by 18". We went to view the piece and bought them at about 10:30 am on saturday. We then had to figure out how in the hell we were going to transfer the larger piece home. Recently we made friends with a family in the area that happens to have a Yukon. After a quick phone call and an amazingly fast "Yes, I can help". We raced back to base to get gas and pick up cash. Upon getting back to the sellers house, it didn't take us very long to discover that the larger piece of furniture was not going to fit into the vehicle. Because it's german furniture... the legs don't screw off.... so we ended up getting the neighbor of the seller, an eighty year old Opa to saw the legs off. In all of this effort we only ended up getting two legs sawed off (how??!?). So the piece finally fits in the car... and i'm freaking out because I realize that we're going to have to find a saw if we want this thing to stand somewhat level. We have to tie the back door down on the Yukon.... and drive veeeeeeeeerrrrry sloooooooooowly back home up the hill to Landstuhl. Did i mention that this thing weighs a ton?!? So we get back to the apartment... somehow i keep forgetting that we live in an apartment with a tiny elevator... and a really narrow staircase. We had our neighbor Kreiger and his roomie to come help us unload so that our friend with the Yukon could get back home. Much to my chagrin... the larger piece doesn't fit in the elevator (not by a LONG shot) and it also doesn't fit up the stair case.... not to mention i don't know who would be willing to help us lug this piece of furniture up NINE FLOORS. So i'm close to tears because we have this nice storage unit for my clothes (which are still in boxes) and it only has two legs and my dreams of getting it into our apartment are getting smaller and smaller. We managed to put it in the storage room for the time being. I want to see if i can take it apart, refinish it, and put it back together in the apartment. Dana hates watching me do this.... the whole "NO! we can DO this! I just need some time and some tools!" and i try and try until there seriously is no way to move forward or backward. lol My guess is that will happen sometime this weekend when we can get it outside to see if we can even attempt to take it apart. Gah!
so, to make a long story even longer.... we learned our lesson. before buying ANYTHING... make sure we can get it into the apartment via the elevator or stairs (while being prepared to buy said helpers 15 year old Glenlivet). The good news is that the dining room buffet fit in the elevator just fine! and i'm going to try and clean it up and maybe refinish it soon. yay projects!
Curtain Calls
The "Somewhat True Tale of Robin Hood" had it's final show this weekend. I have decided that when a show ends, it's as bad as the day after christmas. You get so amped up for the performances and get so accustomed to seeing everyone's smiling face, day in and day out, that when the show is over you feel empty. All the sets came down and the castle i had painted was simply wooden boards once again. The "Ye Olde Easybake" was torn down and all that was left was piles of cardboard and tape. All the costumes were put away and the dressing room was cleaned out. *sigh* it was an awesome show though. and I am SUPER grateful that Dana and I were able to be a part of it. On the plus side, now I have a ridiculous amount of free time. Which is great because the wedding madness is about to kick in full swing.
This week:
We're having dinner with Amy and her family (the costume designer for the play) on tuesday night which will be a nice change of pace. Also, the KMCC show "Foreigner" is still going on this weekend and D and i have plans to attend with Nick Perez. Alas, his lovely fiance Danielle (aka. the better half) is in London for the next week, so she won't be able to join us. Now we'll finally have time to clean the house though. It's been a disaster zone for the past two weeks. It's what happens when you get busy and you're never home.
Well, that's all for now.... Perhaps more to post tomorrow! love you guys!
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